Watch this inspiring Sunday Service talk with Nayaswami Parvati, recorded at Ananda Village on February 18th, 2024. The reading for this week from Swami Kriyananda’s book Rays of the One Light is “The Law Is Perfected in Love”. Truth is one and eternal. Realize oneness with it in your deathless Self, within. The following commentary is based on the teachings … Read More
Practicing the Presence of God
Watch this inspiring Sunday Service talk with Nayaswami Parvati, recorded at Ananda Village on December 10th, 2023. At this moment, we are already living in the presence of God. We only need to become more and more aware of it. Nayaswami Parvati tells stories of how Brother Lawrence, in the year 1611, practiced the presence of God in the form … Read More
Developing a Personal Relationship with God
Watch this inspiring Sunday Service talk by Nayaswami Parvati, recorded at Ananda Village on October 22th 2023. What is the most important thing in prayer? It is love. It is being able to pray to the Divine with infinite love and infinite trust. And we can only find that within ourselves. The path of Kriya Yoga is a very balanced … Read More
How to Win Your Tests
Watch this inspiring Sunday Service talk with Nayaswami Parvati, recorded at Ananda Village on August 20 2023. When difficulties in life arrive, they often hit us like a bomb, and we drop our energy. When in fact, we need high energy to face our challenges. Nayaswami Parvati explains that how we deal with our tests depends greatly on how we … Read More
Narada, Vishnu and the Power of Delusion
Watch this inspiring and instructive story of Narada and Vishnu, where Narada asks Vishnu to explain to him why people fall into delusions. Recorded with Nayaswami Parvati at Ananda Village, May 14th 2023.
Remembering God in Daily Life
Watch this inspiring Sunday Service talk by Nayaswami Parvati recorded at Ananda Village on May 14th 2023. Nayaswami Parvati points out that even though the topic of this reading is called “Activity vs. Inner Communion”, Swami Kriyananda emphasized the need to make those one. Then, inner communion becomes a stream that is constantly flowing behind everything you do. Nayswami Parvati … Read More
Dogmatism vs. Common Sense (with Nayaswami Parvati)
Sunday Service with Nayaswami Parvati, recorded at Ananda Village March 5th 2023. As we live in a period in which dogma seems to be increasing, it is vital to keep an expanded awareness of more subtle realities. Nayaswami Parvati shares how to see the bigger picture of each situation and points out how the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda can help … Read More
Yogananda’s Tips on How to Overcome Absentmindedness and Fillers
Nayaswami Parvati shares this profound inspiration during her Sunday Service talk at Ananda Village, January 1 2023. You can find the complete talk at here. Paramhansa Yogananda described the problems of absent-mindedness and energy drain, and provided guidance on living more interiorly by reversing energy flow into the spine through techniques like meditation. Transcript The Problem of Absent-Mindedness and Energy … Read More
Living Your New Year’s Resolutions
New Year’s Sunday Service with Nayaswami Parvati and Nayaswami Pranaba at Ananda Village, recorded January 1 2023. The beginning of the new year is a good time for reflection and resolutions. How can we live our new year’s resolutions and keep our spiritual aspirations high? Paramhansa Yogananda said to avoid that which is most insidious in our minds: absentmindedness and … Read More
How to Keep Moving Forward on the Spiritual Path
Watch Nayaswami Parvati share shares this important spiritual inspiration during her Sunday Service at Ananda Village, November 13th 2022. You can find the complete talk here.