Swami Kriyananda’s Affirmation for Love

Based on Affirmations for Self-Healing by Swami Kriyananda Affirmation: I will love others as extensions of my own Self, and of the love I feel from God. Prayer: O Infinite One, make me a channel for Thy love! Through me, reach out to sow seeds of love in barren hearts everywhere. Shared from Ananda Sangha Delhi 

Living in God’s Grace — Invoking the Presence of the Guru

Watch this inspiring Sunday Service talk with Jitendra Guindon, recorded at Ananda Village on February 11th, 2024. The reading for this week from Swami Kriyananda’s book Rays of the One Light is “The Importance of Soul-Receptivity”. Truth is one and eternal. Realize oneness with it in your deathless Self, within. The following commentary is based on the teachings of Paramhansa … Read More

True Renunciation Involves Sacrifice (With Swami Kriyananda)

Swami Kriyananda reads and comments on his book “Conversations with Yogananda.” TV series “A Way to Awakening” recorded in India. 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 … Read More

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

Peace

Watch this beautiful song by Swami Kriyananda from the Temple of Light at Ananda Village, recorded June 27th 2023 with singers and musicians from different Ananda Communities during our annual Spiritual Renewal Week. Lyrics: Peace gave us the mountains. Peace gave us the sky. Nightly, when starlight enfolds us, Peace is its lullaby. Amen. Amen. Peace gave us the morning. … Read More

Paramhansa Yogananda: How to Live With Non-Attachment (Shared by Nayaswami Jaya)

Nayaswami Jaya continues his new series on Paramhansa Yogananda’s teachings on developing courage and overcoming fear. Based on Yogananda’s book “How to Live Without Fear” Remove The Mental Bacteria to Overcome Your Fear! “One of the greatest enemies of willpower is fear. Avoid it both in thought and in action. Fear doesn’t help you to get away from the object … Read More