How to Cultivate Even-Mindedness

To be even-minded, we need to calm our emotions. The most effective way to calm emotions is from the inside out: Working directly with the energy in the spine. Join Nayaswami Diksha in practicing this simple and powerful technique to help cultivate even-mindedness, by Swami Kriyananda. Be a channel of higher consciousness for those in need. Visit the course, exploring … Read More

I Want to Be Your Disciple

Watch the beautiful moment 75 years ago when Swami Kriyananda became a disciple of the great Indian Master Paramhansa Yogananda. From the epic motion picture “The Answer”, that presents, for the first time on the cinematic screen, one of the most widely-known and revered spiritual Masters of our times, Paramhansa Yogananda, through the living testimony and in the own words … Read More

The Power of the Guru (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*. In his book … Read More

Devakinananda Gopala

Beautiful chant recorded in the Temple of Light at Ananda Village September 2023 for the celebration of Janmashtami. Traditional Indian temple melody.

Secrets of the Beatitudes

Watch this inspiring Sunday Service talk with Nayaswami Pranaba, recorded at Ananda Village on September 10th 2023. The Beatitudes are an invitation to feel the magnificence of the Divine. Nayaswami Pranaba zooms in on a few of the Beatitudes, explaining their meaning and sharing how we can live them in our own lives. The reading for this week from Swami … Read More

The Story of Krishna and Sudama

Watch the famous story from India of Lord Krishna and his close friend Sudama. Told by Seattle-local, Bangalore storyteller extraordinaire Murali Venkatrao, who will carry you to ancient sacred India. Krishna and Sudama were childhood friends and schoolmates at Gurukul. Krishna was from the royal family but Sudama was from a poor Brahmin family. The friendship of Krishna and Sudama … Read More