Yogananda’s Cosmic Chants: Kirtan

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Paramhansa Yogananda said: “Each of these chants should be sung not once but many times, utilizing the cumulative power of repetition, until the singer feels a great joy break through the radio of his heart. When this joy is felt it is proof that God has answered the devotee, and that his devotion has been properly tuned and the broadcasting … Read More

Light the Lamp of Thy Love (Chant by Yogananda)

Chant by Paramhansa Yogananda and Rabindranath Tagore Chant this beautiful song recorded at Ananda Village during the Inner Renewal Week Kirtan February 13th, 2023. Lyrics: (words by Rabindranath Tagore music and adaptation into English by Paramhansa Yogananda) In my house, with Thine own hands, Light the lamp of Thy love! In my house, with Thine own hands, Light the lamp … Read More

What Lightning Flash (Chant by Yogananda)

Join us in singing this beautiful chant by Paramhansa Yogananda. Recorded at Ananda Village during the Inner Renewal Week Kirtan February 13th 2023. Lyrics: What lightning flash glimmers in Thy face, Mother! What lightning flash glimmers in Thy face! Seeing Thee, I am thrilled through and through. Seeing Thee, I am thrilled through and through. (Cosmic Chants, 1938 Edition) 

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

Thousands of Suns (Chant by Yogananda)

Join us in singing this beautiful and joyful chant dedicated to the Divine Mother, by Paramhansa Yogananda (from his “Cosmic Chants”). Recorded in the Temple of Light at Ananda Village during the Inner Renewal Week Kirtan in February 2023. Lyrics: Who tells me Thou art dark, O my Mother Divine? Who tells me Thou art dark, O my Mother Divine? … Read More

Rest in God, Live in God

Beautiful chant by Swami Kriyananda, sung during the Inner Renewal Week Kirtan at Ananda Village February 13th 2023. Lyrics: Rest in God, Live in God, In His light*! In His light! * love, joy

Polestar of My Life (Chant by Yogananda)

Chant this beautiful song by Paramhansa Yogananda. Recorded at Ananda Village during the Inner Renewal Week Kirtan, February 13th 2023. Lyrics: I have made Thee polestar of my life. I have made Thee polestar of my life. Though my sea is dark and my stars are gone, Though my sea is dark and my stars are gone, Still I see … Read More

I Awake in Thy Light

Chant this beautiful song by Swami Kriyananda. Recorded at Ananda Village during the Inner Renewal Week Kirtan, February 13th 2023. Lyrics: I awake in Thy Light! I awake in Thy Light! I am joyful, I am free, I awake in Thy Light! I awake in Thy Love! I awake in Thy Love! I am joyful, I am free, I awake … Read More

Come Out of the Darkness, Mother

Beautiful chant by Swami Kriyananda, sung during the Inner Renewal Week Kirtan at Ananda Village February 13th 2023. Lyrics: Come out of the darkness, Mother. Bathe me in Thy light. Bathe me in Thy light.

Ananda Kirtan of Joy (Chants by Yogananda and Kriyananda)

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Beautiful and uplifting kirtan at Ananda Village tuning into God in the form of inner Light and Joy, recorded on February 13th during Inner Renewal Week 2023. Chants: – I Awake in Thy Light (Swami Kriyananda) – Dawn Chant (Paramhansa Yogananda, Cosmic Chants 1938) – Who Is in My Temple? (Paramhansa Yogananda, Cosmic Chants 1938) – Come Out of the … Read More