Composed by Swami Kriyananda, performed by members of the Ananda Village Choir. Recorded during the streamathon for the beautiful new Temple of Light at Ananda Village, on February 9th, 2019. For more information please visit our webpage https://www.anandamusic.org
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Brave Were the People
Composed by Swami Kriyananda, performed by members of the Ananda Village Choir. Lyrics: Brave were the people who lived in these hills. Brave, the great warriors who confronted the foe. To defend what is holy, to defend what is true: Our Lord on mankind did this duty bestow. Glad all our children who people these hills. Glad in the vision … Read More
O Master
Dedicated to Paramhansa Yogananda Composer: Swami Kriyananda (Donald Walters) & Mukti LaMar Performed by the Ananda Village Choir Lyrics: O Master, may Thy joy fill our days. O Master, may Thy wisdom guide our ways. The time has come for us to see That there’s but one reality Upon the earth and high above: The truth that all was made … Read More
Christmas Concert at Ananda Village 2018
(Download MP3)Enjoy this beautiful concert at the Expanding Light in Ananda Village. Program (00:36) – O Come All Ye Faithful (02:09) – All My Heart this Night Rejoices (03:47) – Gaudete (05:44) – O Little Town of Bethlehem (English version) (08:21) – Christmas Lullaby (12:01) – That Night When Christ Was Born (15:36) – Looking for a Friend (18:31) – Little … Read More
Aum Namo Narayana – Chant by Swami Kriyananda
“When you [chant] “God” again and again, forgetting time and with ever-increasing devotion, and when your consciousness forgets itself in [chanting], at that point you will feel the presence of God.” —Swami Yogananda, Advanced Super Cosmic Science Course (1934) “Once the mind is focused by chanting, and the inner energy is awakened, take your chanting inward. Don’t only “make a … Read More
What’s Chanting, Why Do It, and How?
Dambara talks briefly about why chanting is wonderful.
“Christ Lives!” an Oratorio
(Download MP3)“Christ Lives! an Oratorio” was composed by Swami Kriyananda in 1984 after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. This previously unpublished video is of the Good Friday, April 14, 2017 performance at Ananda Village in Northern California. ? To access PDF’s of lyrics and/or sheet music: https://tinyurl.com/rujlaqp “Christ Lives” an Oratorio by Swami Kriyananda “Let us, like the prophet Jeremiah, … Read More
Three Wise Men (by Swami Kriyananda)
We wish you a joyful Christmas and many blessings with this beautiful song by Swami Kriyananda “Three Wise Men”, performed by members of the Ananda Palo Alto choir. Three Wise Men Then three wise men came from afar, Guided by the heavenly star. Christ, the light of God, had descended, That, receiving him, all might be saved. Thus, the promise … Read More
The Christ Child Asleep (by Swami Kriyananda)
Wishing you a blessed Christmas from Ananda with this beautiful song by Swami Kriyananda, “The Christ Child’s Asleep”. The Christ child’s asleep. The silence is so deep That round about, with hope in their eyes, The animals await; Their breathing they abate: They know their time has come to arise. For Jesus came on earth To offer second birth To … Read More
The Christmas Mystery
We wish you Happy Christmas from Ananda with this beautiful song by Swami Kriyananda, “The Christmas Mystery”. Many blessings! The Christmas Mystery Long ago there was a little shed. There three mighty kings did bow their heads To a gentle babe of low degree, Whom men called the son of Mary. Who’ll tell to me this mystery: How a tiny … Read More
A kirtan by Ananda India Monks
Prior to Nayaswami Jyotish and Nayaswami Devi’s talk in Mumbai
