We’re happy to say that The Answer, which is a movie about Swami Kriyananda’s life with Paramhansa Yogananda, has been nominated for awards at the Madrid International Film Festival. The nominations are: best original screenplay (by Swami Kriyananda), the Jury Award for best film (Kaveeta Oberoi Kaul), and best director (Pavan Kaul).
The Guru’s Effort On Our Behalf
From Tantrums to Treats: Meditation with a Toddler
In a recent conversation with other yogi parents, I had a realization. It had been slowly creeping into my awareness, but now it solidified and it’s importance finally made sense. My spiritual practice affects my children, and if I want them to have a positive association with spirituality, I need to understand how they experience it. This reality began with … Read More
Stand Unshaken
Our Master has urged us to become so inwardly strong and centered that we “stand unshaken amidst the crash of breaking worlds”—not only that we stand unshaken, but that, whatever tests may come, we pour out vibrations of love and joy. We have made it a spiritual practice this year, as a worldwide family of disciples of Yoganandaji, to bless … Read More
Attune to the Divine Plan for Your Life
A soul who is guided by cosmic wisdom knows that he came to this earth principally for the divine plan, through the medium of his own past actions.
Keys to Transcending Ego and Negativity
One of the easiest and most powerful ways to refine your bundle of self-definitions is to make sure to use positive, not negative words. If you are watchful, you can always find a way to substitute positive terminology for negative.
Lost in Transit
When I heard this seemingly final declaration of loss from the airline, I had an unexpected visceral reaction: I felt sick to my stomach, even though I knew I could fill the lost suitcase three times over with clothes in my closet at home.
Rabindranath Tagore and I Compare Schools
About two years after founding the Ranchi school, I received an invitation from Rabindranath [Tagore] to visit him at Santiniketan in order to discuss our educational ideals. I went gladly…
The Resurrection of Sri Yukteswar
For the first time in my life I did not kneel at his feet in greeting but instantly advanced to gather him hungrily in my arms. Moment of moments! …
Trailanga Swami
Lahiri Mahasaya had a very famous friend, Swami Trailanga, who was reputed to be over three hundred years old. The two yogis often sat together in meditation. Trailanga’s fame is so widespread that few Hindus would deny the possibility of truth in any story of his astounding miracles…