Ananda Life Training Guide Many people ask what they should learn and do to embrace the path of Self-realization more fully. The answer is not a short one. The teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda and Nayaswami Kriyananda are rich, deep, and varied, and touch on all aspects of life. We developed Ananda Life Training to give you a complete view of the teachings of Ananda Sangha, and to help guide you in your choices of what you want to learn and do.
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The Art and Science of Self-Realization A New Dispensation The Art of Discipleship Meditation and the Path of Kriya Yoga Raja Yoga and Yoga Philosophy Keys to Your Inner Life
The Practical Expression of Spirituality in Your Daily Life Spiritual Community Health and Healing Creativity and the Arts Marriage and Relationships Education for Life Business and Prosperity
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A New Dispensation
Paramhansa Yogananda said he came to the West to show the essential unity between original yoga and original Christianity, and to awaken in all men the knowledge of their unity with God. Yogananda called his work a “new dispensation” – not a new religion, not a new sect, but a new and reinvigorated expression of the timeless and universal teachings at the heart of all religions and spiritual experience.
Autobiography of a Yogi Available to you in multiple formats: Book -- Autobiography of a Yogi, By Paramhansa Yogananda Free Online Book -- Autobiography of a Yogi, By Paramhansa Yogananda Audio Book -- Autobiography of a Yogi (Unabridged), By Paramhansa Yogananda, Read by Swami Kriyananda
The New Path: My Life with Paramhansa Yogananda Available to you in multiple formats: Book – The New Path: My Life with Paramhansa Yogananda, By Swami Kriyananda Free Online Book -- The New Path: My Life with Paramhansa Yogananda, By Swami Kriyananda
The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita Available to you in multiple formats: Book – The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita, Explained by Paramhansa Yogananda as remembered by his disciple, Swami Kriyananda Audio Book – The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita, Explained by Paramhansa Yogananda as remembered by his disciple, Swami Kriyananda
Free Streaming Videos – The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita, Taught by Swami Kriyananda (10 minutes each) Part 1-20 1 – “Introduction” 2 – “The Four Aspects of Mind”
2 3 – “The Need for a Guru” 4 – “The Source of All Suffering” 5 – “The Saint is the Sinner Who Never Gave Up” 6 – “Overcoming Bad Habits” 7 – “Overcoming the Ego” 8 – “The Inner Light” 9 – “The Chakras: Seven Gates to Freedom” 10 – “Awakening the Kundalini” 11 – “Do the Right Thing” 12 – “Yamas and Niyamas: Dos and Don’ts of the Spiritual Path” 13 – “Patanjali’s Eight-Fold Yoga Path” 14 – “Sexuality and Self-Control” 15 – “Being Twice-Born” 16 – “Sometimes We Need to Trick the Mind” 17 – “Don’t Worry About Your Faults – Love God” 18 – “Self-Esteem is Built on Sand – Know God” 19 – “Learn a Meditation Technique” 20 – “The Creation of the Universe” Part 21-40 21 – “Love God Through His Bliss” 22 – “Drawing Inspiration at Will” 23 – “Our Inner Champions” 24 – “What is Extreme Dispassion?” 25 – “Learn Contentment Through Meditation” 26 – “Overcoming Our Negative Tendencies” 27 – “Balancing Our Feminine and Masculine Natures” 28 – “Can Reason Alone Lead to Truth?” 29 – “True Meaning of the Caste System” 30 – “Limitations of Freudian Psychology” 31 – “One Religion” 32 – “Reincarnation” 33 – “Non-Violence” 34 – “The Need for a Guru” 35 – “God’s Smile in Your Heart” 36 – “The Immortal Soul” 37 – “Introspection” 38 – “Be Even-Minded and Cheerful” 39 – “What is Reality?” 40 – “Why Did God Create Us? Part 1” Part 41-60 41 – “Why Did God Create Us? Part 2”
