From the Self-Realization Fellowship website:
From its founding in 1920 until shortly before Paramahansa Yogananda’s mahasamadhi in 1952, all of Self-Realization Fellowship’s activities and organizational matters were personally directed by Yogananda himself. Thereafter, the leadership of his work passed to Rajarsi Janakananda, a close disciple of Paramahansaji’s chosen by him to serve as president of SRF and who succeeded him upon his passing in March 1952.
Born James J. Lynn on May 5, 1892, in Archibald, Louisiana, Rajarsi Janakananda met Paramahansa Yogananda during the guru’s lecture series in Kansas City in 1932.
Because of his rapid advancement in Kriya Yoga, Paramahansaji lovingly referred to him as “Saint Lynn.” In 1951 Yogananda bestowed on him the monastic title of Rajarsi Janakananda (after the spiritually illustrious King Janaka of ancient India) and turned over to him the responsibility of guiding the SRF/YSS work.
The exemplary life of Rajarsi Janakananda, a great Western yogi, came to an end on February 20, 1955.
Read more here: https://yogananda.org/rajarsi-janakananda
Disciples Reminisce: Rajarsi Janakananda on Paramahansa Yogananda
Publications
Rajarsi Janakananda: A Great Western Yogi, published by Self-Realization Fellowship. The book contains a more detailed biography and excerpts from his talks. It also features more than sixty pages of Paramahansaji’s personal correspondence with him — words of guidance and love that offer glimpses of the intimate spiritual accord they shared, and powerfully convey the depth of the guru-disciple relationship.
Audio recordings of brief talks by Rajarsi are included on two of the CDs in Self-Realization Fellowship’s Collector’s Series of rare recorded talks by Paramahansa Yogananda:
Self-Realization: The Inner and the Outer Path
Devotee Websites
THE OM PAGE has a variety of photos, links to lay-devotee and SRF websites, and information on Rajarsi Janakananda and the line of SRF Gurus. They also have photos of SRF pilgrimage sites and Babaji’s Cave.
RAJARSI JANAKANANDA (J.J. LYNN) INDEX has news articles, speeches, images on the life of Rajarsi Janakananda, including a virtual tour of his life in Kansas City, Missouri and images of his crypt. Rajarsi Janakananda, born James Jesse Lynn (May 5, 1892 – February 20, 1955), was an ideal disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda and Self-Realization Fellowship’s first spiritual successor.
STORIES AND MEMORIES: RAJARSI JANAKANANDA from Yogananda Site
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