In conversation: Producer Kaveeta Oberoi Kaul with George Stumpf who essays the role of Swami Kriyananda’s father
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How to Transcend the Ego: Transcendence Means Joy
If we live by high principles and concern ourselves with what will be good for everyone, rather than referring everything that happens back to our little selves, we will soon realize that we are living in great joy. Living in the ego brings pain. Living for God brings bliss.
Living the Yoga Sutras — Practical Steps to Higher Awareness
6-Week Online Course Experience the very essence of Yoga with Ananda’s unique approach to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Under the expert guidance of two of Ananda’s senior teachers, Nayaswami Gyandev and Nayaswami Diksha, you’ll go beyond philosophy to understand more deeply how to access the higher realms of consciousness—and begin to do it, both in meditation and in everyday … Read More
“The Answer” – Behind the scenes with Deborah Young
Testimonial by Deborah Young, the renowned critic from Hollywood reporter
Seclusion is the Price of Greatness
Yogananda said, “Seclusion is the price of greatness,” but why is that so? In silence, the soul touches God. In deep stillness, when restless thoughts and feelings no longer muddy the pools of inner awareness, we can at last hear the voice of God whispering to us. No man ever achieved greatness, which is to say transcendence, in any arena … Read More
The Science of Kriya Yoga: Autobiography of a Yogi
“Kriya Yoga is the airplane route to God” —Paramhansa Yogananda
Serve the Divine in All ~ The Ananda Way of Life #36
Swami was a perfect example of a disciple who wholly wanted to serve his guru through helping others. What he “liked to do” perfectly aligned with what he did for work and service—whether writing books, music, or counseling, etc. In any form or work, and also in parenting, feel as though you are serving God through them. Forget not the … Read More
Class 58: The Bhagavad Gita of Paramhansa Yogananda
Gita (18:41) O Scorcher of Foes! the duties of Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaishyas, as also of Shudras, are (inborn and diverse) according to the gunas uppermost in their natures. The inner, mystical caste system is a practical way for us to gauge our level of awareness and the play of the gunas within us. Krishna helps put these stages of … Read More
Work as Divine Service ~ The Ananda Way of Life, #35
The work we do occupies such a large portion of our day-to-day life, to learn to spiritualize our relationship to it offers a tremendous opportunity for upliftment and self-expansion. All of us must work in some way, but our attitude towards our work defines whether it is contractive to our consciousness or expansive. Even the thought of “hard work” drains … Read More
