Spiritual Community, Spiritual Growth
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World Brotherhood Colonies: How to Start Them and Why
Swami Kriyananda wrote a wonderful and ground-breaking book back in the late 1960s. Now titled: The Need For Spiritual Communities and How to Start Them, it helps people to understand the possibilities and blessings of following Yogananda’s ideals of creating intentional spiritual communities: what he called “World Brotherhood Colonies.” In this talk, Dharmadas shares some of the founding principles and … Read More
Spiritual Community, Spiritual Growth
Divine Friendship
What is the spiritual way to relate to other people—students, friends, or family members? When we hear that it is ideal to relate to other people in an impersonal way, many of us think that means to be cold and uncaring. But the true definition of impersonal love is very deep. In personal love there is some expectation of the … Read More
Spiritual Community, Swami Kriyananda
Education for Life: A Process of Flowering Goodness
Swami Kriyananda, a direct disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda, shared universal scientific yogic principles through his book Education for Life. In this article I share my personal discovery of potential from applying Education for Life (EFL) concepts. A decade ago I became part of the Ananda community in Gurgaon and came upon a copy of Education for Life. I was already … Read More
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The Small Community Solution
A video message from Nayaswami Anand about solutions for the challenges of today’s time: Small communities and Self-realization. At Ananda Assisi such a community living model is being realized over the past 30 years, based on the ideal of “World Brotherhood Colonies” of Paramhansa Yogananda. Find out more: anandacommunity.it
A Place Called Ananda, Ananda Writers Group, Spiritual Community, Spiritual Growth
How Relationships Help Us to Grow – Even the Hard Ones
Some might say relationships are a distraction on the path to God. There was a time when I thought this was true. Ram Gopal, the sleepless saint from Paramhansa Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi had a strong impact on my earlier opinions about this with his personal story: For twenty years I occupied a secret grotto, meditating eighteen hours a … Read More
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Ananda Europa: Our Story
Ananda Europa’s presentation video at the 50th anniversary of Ananda. Over 30 years of history in Europa, this is Ananda Europa!
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Celebrating the Light
Watch the beautiful Temple of Light dedication celebration at Ananda Village, Saturday evening, July 6th, 2019. It begins with a joyful procession, a special blessing for the temple and the world, uplifting choir music and a beautiful arati ceremony of celebrating the Light. With Nayaswami Jyotish and Nayaswami Devi and many hundreds of devotees.
Spiritual Community
Ananda Through the Eyes of an Intern
I do not recognize who I was before coming to Ananda. Who I am after Ananda, I love. I am actually excited to face the future with this new person, but I am getting ahead of myself. I spent two weeks in the Ananda Ashram Karma Yogi program and eight weeks this summer in the Karma Yoga Internship program – … Read More
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Spiritual Community Living – The Future of Society
The Teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda. Satsang at Ananda Mumbai center.
