Jewel In The Lotus

This play by Swami Kriyananda was performed in Gurgaon, India at the 2007 Celebration of Yogananda’s Mahasamadhi. Click the square bracket on lower right for full screen viewing  Main Characters Jyotish Novak as the storyteller The late Timothy Kretzmann as the merchant Others: Durga Smallen (wife) Narayan Romano (son) Ramu and Hridaya Atwell Devi Novak, Director of the play Watch … Read More

Dos and Don’ts of Good Parenting

God, who is love, created man through the love of two souls, and through love alone man can find his way back to God. Parents and children should understand that their relationship is not fortuitous, but is due to a divine plan. Family life is the laboratory in which human love can be transformed into God’s perfect love. Loving guidance, … Read More

How to Start a Local Healing Prayer Group

Welcome to the world of transformative healing and spiritual connection! We appreciate your interest in initiating a local healing prayer group, centered around the sacred techniques imparted by the esteemed Paramhansa Yogananda. At our disposal, we have an array of valuable resources and tools that can empower you to begin this meaningful journey. Get ready to unlock the profound potential … Read More

Afirmaciones para la Autocuración

Paramhansa Yogananda, así como Swami Kriyananda, siempre han enfatizado la importancia de las afirmaciones,  y de cómo éstas afectan a nuestro estado de ánimo y por tanto a nuestra calidad de vida. Así pues, al tener presente cierta afirmación y repetirla a menudo, uno la acaba integrando en su consciente y subconsciente y hace de ella una forma de vida. … Read More

LA SANACION VIBRACIONAL

Aquí encontrará muchos artículos de Paramhansa Yogananda y Mary Kretzmann, directora del departamento de Sanación de Ananda Sangha en el Mundo. [scribd id=25403396 key=key-2d9kt4ds8ez12dqx9i0a mode=scroll]

A Place Called Ananda, Music and the Arts

Become a Singing Spiritual Superhero

You have a self-realization superpower. The world is in dire need of spiritual superheroes, and Ananda Music is a key to unlocking your hidden abilities. Paramhansa Yogananda writes in Cosmic Chants that: Sound, or vibration, is the most powerful force in the universe, and music is a divine art, to be used not for pleasure but as a path to God-realization. Vibrations resulting from … Read More

Finding Happiness: The Movie

A Film. A Vision. A True Story “While visiting a spiritual community in northern California an investigative journalist with a fair amount of skepticism and a dash of curiosity discovers that the key to finding happiness comes from within and when you change, everything changes.” Juliet Palmer, an investigative reporter, receives an unusual assignment from her boss at Profiles magazine: … Read More

A Place Called Ananda, Divine Love, Meditation, Spiritual Growth

Did Yogananda Water Down Kriya Yoga?

It’s not uncommon to hear people make the claim that Paramhansa Yogananda diluted the Kriya technique, or that he changed it for Westerners. Sometimes it’s done through a conscious intent to deceive and promote one’s own Kriya teacher, sometimes out of ignorance. Either way it’s an unfortunate sign that the world of Kriya Yoga is not free from narrow sectarianism. … Read More

Healing Power of the Cosmic Chants

I wrote this article to help devotees gain insight in how apply the healing “recipes” in When To Use These Songs, by Paramhansa Yogananda.  For many of the chants, Paramhansa Yogananda’s comments suffice, especially when you read the words of the chant with that understanding fresh in your mind. I’ve added a few insights when it may be helpful or … Read More