By Swami Kriyananda. Performed in the Temple of Light by the Ananda Village Choir on Dec 16, 2023. You can watch the complete concert here. Lyrics: The Christ child’s asleep. The silence is so deep That round about, with hope in their eyes, The animals await, Their breathing they abate: They know their time has come to arise. For Jesus … Read More
That Night When Christ Was Born (A Christmas Song)
By Swami Kriyananda. Performed in the Temple of Light by the Ananda Village Choir on Dec 16th, 2023. You can watch the full concert here. Lyrics 1. Once there lived a tiny nightingale In the ancient land of Israel. Not a note he ever sang until That night when Christ was born. Chorus: That night! That night! No song he … Read More
The Christmas Mystery (A Christmas Song)
By Swami Kriyananda. Performed by the Ananda Village Choir in the Temple of Light, Dec 16th, 2023. You can watch the full concert here. LYRICS 1. Long ago there was a little shed. There three mighty kings did bow their heads To a gentle babe of low degree Whom men called the son of Mary. Chorus: Who’ll tell to me … Read More
“The Christmas Mystery” by Swami Kriyananda – Filmed at Ananda Village in 2016
We wish you Happy Christmas from Ananda with this beautiful song by Swami Kriyananda. Many blessings! The Christmas Mystery Long ago there was a little shed. There three mighty kings did bow their heads To a gentle babe of low degree, Whom men called the son of Mary. Who’ll tell to me this mystery: How a tiny babe in a … Read More
Christmas Concert 2023
Watch this beautiful Christmas Concert with traditional music and compositions by Swami Kriyananda, recorded in the Temple of Light at Ananda Village December 16, 2023. Program: 1. O Come, All Ye Faithful 2. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 3. Angels We Have Heard on High 4. That Night When Christ Was Born (by Swami Kriyananda) 5. Still, Still, Still 6. … Read More
Lord, I am Thine (Chant by Swami Kriyananda)
“Lord I am Thine, be Thou mine!” “Prabhu main Tumhara, Ho jao mere”
Psalm of David — 2023 Oratorio “Christ Lives” by Swami Kriyananda
Lyrics I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, From whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, Who made the heavens and the earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, He that keepeth Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper: The … Read More
Mother of Wisdom — 2023 Oratorio “Christ Lives” by Swami Kriyananda
Lyrics Mother of wisdom, mercy and grace, Grant us Thy vision, grant us Thy peace. Our love receive, though blindly we pray; Silently guide our thoughts when we stray. How many years, so proud of our wisdom, Turning from God, we’ve wandered alone! So many years we’ve boasted but madness! Now our souls call Thee: Make us Thy own. 🎵 … Read More
Festival of Joyful Arts – Ananda Village – June 13, 2003 (With Swami Kriyananda)
ABOUT SWAMI KRIYANANDA In 1948 at the age of twenty-two, Swami Kriyananda (J. Donald Walters) became a disciple of the Indian yoga master, Paramhansa Yogananda. Yogananda is best known for his spiritual classic, Autobiography of a Yogi. Yogananda moved to America and developed the energization exercises and taught the meditation techniques of Hatha Yoga and especially Kriya Yoga. At Yogananda’s … Read More
A New Tomorrow — 2023 Oratorio “Christ Lives” by Swami Kriyananda
Lyrics When the dawn breaks, and then the morning Sends the sun high in the sky, Who would hide from heaven’s glory? Who would pass the challenge by? There’s a morning for every nation, When the sun’s high in the sky: There’s a time for every people To affirm their destiny! Even so, all of us together Can create a … Read More