A Fight For Religious Freedom

In 1990, Self-Realization Fellowship sued the Ananda Church--followers of the same teachings--to prevent them from using the ancient term "Self-Realization"?  as part of their church name. Soon Self-Realization Fellowship insisted that it also owned all rights to the writings, name, image, and voice of Paramhansa Yogananda--revered guru to both groups and author of the classic "Autobiography of a Yogi." Tonight, author Jon Parsons, Ananda's lawyer during the lawsuit, tells the dramatic tale of… Show more a landmark David-and-Goliath struggle that set important legal precedents, preserved fundamental religious rights for everyone, and demonstrated the truth that "where there is dharma, there is victory."?

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