Table of Contents
A Fight For Religious Freedom
A Lawyer’s Personal Account of Copyrights, Karma and Dharmic Litigation
by Jon R. Parsons
Preface
Forward
1. Calls And Letters
- A Call From Sheila
- Sheila Calls Again
- Swami Kriyananda
- The Ranks Array
2. The Herald Of War
- Fresno
- SRF Makes Its Move
- The First Courthouse
3. Stumbling Off The Block
- Garcia Grants An Injunction
- SRF Tries To Gild The Lily
- Yogananda returned in triumph to India in 1935
4. Ananda Responds
- The Village
- Swami Yogananda left Boston
- Discovery
- Paramhansa Yogananda arrived at the Biltmore Hotel
- The First Deposition
- A Protective Order
- First Fruits
- Yogananda made an impression
- Yogananda’s Wills
- The “K File”
- The Magistrate Judge
- Peeling The Onion
- Yogananda put in the hours
5. Deconstructing SRF’s Case
- “Self-Realization” Is Generic
- SRF’s Phantom Copyrights
- Yogananda acquired Mt. Washington in October 1925
- Ananda Wins A Big One
- Reciprocating Motions
- Yogananda Is No Service Mark
- Garcia Dissolves The Injunction
- Yogananda set up his first U.S. organization
6. The Autobiography
- Yogananda began his mission by establishing residential schools
7. SRF Wants Another Bite of the Apple
8. Ananda Keeps Coming
- Things People Say
- Nirad Chowdhury received a certificate in Sanskrit
- A Corporate Body
- Yogananda opened his Salt Lake City campaign
- Signs and Omens
9. A Happy Ending To The First Appeal
10. Ananda Wins the SRF Lawsuit
11. The Second Front
- Bertolucci’s Tale
- East-West magazine announced in May of 1929
- Team Bertolucci
12. Things Turn Ugly
- The Ladies
- Flynn Joins Team Bertolucci
- Daya Mata became the third President of SRF
- What’s In A Name
- The Bertolucci Worm Turns
13. The Bertolucci Case Goes From Trash To Trial
- Trash
- Trial
- Ananda Loses One
- Ananda Does Not Appeal
- The Lawsuits Mount
14. A Last Appeal
- Urantia Comes Out Of The Blue
- The Golden Lotus Temple crowned the cliff’s edge
- A Superior Copyright Interest
- Good News Sends Us Back To Court
- The Supreme Court Declines SRF’s Invitation
15. The Final Fray
- Yogananda took advantage of the opportunity
- Fair Use
- Getting Ready
- Trial
- Flynn Thrown Out Court
- Judgment and Beyond
- The Last Smile
Afterword
See Also: Sample Chapter
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