When Ecstasy Comes, All Desires Go (With Swami Kriyananda)

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

Meditation on the Spiritual Eye

Nayaswami Maria

Nayaswami Maria shares this inspiring guided meditation by Swami Kriyananda during her Sunday Service at Ananda Village, January 29 2023. You can find the complete talk here. Transcript Nayaswami Maria: Being Comfortable and Relaxed During Meditation I’d like to ask you to just close your eyes and sit with a spine tall and relaxed and bring your attention to the … Read More

Apply Right Principles

Asha Nayaswami

Freedom, when truly lived, leads one forward on the path of law of reality. Every car driver knows that though a car may be steered from several positions, it will steer best from the driver’s seat.

Who Is in My Temple? (Chant by Yogananda)

This chant by Paramhansa Yogananda features devotee musicians from Ananda. Recorded during the Inner Renewal Week Kirtan on February 13th 2023. Lyrics (Words by Rabindranath Tagore, in Yogananda’s “Cosmic Chants” first edition. Sing each line twice.) Who is in my temple? All the doors do open themselves; All the lights do light themselves. Darkness, like a dark bird, flies away, … Read More

Yogananda’s Mahasamadhi Commemoration 2023

Nayaswami Devi, Nayaswami Jyotish, Nayaswami Jyotish and Nayaswami Devi

Beautiful and uplifting program at Ananda Village recorded on March 7th 2023, the anniversary of Paramhansa Yogananda’s Mahasamadhi. With Nayaswami Jyotish and Nayaswami Devi. ABOUT PARAMHANSA YOGANANDA Paramhansa Yogananda, born in 1893, was the first yoga master of India to take up permanent residence in the West. Yogananda arrived in America in 1920, and proceeded to travel throughout the United … Read More