Visitors to Yogananda-related Pages

The gurus referred to here, are Paramahansa Yogananda (d. 1952), founder of Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF), his guru, Yukteswar, Lahiri Mahasaya, and his guru, called Babaji. They are known for kriya-yoga. The foundational technique is described graphically here.

Yogananda: "Jesus said that as long as a devotee is conscious of . . . delusive things, such as mountains and holy cities, . . . he has not yet attained the ultimate state." Where did Jesus say that? [1979:128]

Gurus are of many sorts. It seems wise to present some facts and hard-won estimates about the teachings of the SRF gurus as they are presented and propagated by SRF. Pages of such a nature have been on the site from 1995/96, from before its change of address in the late 90s.

I have been asked how many visits there are on "Yogananda pages" on the site. I cannot tell, and this is why:

1. No comprehensive statistics are available. There were no site statistics the first five years, and only in recent years have Google Analytics been put to work on the site content.

2. Intertwined and related pages are kept out of the following this count. One more reason is that Yogananda material on the site is intertwined with yoga pages, kriya yoga pages, Christianity pages and other pages. I have kept Krishna out of it too. Almost all these possibly and definitely related pages are left out below. However, there are many of them on the site, and some could have many times more visits than those that are quite strictly focused on Yogananda and his fellowship, SRF, which I once was a member of. For example, the top page in this survey deals with the mahavatar Babaji, and that page is ranked No. 20 among all the 6,660 million pages included in a four-year count (Google Analytics). By comparison, a page on the taxonomy of learning and Benjamin Bloom is No. 6 from the top. And over three times as many have visited the page on Kama sutra positions than the Babaji page. It goes to say that there is this perspective to keep in mind: The findings about kriya yoga, Yogananda, Yukteswar, Babaji and the guru cult Self-Realization Fellowship are not what most people are interested in here.

3. Pages with less than 1000 page views have been omitted in the following count. There are many more pages on Yogananda, SRF, kriya and kriya gurus with less than 1000 page views. A quick perusal of the stats shows there are several thousand visitors to such pages too.

Thus, the data in the survey below goes four years back from 31 December 2011. Moreover, it includes only pages with more than 1000 page views, as mentioned. In average, a visitor visits 2 pages during a visit.

Here, then, are the counts from Google Analytics for 72 Yogananda related pages down to 1000 page views. To get to the pages, copy and paste as you please.

- Tormod Kinnes

Addresses and page views over four years

http://oaks.nvg.org/wm3ra2.html   -  46,248
http://oaks.nvg.org/fila.html   -  18,791
http://oaks.nvg.org/wm3ra3.html   -  18,727
http://oaks.nvg.org/deep-breathing.html   -  17,569
http://oaks.nvg.org/yukteswar.html   -  17,721
http://oaks.nvg.org/pv6bk12.html   -  8,493
http://oaks.nvg.org/pega12.html   -  6,958
http://oaks.nvg.org/yogananda-changed-kriya.html   -  6,885
http://oaks.nvg.org/eg3ra4.html   -  6,775
http://oaks.nvg.org/kriya-kriya.html   -  5,914
http://oaks.nvg.org/kair.html   -  5,904
http://oaks.nvg.org/yointro.html   -  5,738
http://oaks.nvg.org/yogananda-teachings.html   -  5,652
http://oaks.nvg.org/nuss.html   -  5,031
http://oaks.nvg.org/wm3ra7.html   -  4,403
http://oaks.nvg.org/minisurf.html   -  3,787
http://oaks.nvg.org/secret-life-yogananda.html   -  3,545
http://oaks.nvg.org/soy22.html   -  3,508
http://oaks.nvg.org/eg3ra6.html   -  3,446
http://oaks.nvg.org/babaji-and-jesus.html   -  2,962
http://oaks.nvg.org/ayoa.html   -  2,840
http://oaks.nvg.org/yogananda-says.html   -  2,835
http://oaks.nvg.org/kriya-guy.html   -  2,790
http://oaks.nvg.org/kors.html   -  2,706
http://oaks.nvg.org/sunburst.html   -  2,650
http://oaks.nvg.org/yukteswaro.html   -  2,603
http://oaks.nvg.org/rubaiyat-yogananda.html   -  2,462
http://oaks.nvg.org/wm3ra1.html   -  2,445
http://oaks.nvg.org/ayol.html   -  2,393
http://oaks.nvg.org/Yogananda-essentials.html   -  2,383
http://oaks.nvg.org/Yogananda-sex.html   -  2,313
http://oaks.nvg.org/yogi-wisdom.html   -  2,147
http://oaks.nvg.org/soy23.html   -  1,971
http://oaks.nvg.org/wm3ra5.html   -  1,964
http://oaks.nvg.org/yuktesware.html   -  1,962
http://oaks.nvg.org/wm3ra8.html   -  1,948
http://oaks.nvg.org/w9.html   -  1,925
http://oaks.nvg.org/Yogananda-srf.html   -  1,912
http://oaks.nvg.org/ayoj.html   -  1,889
http://oaks.nvg.org/sr7.html   -  1,875
http://oaks.nvg.org/wm3ra6.html   -  1,787
http://oaks.nvg.org/yuktutsyn.html   -  1,777
http://oaks.nvg.org/ayoh.html   -  1,756
http://oaks.nvg.org/pv1bkr.html   -  1,756
http://oaks.nvg.org/Yogananda-explains.html   -  1,710
http://oaks.nvg.org/pv5bk22.html   -  1,697
http://oaks.nvg.org/worries.html   -  1,684
http://oaks.nvg.org/yukteswari.html   -  1,659
http://oaks.nvg.org/ayof.html   -  1,631
http://oaks.nvg.org/eg1ra4.html   -  1,512
http://oaks.nvg.org/on-women.html   -  1,441
http://oaks.nvg.org/devil-and-bills.html   -  1,334
http://oaks.nvg.org/soy10.html   -  1,333
http://oaks.nvg.org/ayob.html   -  1,309
http://oaks.nvg.org/egohood.html   -  1,304
http://oaks.nvg.org/gedankeswar.html   -  1,249
http://oaks.nvg.org/kriya-pledges.html   -  1,246
http://oaks.nvg.org/eden-yukteswar.html   -  1,232
http://oaks.nvg.org/ayoi.html   -  1,206
http://oaks.nvg.org/yukteswarm.html   -  1,182
http://oaks.nvg.org/kriya-smartness.html   -  1,180
http://oaks.nvg.org/kriya-info.html   -  1,168
http://oaks.nvg.org/selfishness.html   -  1,168
http://oaks.nvg.org/tann.html   -  1,165
http://oaks.nvg.org/bulwarked.html   -  1,110
http://oaks.nvg.org/yukteswar-summary.html   -  1,093
http://oaks.nvg.org/jesus-babaji.html   -  1,089
http://oaks.nvg.org/guru-cult.html   -  1,080
http://oaks.nvg.org/sane-yogananda.html   -  1,050
http://oaks.nvg.org/srf-letter.html   -  1,018
http://oaks.nvg.org/eg3ra7.html   -  1017