Videos from Ananda Palo Alto

Evil as the absence of true joy • The choice between seeking God and turning away is absolute • Steadfastness on the path • Stubbornness • Spiritual sleepyheads • What is bad karma? (Conversations with Yogananda: 225-228)

Renunciation • Kriyananda’s experience guiding the monks at Mount Washington • Rules and challenges • Sexuality and the spiritual life • What is evil? (Conversations with Yogananda: 224)

How to find God • Gossip and rumors • How to prepare for a public talk (Conversations with Yogananda: 229-231)

Overcoming the tendency to put out less energy • Raising children to be ”good, but not too good“ • What it takes to become a saint • Yogananda’s work with the monks in his last few years • Why many monks left Mount Washington • Yogananda asks Kriyananda to take responsibility for the male monastics • Early rules and tests … Read More

How to relate to your astrology / horoscope • The power of concentrating at the spiritual eye • Meeting strong negative energy • Spiritual practice by Yogananda as a boy (Conversations with Yogananda: 214-219)

Raw diets • How to relate to food • Stories of strong correctives by Yogananda, sometimes to people he met for the first time • What is death to the soul? • A woman who was overcome with doubt • Yogananda’s horoscope: “to marry three times, being twice a widower” (Conversations with Yogananda: 205-213)

Wealth and the spiritual life • A woman who tried to seduce Yogananda • A man wrongly sentenced to death (Conversations with Yogananda: 198-204)