Celebrating 100 years of spiritual awakening with Paramhansa Yogananda’s arrival in America and the start of his mission to the world.

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. Music by Panduranga ABOUT PARAMHANSA YOGANANDA Paramhansa Yogananda, born in 1893, was the first yoga master of India to take up permanent residence in the West. Yogananda arrived in America in 1920, and proceeded to travel throughout … Read More

Yogananda’s Early Years on the East Coast

Watch this inspiring video about Paramhansa Yogananda coming to America, put together by Ananda Northeast, describing Yogananda’s early years in Boston, New York and other areas at the East Coast. This was created for the celebration of Yogananda’s 100th year anniversary of landing in Boston, Sept 19th 2020. You can find more videos of Paramhansa Yogananda here.  ABOUT PARAMHANSA YOGANANDA … Read More

Yogananda 100th Anniversary: Celebration at Ananda Village

Nayaswami Jyotish and Nayaswami Devi, Nayaswami Devi, Nayaswami Jyotish

Watch this beautiful event at Ananda Village on the 100th anniversary of Yogananda’s coming to the West, Sept 19th 2020. Celebrated in the Temple of Light with Nayaswami Jyotish and Nayaswami Devi, this recording also features a remarkable video from different Ananda Communities in America and Europe describing the visits of Yogananda in their areas. You can find more videos … Read More

Yogananda Coming to the West

Watch this inspiring video about Paramhansa Yogananda coming to the West, put together by different Ananda Communities in America and Europe, describing Yogananda’s visits in their areas. This was created for the celebration of Yogananda’s 100th year anniversary of landing in Boston, Sept 19th 2020. You can find more videos of Paramhansa Yogananda here. ABOUT PARAMHANSA YOGANANDA Paramhansa Yogananda, born … Read More

Yogananda Performs Wedding Ceremony

Paramhansa Yogananda

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

Paramhansa Yogananda

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

O Master — Ananda World Brotherhood Virtual Choir

The Ananda World Brotherhood Choir went VIRTUAL for this special performance of “O Master.” More than ninety (90) singers participated, recording from their homes in Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Noida, and Pune (India); Tel Aviv (Israel); Milano (Italy); and California, Missouri, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington (USA). It was a great joy to feel our oneness in spirit as we sang … Read More

Yogananda in Samadhi

Paramhansa Yogananda

Paramhansa Yogananda’s arrival in Boston 100 years ago in 1920 marked the beginning of a new wave of spiritual consciousness in America and throughout the world. His mission was one of world peace and brotherhood, as well as individual Self-realization, both of which he said could be achieved through the practice of transformative meditation techniques such as Kriya Yoga, which … Read More