Jai Guru Paramhansa Yogananda

Join us in singing this beautiful and joyful chant dedicated to Paramhansa Yogananda. Recorded in the Temple of Light at Ananda Village during the Shivaratri celebration in March 2022. Find more music at https://ananda.org/music 

Blue Lotus Feet

Join us in singing this beautiful devotional chant dedicated to the Divine Mother, by Paramhansa Yogananda (from his “Cosmic Chants”). Recorded in the Temple of Light at Ananda Village during the Shivaratri celebration in March 2022. Lyrics: Engrossed is the bee of my mind On the blue lotus feet of my Divine Mother. Engrossed is the bee of my mind … Read More

O God Beautiful

Join us in singing this beautiful and joyful 15th-century Sikh chant by Guru Nanak, translated by Paramhansa Yogananda. Recorded in the Temple of Light at Ananda Village during the Shivaratri celebration in March 2022. Lyrics (Sing each line twice): O God beautiful, O God beautiful, At Thy feet, O I do bow! O God beautiful, O God beautiful, In the … Read More

Mahamrityunjaya Mantra Arati

Swami Kriyananda

Mahamrityunjaya Mantra for freedom, peace and healing Chanted by Swami Kriyananda in ancient Sanskrit OM Triambakam yajamahe sugandhim pushti vardhanam urvarukam eva bhandhanan mrityo mukshiya mamritat AUM. Translation: We worship that One of divine vision who nourishes all living beings. May he free us from death and grant us immortality. For millennia the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra has echoed down the banks … Read More

Ananda Kirtan: The Joy of Chanting

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Join us in singing these beautiful and joyful chants dedicated to Ganesha, Shiva, Krishna, the Guru and Divine Mother. Recorded in the Temple of Light at Ananda Village during the Shivaratri celebration in March 2022. Chants: 1. Ganesha Sharanam (traditional Indian) 2. Om Namah Shivaya (traditional Indian) 3. Jaya Shiva Shankara (traditional Indian) 4. Shiva, Shiva, Shiva Shambo (traditional Indian) … Read More

Peace

By Swami Kriyananda, performed in the Temple of Light at Ananda Village, March 13th 2022. Lyrics Peace gave us the mountains. Peace gave us the sky. Nightly, when starlight enfolds us, Peace is its lullaby. Amen. Amen. Peace gave us the morning. Peace gave us the sun. Bird songs that call us to welcome Day, and fresh labors begun. Amen. … Read More

Wartime Lullaby

Ramesha Nani, Bhagavati Nani

By Swami Kriyananda, performed by Bhagavati and Ramesha Nani. Lyrics Lullaby, my sweet baby, lullay, lullay, Angel voices sing peace on the wind, And though men cry with sorrows, God’s silence within Speaks of realms that no tears ever stained. Beauty, men say, is a dream never known; Shadow to them is a light. But their gloom is a cry … Read More

Christ Lives in Love – The Shawl of Gold (Ep. 27)

Keshava Betts

Lyrics The Shawl of Gold by Donald Walters (Swami Kriyananda) A poor little girl walking in the cold, Her clothing all tattered and thin, Spied a rich man standing outside a church— Outside a church, outside a church— Spied a rich man standing outside a church, The service about to begin. “Please, sir,” she said, “hear an orphan child: The … Read More

Soaring on Wings of Music: A Winter Instrumental Concert

Be carried away on wings of music. Beautiful and mystically enchanting pieces will be performed on cello and piano by Keshava Betts and Todd Billingsley. The concert includes selections from The Mystic Harp, I, Omar, Songs of Divine Joy, adaptations of sacred chants by Paramhansa Yogananda, and much more. More musicians will join the festivities, too. But this will be … Read More