“Trained in Divine Love” by Anandi Cornell — Book Launch

For fifty years, Nayaswami Anandi was a deeply devoted disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda, and a student of his beloved disciple, Swami Kriyananda. To everyone she met, Anandi was a beautiful channel of divine love; her life’s quest was to reciprocate and express the pure love she received. In this book, there are sacred and precious experiences and stories never shared … Read More

Piercing the Veil: Connecting to God Through Prayer

The power of prayer is relayed with stories where God healed people when they made even a small effort to attune to God’s wavelength of joy and love. Nayaswami Anandi concludes that God knows our needs even better than we do, and is always ready to answer our prayers if we open our hearts to receive. Recorded in Palo Alto … Read More

Inspiration of Spiritual Community: Living in Harmony

Watch this beautiful talk by Nayaswami Anandi about the inspiration of community – based on many decades of successful experience at Ananda Village in Northern California. From a morning of talks recorded during Spiritual Renewal Week 2015. See the whole video of “Communities: Lifestyle for the New Age.” Transcript Welcome and Introduction Nayaswami Anandi: Well good morning. This morning we … Read More

God’s Love Is Always with You

Nayaswami Anandi shares from the Bhagavad Gita and Paramhansa Yogananda’s commentary during her inspiring Sunday Service on February 14th 2021. Transcript Nayaswami Anandi: Sunday Service and the Avatar This Sunday service, The Law is Perfected in Love, it’s interestingly the third in what seems to me to be a series of Sunday services. Two weeks ago, Nayaswami Parvati talked about … Read More

Astral Ascension Ceremony for Nayaswami Anandi

Astral Ascension ceremony held at Ananda Village, January 31st 2022 with Nayaswami Bharat, Nayaswami Jyotish and Nayaswami Devi. At the end of the program Devi mentions a short video excerpt of Anandi from the movie “Finding Happiness” , you can watch it here. Nayaswami Anandi passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday morning, January 30th 2022. She was known … Read More

Nayaswami Anandi: A Celebration of Her Life

Nayaswami Anandi passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday morning, January 30th 2022. She was known for her natural warmth, humor, wisdom, and kindness. Almost since her arrival at Ananda in 1971 as a founding member of Ananda, she had been sharing the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda. An Ananda minister since 1980, Anandi had directed and taught in many … Read More

Attunement to the Guru

Nayaswami Anandi shares this inspiring spiritual direction during her Sunday Service at Ananda Village, May 30th, 2021. You can find the complete talk here.