organization and monastic order. In Today's Women in World Religions by Arvind Sharma, Linda Johnsen was quoted as saying that the new wave today is women, because major Indian gurus have passed on their spiritual mantle to women, including Yogananda to the American-born Daya Mata. At the time of her death, she had been president of Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India since 1955. Before her death, she had been living in seclusion "at one of the fellowship's nuns' retreats in Los Angeles." She died on the evening of November 30, 2010, in Los Angeles. Works Daya Mata authored three volumes: Enter the Quiet Heart: Creating a Loving Relationship with God. Finding the Joy Within You: Personal Counsel for God Centered Living, Only Love: Living the Spiritual Life in a Changing World, See also Kriya Yoga Lahiri Mahasaya Mahavatar Babaji Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri References External links Sri Daya Mata in Memoriam About Sri Anandamayi Ma, an Indian Saint, by Sri Daya Mata click here Writers from Los Angeles Writers from Salt Lake City Devotees of Paramahansa Yogananda Former Latter Day Saints 1914 births 2010 deaths American yogis Kriya yogis Women yogis American spiritual writers American women writers Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Women mystics