Paramhansa Yogananda: Avatar for the New Age

Swami Kriyananda
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Swami Kriyananda talks about his multicultural upbringing and early disinterest in formal religion and the pervasive feeling of life’s superficiality. Kriyananda says he was driven by a profound quest for meaning that led him to an interest in astronomy and later the arts but neither field satisfied his existential questions. His continued search turned him towards spirituality and explorations of … Read More

“Learn a Meditation Technique” – The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita with Swami Kriyananda

Swami Kriyananda
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Swami Kriyananda shares some of his personal stories and gives us an inspiring talk from a passage in the Bhagavad Gita. He also explains a very powerful meditation technique that uses the mantra Hong-Sau for watching and calming the breath. He explains that breath is a mechanism of the body that can be transcended. When the mind and body are … Read More

What Is the Astral World?

Swami Kriyananda

For those of us living in this physical, materialistic plane with the traps and delusions of Maya and duality, just the thought of an astral plane provides comfort. Swami Kriyananda not only affirms the existence of such a plane but goes on to explain the astral plane’s features: the beauty as well as the pitfalls. Kriyananda elaborates on the journey … Read More

What Happens When a Person Dies?

Swami Kriyananda

This is a question most people have and wonder about, but it is not at all a mystery for some. Swami Kriyananda explains that when the body dies, the emotions/feelings we have remain after the heart stops and the senses shut down. Without a physical body, these remaining feelings are all the more intense without the “thick wall of flesh.” … Read More