Ananda Sangha of Portland--What It Means to be a Member

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What it Means to Be an Ananda Member

Good Company: Ananda members are active in Ananda. We have fun together, we inspire each other, and we create a dynamic vortex of energy that uplifts others.

Power of Prayer: Ananda members pray for one another and for those who are in need, either informally through our friendships or by becoming part of the Ananda Healing Prayer Council.

Helping Hands: Ananda members help in practical ways with the running of the Sangha. This ranges from just lending a hand at an event you are attending, to doing projects at home, to volunteering in myriad ways. You make friends, see Ananda up close, and help make good things happen for others. Sunday Service appears magically each week with the help of two dozen people!

Community Living: Ananda members have the opportunity to live at Ananda Community in Portland, a 52-unit apartment complex with 60 residents who are devoted to Yogananda’s teachings.

Right Livelihood: Ananda members enjoy working together at the Temple and Teaching Center or in member-owned businesses.

Spiritual Guidance: Ananda members may, if they choose, enter into a relationship of ongoing spiritual guidance with one or more of the ministers.

Financial Support: Members support this work financially. Everything you see at Ananda was created and is sustained by the people around you. Many members tithe, and some give a fixed monthly donation. No set amount is required. You decide how much and in what way to give.

Friends Around the World: Membership in Ananda links you to Ananda friends worldwide, including retreat opportunities at Ananda Village in California and Ananda’s center in Assisi, Italy, and receiving the Ananda's quarterly magazine, Clarity, which includes early writings of Yogananda and recent talks by Swami Kriyananda.

Ananda's Gift to You

As our way of giving back to those who support Ananda, members who provide financial support receive reduced rates (or even free entry, depending on your level of support) to most Ananda activities and classes. There are also special member events and satsangs during the year.

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