Loyalty Is the Greatest Law of God

Loyalty is the greatest law of God • How to develop devotion • “Suffer little children to come unto me” • Perseverance • “People are so skillful in their ignorance” • Can the soul ever be destroyed? • Spiritual truth) directional or absolute? (Conversations with Yogananda: 258-263)

Becoming a Guardian Angel

Swami Kriyananda was very drawn to places where Mary, the mother of Jesus, has appeared. One of these places, Medjugorje, is a pilgrimage spot for millions. When Swami visited there, he was elderly and unable to walk up the long, steep hill to get to the holy spot where Mary had appeared to the young children. In his chair, he … Read More

Habits Can Be Changed in a Day

Our earthly father and our Heavenly Father • Stories of monastics relating to their earthly families • Habits can be changed in a day • How to change habits quickly • Yogananda resting in the desert • How the Master corrects his disciples • Loyalty is the first law of God (Conversations with Yogananda: 249-257)

How to Control Desires

Recently a young man asked us, “Why do we do things that we know will make us unhappy, even when we don’t really want to do them?” This is a universal dilemma, and one that brings so much suffering into life! In the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna asks this same question on behalf of all of us to his guru, Krishna: … Read More