I Live Without Fear (Ananda Joy Choir at Crystal Hermitage)

Watch and listen to this beautiful song by Swami Kriyananda, performed by members of the Ananda Joy Singers Choir, recorded during the 80th birthday celebration of Nayaswami Jyotish at the Crystal Hermitage at Ananda Village, August 5th 2023. Lyrics Though green summer fade And winter draw near, My Lord, in Your presence I live without fear. Through tempest, through snows, … Read More

Home Is a Green Hill (Ananda Joy Choir at Crystal Hermitage)

Watch and listen to this beautiful song by Swami Kriyananda, performed by members of the Ananda Joy Singers Choir, recorded during the 80th birthday celebration of Nayaswami Jyotish at the Crystal Hermitage at Ananda Village, August 5th 2023. Lyrics: Home is a green hill, home is a wind Blowing betrayal, far, far away. Home is the knowledge heaven is near, … Read More

How Important Are We?

Our lives, like puffs of wind on a handful of dust, soon become nothing. Don’t base your self-definition on what can never last. Base it on your eternal reality, in God.

How the Masculine and Feminine Energies Help Keep Balance in the World (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

Oh, Divine Mother (Ananda Joy Choir at Crystal Hermitage)

Recorded during the 80th birthday celebration of Nayaswami Jyotish at the Crystal Hermitage at Ananda Village, August 5th 2023. Based on the American folk song, “Oh Shenandoah.” Nayaswami Jyotish describes here the inspiration for writing the new lyrics. Lyrics (by Nayaswami Jyotish) Oh, Divine Mother, I long to know You. Fade away, O world of maya. Oh, Divine Mother, I long to know … Read More

The World Is Falling Apart: What to Do about It?

Our world is undergoing significant challenges and upheaval. What can we do to be part of the shift in values? Paramhansa Yogananda’s teachings highlight impending shifts due to technology and the need to rethink education, while emphasizing the importance of love and choosing the path of light over materialism.