Images and Video from the Life of Yogananda

Beautiful images and videoclips combined with Yogananda’s timeless music from Cosmic Chants help to get to know and attune yourself to the great Master. Includes video footage of Yogananda in New York with permission from the University of South Carolina (the full clip can be viewed here), as well as footage recorded in London during Paramhansa Yogananda’s visit in 1936 before … Read More

Yogananda’s “Autobiography of a Yogi”: Babaji, the Yogi-Christ of Modern India (Chapter 33)

Read by his direct disciple Swami Kriyananda. Original first edition. In honor of the 75th anniversary of this spiritual treasure we continue our offering of a special audio recording of several selected chapters. In this 33rd chapter, Yogananda describes the life and mission of the great Mahavatar Babaji. Join us Wednesday, December 1st, 2021 for an evening of inspiration to … Read More

Yogananda’s “Autobiography of a Yogi”: Years in My Master’s Hermitage (Chapter 12)

Read by his direct disciple Swami Kriyananda. Original first edition. In honor of the 75th anniversary of this spiritual treasure, we offer you a special audio recording of a few chapters. On December 1st, 2021, an evening of inspiration celebrated the 75th anniversary of this spiritual classic! Nayaswami Jyotish and Nayaswami Devi, spiritual directors of Ananda Worldwide, were keynote speakers … Read More

Paramhansa Yogananda’s “Autobiography of a Yogi” — Chapter 1

Read by his direct disciple Swami Kriyananda. Original first edition. In honor of the 75th anniversary of this spiritual treasure we are offering you a special audio recording of the first chapter. Join us on December 1st 2021 for an evening of inspiration to celebrate the 75th anniversary of this spiritual classic! Nayaswami Jyotish and Nayaswami Devi, spiritual directors of … Read More

Yogananda Performs Wedding Ceremony

We are thrilled to offer you this very special, restored recording of Paramhansa Yogananda performing the wedding ceremony of Brahmacharee Nerode from India and Agnes Spencer from America. It was recorded in Los Angeles on January 23rd, 1931 and shown as newsreel footage on screens of movie theaters. Yogananda said at the end of the ceremony: “It is also, this … Read More

Yogananda Visits New York

We are very happy to offer you (in collaboration with the University of South Carolina) this original video footage of Swami Yogananda visiting New York City in 1923. Phil Goldberg describes the moment in his acclaimed biography The Life of Yogananda: The Story of the Yogi Who Became the First Modern Guru, pages 117-118: “The falling of leaves in 1923 … Read More

Yogananda in Samadhi

Do you want to know about the spiritual consciousness of Paramhansa Yogananda? Watch this video to get an answer to this question. Recorded in London during Paramhansa Yogananda’s visit in 1936 before returning to America. Licensed from British Pathé/Reuters About Paramhansa Yogananda: Paramhansa Yogananda’s arrival in Boston in 1920 marked the beginning of a new wave of spiritual consciousness in … Read More