The Many Incarnations of Paramhansa Yogananda

by Brahmachari Sagar, Ananda Village

“Sir, are you an avatar?” a young Swami Kriyananda once asked Paramhansa Yogananda.
With quiet simplicity, Yogananda replied, “A work of this importance would have to have been started by such a one.”

What Is a "Spiritual Marriage"?

by Paramhansa Yogananda

The purpose of marriage is to know God, to be with God together, but this has been forgotten.
If you attract a person by spiritual magnetism, you will then find your soul companion.

How to Open Our Hearts to God's Love

Nayaswami Anandi
Sunday Service Highlights

You are one with God right now. The techniques help us to pull away what keeps us from loving God fully and completely.

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A Day in the Life of a Yogi

Tyagi Narayani
Ananda Mumbai

5 suggestions for yogic life:
#1 Start the day with affirmation. #2 Meditate. #3 Be truthful with your words. #4 Serve. #5 Offer everything from the day to God.

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What Is Yogananda's Highest Prayer?

Nayaswami Jyotish
Sunday Services Highlights

We pray for vision of deities because we actually long to feel the consciousness of union with the Divine and to share that with all.

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On Living Intentionally

by Sherry Crow
Ananda Los Angeles

The string quartet is kind of like ashram living: a small group of like-minded individuals who have chosen to be together because of the music they share in common.

When a Loved One Digs Themselves into a Pit, Do What Works

Asha Nayaswami
Your Spiritual Questions Answered

Master sometimes said, “God gives us our relatives, but thank God we can choose our friends!”