How to Pray Effectively

Episode 99
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Swas I Kriyananda shares thoughts on the best ways to pray for others — and whether one tshould go to “heroic measures” to save someone’s life. Questions include: When someone that we know is in need of healing, or in some other urgent situation, what is the best way to pray for them? Modern medicine has no made it possible … Read More

The Cycles of Time

Episode 100
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A question about Swami Kriyananda’s mission in life turns into a discussion of the mission of Paramhansa Yogananda, his place in history, and in the cycles of time known as the Yugas. Kriyananda says that we are in a period of time in history when there may be much conflict, but that peace is I’ll come in time, and spiritual … Read More

How to Prepare for Hard Times (with Swami Kriyananda)

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 he recalls his experiences growing up in India and his life in America. He writes of meeting the great spiritual … Read More