Shyama Charan Lahiri was the birth name of the great yoga master. His disciples lovingly added “Mahasaya,” which means “great-minded one.” Born in Bengal, India, to a pious brahmin family, Lahiri Mahasaya was the one who made the ancient science of Kriya Yoga available not just to those who had renounced the world, but to all sincere souls. Lahiri Mahasaya … Read More
Follow Your Dharma
Nayaswami Maria shares this beautiful inspiration during her Sunday Service at Ananda Village, September 27th 2020.
Many Are the Pathways to Truth
Sunday Service at Ananda Village with Nayaswami Maria and Ananta.
Meditation – The Pursuit and Gift of a Lifetime
A lot of people decide to learn meditation but far too many do not stick with it nor decide to make it a practice for life. I suspect that to these individuals meditation seems too much of a labor, an investment of time they don’t think they have, or as some may call it — a selfish pursuit. There are … Read More
An Experience of God — From the Life of Yogananda
Nayaswami Maria shares this inspiring story from the life of Yogananda and his nephew Hare Krishna Gosh during her Sunday Service at Ananda Village.
Yasoda Experiences Krishna’s Infinite Nature
Nayaswami Maria shares this inspiring story from the life of Krishna during her Sunday Service at Ananda Village.
The Inner Kingdom
Sunday Service with Nayaswami Maria and Ananta at Ananda Village.
Attunement to the Guru – Key to Overcoming
Nayaswami Maria shares this advice and deep inspiration on how to deal with the current crisis – and all great challenges – as a devotee.
Devotion to Your Practice
Devotion is an essential ingredient of one’s meditation practice. It sparks the initiative to meditate, sustains our practice, inspires depth in our practice, and magnetizes God’s response. I like to think of it as the language of Love between Guru and disciple. Devotion is not a commonly used word in the West but, in fact, we express our devotion in … Read More
Yogananda Plays a Joke on Hare Krishna Ghosh
Nayaswami Maria shares this delightful story from during Paramhansa Yogananda’s visit to India in 1935 with his nephew Hare Krishna Ghosh. From her Sunday Service at Ananda Village, 02-02-2020.