Brahmachari Sagar shares this very helpful and uplifting inspiration during his Sunday Service at Ananda Village, Jan 10th 2020. You can find the full talk here. Click here if you like to learn more about tuning into the sacred AUM vibration.
Did God Create the Universe or Become It? (With Brahmachari Sagar)
Sunday Service with Brahmachari Sagar and Tyagis Atman and Bhaktimarg at Ananda Village, recorded Jan 10 2021. (The music is taken from earlier recordings).
The Imitation of Yogananda
When I first began to study Swami Kriyananda’s lectures and writings, I was struck by his supreme emphasis on a disciple’s attunement to the guru if the disciple is to attain the state of Self-realization. In his wonderful book Paramhansa Yogananda: A Biography, (around which this article revolves), Swamiji writes about the importance of attunement as follows: One difference I … Read More
Looking to the Pure Beam of Light
Brahmachari Sagar shares an inspiring concept of Yogananda with an example from his own life as well as a beautiful letter by Yogananda. From his Sunday Service talk at Ananda Village
Victory Demands the Courage of Conviction
Sunday Service with Brahmachari Sagar and Nayaswami Anandi and Bharat Cornell at Ananda Village.
Eternal Life, True Liberty & Attainment of Perpetual Happiness
The Declaration of Independence, one of the crown jewels of the Western Civilization, is a collection of ideas that were far ahead of their time. The very first line of the Preamble asserts the existence of the unalienable rights: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with … Read More
Similarities Between Attaining Self-Realization and the End of COVID Lockdown
I have always wanted to know the exact date that I would become Self-realized just as we would all love to know the exact date the coronavirus lockdown is going to go away. This made me come up with a delightful analogy: If we think of Self-realization as the ending of the BIG lockdown — the soul being locked up … Read More
How to Win the “Best Actor Award” in the Cosmic Movie
A significant technological advance during the early years of Paramhansa Yogananda’s life was the motion-picture. Although Paramhansa Yogananda advised his students to not waste time watching too many movies, he often used a movie analogy to explain the central, yet difficult to grasp, yogic teaching that this Creation itself is like one big movie — a play of light and … Read More
From “selfie” to “Selfie” Through Meditation
Swami Kriyananda would often tell his students that a yogi’s true goal is to get the little “self” out of the picture so that he can focus on the divine “Self” within. By the little “self” Swamiji meant our egoic identity, built around the physical body, the personality and the “bundle of self-definitions” that egoic identity brings in its wake: … Read More
The Book of Nature — What the Yogi Can Learn from the Ripening of Fruit
Paramhansa Yogananda taught that this world is a school to which we are sent to learn the key lessons of life. He would often say, “This world was made for our education and our entertainment.” Yoganandaji was a living example of this teaching. He delighted in visiting new places and appreciated the unique and positive traits among the different cultures … Read More