The Christ Child’s Asleep (A Christmas Song)

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

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

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)

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