In human love, we seek security, comfort, and loving acceptance. No matter how successful we are in achieving these goals (and how few do), at death “we do part.” Life’s ebbs and flows guarantee that even when we feel secure, we are ignoring the fact that we never know what is coming. And the rest of the time we already … Read More
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Do You Need a Personal Savior?
Do you need a personal savior? How often have I heard this from “die-hard” Christians? What if they’re right (almost)? If so, why? The first sentence of Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda states “The characteristic features of Indian culture have long been a search for ultimate verities and the concomitant disciple-guru relationship.”
Should I Drop Out? Ask a Yogi!
A young man asks whether his aspiration to live a spiritual life means he should not bother with college, marriage, family and career? I faced this question in the late 60’s and see many young people facing this question now as well.
How to Meditate if Unwell?
Someone wrote to me to ask how to meditate while having a cold? I had just got over one myself so I thought to share some thoughts. “Tis the season!”
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Weekly Wisdom of Yogananda
Paramhansa Yogananda’s famous life story, Autobiography of a Yogi, describes the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali in two of the chapters: Chapter 7 and Chapter 26. Yogananda mentions three of the core insights offered by Patanjali: the now famous 8-Fold Path of (Ashtanga) Raja Yoga; the pithy but powerful definition of the state of “yoga-union”; and the importance of communing with … Read More
Love: the One Thing Needful
Our program of weekly wisdom from the Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda begins with a poem taken from Chapter 7. It is a poem written by a famous medieval woman saint of India: Mirabai. Putting aside the endless debates about religion, theology and spiritual paths and practices to discover the “one thing needful” before even one step can … Read More
How to Change Others
When others are misbehaving, what can we do? By Nayaswami Hriman
Awaken Kundalini with Yoga and Meditation (with Dr. Murali Venkatrao)
Join Dr. Murali Venkatrao in this event on “Awaken Kundalini” hosted by East West Bookshop on Jan 8, 2022
The Christian Problem
Jesus asked his disciple “Who am I?” That question is still being asked today. How can Christianity ever expand beyond its dogma of an exclusive claim for Jesus Christ being the “only” son of God? With Nayaswami Hriman
Our World — A Magnification of Light (With Swami Kriyananda)
Recorded June 29, 2003 in Seattle 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 … Read More
