Pray to God to Help Deepen Your Love for Him
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Season 2. These talks are based on the book: The Bhagavad Gita explained by Paramhansa Yogananda. This sharing of India’s best-loved scripture approaches it from a fresh perspective, showing its deep allegorical meaning and also its down-to-earth practicality. The themes presented are universal.
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. At Yogananda’s request, Swami Kriyananda devoted his life to lecturing and writing, helping others to experience the living presence of God within. He taught on four continents in seven languages over the course of 65 years. His talks, his music, and his many books have touched the lives of millions. An advocate of simple living and high thinking, his 150 books emphasize the need to live wisely by one’s own experience of life, and not by abstract theories or dogmas. A composer since 1964, Walters has written over 400 musical works. His teachings on spiritualizing human endeavor include fields of business life, leadership, education, the arts, community, and science. He wrote extensive commentaries on the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita, both based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda.
Known as the "father of intentional communities," in 1967 he founded the first of 10 Ananda communities, fulfilling Yogananda's dream. Each combines spiritual focus with community living. Kriyananda's inspired leadership made Ananda successful through selfless example, counseling, writing, lecturing, music and prayer. He trained leaders to put others' spiritual needs first, allow experiential learning, and follow "People over things" and "Dharma brings victory."
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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 States on what he called his “spiritual campaigns.” Hundreds of thousands filled the largest halls in major American cities to see the yoga master from India. Yogananda continued to lecture and write up to his passing in 1952. Paramhansa Yogananda’s initial impact on the western culture was truly impressive. But his lasting spiritual legacy has been even greater. His Autobiography of a Yogi, first published in 1946, helped launch a spiritual revolution in the West. Translated into more than a dozen languages, it remains a best-selling spiritual classic to this day. [Read free at https://www.ananda.org/autobiography/.]
The path of Kriya Yoga, which combines the practice of advanced yogic techniques with spirituality in daily life, can be learned at https://www.ananda.org/kriya-yoga/.
