Beautiful dance at Ananda’s annual “Spiritual Renewal Week”, recorded July 1 2023.
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Janmashtami Kirtan
A beautiful blend of chanting, meditation and inspirational reading in honor of Krishna and Babaji will fill this year’s Janmashtami with divine splendor. What is Janmashtami? It is the birthday of Sri Krishna, traditionally celebrated on the 8th day of the waning moon between mid-August and mid-September. Knowing as Yogananda explained, Sri Krishna being the former incarnation of Mahavatar Babaji, … Read More
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They Have Heard Thy Name (Chant by P. Yogananda)
Chant this beautiful chant by Yogananda, from his Cosmic Chants (1938 edition). Recorded in 2023. Lyrics: They have heard Thy name, the blind, halt and lame. They have come to Thy door, they have come to Thy door. Give Thou an audience, Lord. Those that are drowned in sin; to whom will they go? They have no one, O Lord. … Read More
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Farther Away Than the Stars: Songs and Stories Dedicated to The Divine Mother
Brahmachari Prashad from Ananda Village visited Ananda Palo Alto to share a vocal and instrumental concert, along with storytelling, all woven together with the thread of devotion to Divine Mother.
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What Lightning Flash (Chant by P. Yogananda)
Join us in singing this beautiful chant by Paramhansa Yogananda (author of Autobiography of a Yogi). Recorded in 2023. (Cosmic Chants, 1938 Edition) Lyrics What lightning flash glimmers in Thy face, Mother! What lightning flash glimmers in Thy face! Seeing Thee, I am thrilled through and through. Seeing Thee, I am thrilled through and through. #yogananda #paramahansayogananda #autobiographyofayogi #chant #chanting … Read More
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Light the Lamp of Thy Love (Chant by P. Yogananda and Rabindranath Tagore)
Chant this beautiful song recorded in 2023. From Paramhansa Yogananda’s Cosmic Chants (1938 edition). Words by Rabindranath Tagore music and adaptation into English by Paramhansa Yogananda Lyrics: In my house, with Thine own hands, Light the lamp of Thy love! In my house, with Thine own hands, Light the lamp of Thy love! Thy transmuting lamp entrancing, Thy transmuting lamp … Read More
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Yogananda’s Poem “God, God, God” — Chanted by Direct Disciple Swami Kriyananda
God, God, God (Poem by Paramhansa Yogananda) From the depths of slumber, As I ascend the spiral stairways of wakefulness, I will whisper: God! God! God! Thou art the food, and when I break my fast Of nightly separation from Thee, I will taste Thee, and mentally say: God! God! God! No matter where I go, the spotlight of my … Read More
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In the Temple of Silence (Chant by P. Yogananda)
From Paramhansa Yogananda’s Cosmic Chants (1938 edition). Chanted by Brahmachari Sagar in 2023. Lyrics: In the temple of Silence, In the temple of Peace I will meet Thee I will touch Thee I will love Thee and coax Thee to my altar of Peace and coax Thee to my altar of Peace In the temple of Samadhi In the temple … Read More
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I Am the Bubble, Make Me the Sea (Chant by P. Yogananda)
One of Yogananda’s most beloved chants from his Cosmic Chants, chanted by Brahmachari Sagar in 2023. Lyrics: So do Thou my Lord: So do Thou my Lord: Thou and I, never apart. Wave of the sea, dissolve in the sea! Thou and I, never apart. Wave of the sea, dissolve in the sea! I am the bubble, make me the … Read More
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Brave Were the People (Ananda Joy Choir at Crystal Hermitage)
Watch and listen to this beautiful song by Swami Kriyananda, performed by members of the Ananda Joy Singers Choir, recorded during the 80th birthday celebration of Nayaswami Jyotish at the Crystal Hermitage at Ananda Village, August 5th 2023. Lyrics: Brave were the people who lived in these hills. Brave, the great warriors who confronted the foe. To defend what is … Read More
