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Communities: Paramhansa Yogananda’s Vision for the Future (Part 1)

Yogananda shared his dream of spiritual communities many times, especially in the original edition of his most famous work Autobiography of a Yogi. His direct disciple Swami Kriyananda was able to fullfill this important aspect of Yogananda’s mission. Nayaswami Jaya, a founding member of one of the most successful spiritual communities in the world, shares from decades of experience and … Read More

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Paramhansa Yogananda’s Mahasamadhi Commemoration 2024

Beautiful and uplifting program at Ananda Village recorded on March 7th 2024, the anniversary of Paramhansa Yogananda’s Mahasamadhi. With Tyagi Shyama and Nayaswami Ananta. Yogananda was the author of Autobiography of a Yogi. ABOUT PARAMHANSA YOGANANDA Paramhansa Yogananda, born in 1893, was the first yoga master of India to take up permanent residence in the West. Yogananda arrived in America … Read More

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Paramhansa Yogananda: How to Live Without Fear (Questions and Answers with Nayaswami Jaya)

Nayaswami Jaya concludes his new series on Paramhansa Yogananda’s teachings on developing courage and overcoming fear. Based on Yogananda’s book “How to Live Without Fear”  (recorded February 12th 2024 at Ananda Village) Nayaswami Jaya has been a disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda for over 50 years and shares inspiringly from Yogananda’s teachings as well as personal experience. Remove The Mental Bacteria … Read More

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Paramhansa Yogananda: Overcoming the Fear of Death (Shared by Nayaswami Jaya)

Nayaswami Jaya continues his new series on Paramhansa Yogananda’s teachings on developing courage and overcoming fear, based on Yogananda’s book How to Live Without Fear. Nayaswami Jaya has been a disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda for over 50 years and shares inspiringly from Yogananda’s teachings, as well as from personal experience. Remove Mental Bacteria to Overcome Your Fear! “One of the … Read More

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Paramhansa Yogananda: How to Live With Non-Attachment (Shared by Nayaswami Jaya)

Nayaswami Jaya continues his new series on Paramhansa Yogananda’s teachings on developing courage and overcoming fear. Based on Yogananda’s book “How to Live Without Fear” Remove The Mental Bacteria to Overcome Your Fear! “One of the greatest enemies of willpower is fear. Avoid it both in thought and in action. Fear doesn’t help you to get away from the object … Read More

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Paramhansa Yogananda: How to Live With Courage (Shared by Nayaswami Jaya)

Nayaswami Jaya continues his new series on Paramhansa Yogananda’s teachings on developing courage and overcoming fear. Based on Yogananda’s book “How to Live Without Fear” Nayaswami Jaya has been a disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda for over 50 years and shares inspiringly from Yogananda’s teachings as well as personal experience. Remove The Mental Bacteria to Overcome Your Fear! “One of the … Read More

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Paramhansa Yogananda: How to Live Without Fear (Introductory Satsang with Nayaswami Jaya)

Nayaswami Jaya introduces his new series on Paramhansa Yogananda’s teachings on developing courage and overcoming fear. Based on Yogananda’s book “How to Live Without Fear” Remove The Mental Bacteria to Overcome Your Fear! “One of the greatest enemies of willpower is fear. Avoid it both in thought and in action. Fear doesn’t help you to get away from the object … Read More

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Experiencing the Spiritual Eye

Watch this inspiring Sunday Service talk by Nayaswami Jaya, recorded at Ananda Village on December 17th 2023. The reading for this week from Swami Kriyananda’s book “Rays of the One Light” is “What Was the Star of Bethlehem?” Truth is one and eternal. Realize oneness with it in your deathless Self, within. The following commentary is based on the teachings … Read More

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Swami Sri Yukteswar: Inspiration from the “Holy Science”

Nayaswami Jaya continues his inspiring discussion of key aspects of Sri Yukteswar’s profound book The Holy Science. In this eighth and last satsang he talks more about the great Master’s teaching on the holy Om vibration, and other important aspects of Sri Yukteswar’s teachings. Nayaswami Jaya is a long-time disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda and the path of Kriya Yoga, and … Read More

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Swami Sri Yukteswar: The Seven Lokas

Nayaswami Jaya continues his inspiring discussion of key aspects of Sri Yukteswar’s profound book The Holy Science. In this seventh satsang he explains the great Master’s teaching the five stages of the human heart and on the seven realms of consciousness, or lokas. Nayaswami Jaya is a long-time disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda and the path of Kriya Yoga, and together … Read More