3 42 – “Our Consciousness Determines Our Reality” 43 – “The Trap of Self-Involvement” 44 – “Act Without Attachment” 45 – “The Final Exam” 46 – “Loyalty: The First Law of God” 47 – “Do Not Identify with Your Mistakes” 48 – “The Immortal Soul” 49 – “Space and Time Do Not Exist” 50 – “Truth Cannot be Found Through Reason” 51 – “Modern Physics and Vedanta” 52 – “God is Hidden Behind Everything” 53 – “Death: The Final Exam” 54 – “The Battle for Truth” 55 – “Our True Home is in God” 56 – “Be Loyal to Your Experience, not Your Belief” 57 – “You are Beyond Time and Space” 58 – “Reason vs. Intuition” 59 – “Why Fight Delusion?” 60 – “Find Peace Through Detachment” Part 61-80 61 – “Death and Rebirth” 62 – “Calm Feeling Leads to Objective Truth” 63 – “A Saint is a Sinner Who Never Gave Up” 64 – “To Die with Inner Freedom Is Victory” 65 – “Enjoy All with the Joy of God” 66 – “Shankhya, Yoga and Vedanta” 67 – “Breath and the Energy in the Spine” 68 – “Kriya Yoga and Pranayama” 69 – “The Universal Truths of Yoga” 70 – “All Success Comes from Higher Consciousness” 71 – “God is Center Everywhere, Circumference Nowhere” 72 – “Energy is the Basis for Yoga” 73 – “Christianity vs. Churchianity” 74 – “To Know Yourself is to Know God” 75 – “Kriya Yoga: Raising the Energy in the Spine” 76 – “Achieving Endlessness”
Onsite Classes – The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
4 Revelations of Christ Available to you in multiple formats: Book – Revelations of Christ: Proclaimed by Paramhansa Yogananda, Presented by His Disciple Swami Kriyananda Audio Book – Revelations of Christ (Unabridged): Proclaimed By Paramhansa Yogananda, Presented and Read by His Disciple Swami Kriyananda
Free Streaming Video – Questions and Answers On Revelations of Christ, Swami Kriyananda “Christianity’s greatest need today” 3 minutes “The future of Christianity” 2 minutes “How to commune with Christ” 4 minutes “What did Jesus mean by ‘Upon this rock I will build my church’?” 4 minutes “Do Christians follow the teachings of Krishna?” 2 minutes “The true definition of a saint” 3 minutes “The true meaning of Nativity” 7 minutes “Who are false prophets?” 2 minutes “Did Jesus take on the sins of the world?” 6 minutes “Does Satan exist?” 7 minutes “Why people turn away from formal religion” 3 minutes “What is the Second Coming of Christ?” 2 minutes “What is the Kingdom of God?” 4 minutes “Does one need to accept Christ to be saved?” 2 minutes “Why saints are true custodians of religion” 3 minutes “What is the true meaning of Christianity?” 2 minutes “Who is a true Christian?” 1 minute “What did Jesus mean by ‘I’m the Truth, the Way, and the Light’?” 4 minutes “Can science and religion reconcile?” 1 minute
Onsite Classes – Revelations of Christ Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
Conversations with Yogananda Book – Conversations with Yogananda, By Paramhansa Yogananda
Free Streaming Video – A Way to Awakening (Companion Talks to Conversations with Yogananda), Taught by Swami Kriyananda (20 minutes each) Part 1-20 1 – “Being at Peace with God & Yourself” 2 – “Humility of the Master”
5 3 – “Getting Beyond Ego” 4 – “Science and Religion” 5 – “Bringing Yoga Into All Aspects of Life” 6 – “Developing Strength Through Spiritual Tests” 7 – “Blessings of Life: Mysteries of Death” 8 – “Unconditional Love” 9 – “God’s Joy/Our Greatest Possession” 10 – “The Importance of Having a Guru” 11 – “In God Lies All Fulfillment” 12 – “You Are the Center of the Universe” 13 – “Choose to Be a Cause, Not an Effect” 14 – “The True Spirit of Ahimsa” 15 – “Sanatan Dharma – The One True Religion” 16 – “Experience: Basis of Religion” 17 – “Communities for Individual Spiritual Growth” 18 – “Continuous Receptivity to God’s Grace” 19 – “Outward Circumstances Reflect Inner Attitudes” 20 – “God is the Only Asset Needed” Part 21-40 21 – “Expansiveness” 22 – “The Gunas” 23 – “Qualities of Dwapara Yuga” 24 – “Scientific Support for the Yugas” 25 – “Seek God Alone” 26 – “Attunement” 27 – “Obedience” 28 – “Overcoming Ego” 29 – “Male/Female Energies” 30 – “Overcoming Self-consciousness” 31 – “Yogananda’s Guidance” 32 – “Yogananda’s Discipline with Love” 33 – “Yogananda’s Disciplining Methods” 34 – “Putting God First” 35 – “The Inner Struggle” 36 – “Spiritual Marriage” 37 – “Building Community” 38 – “Likes & Dislikes” 39 – “Leadership: Cultivating Harmony” 40 – “Love: Human & Divine” Part 41-60 41 – “Devotion Through Satsang”
6 42 – “Conquering Temptation Through Divine Bliss” 43 – “Sleep: Counterfeit Ecstasy” 44 – “Positive Attitude: Raising Your Consciousness” 45 – “No One Escapes Persecution” 46 – “Desires Are the Greatest Obstacle” 47 – “Discipline on the Path” 48 – “Becoming a Master/Beyond Ego” 49 – “On Samadhi” 50 – “Blessings of Having a Guru” 51 – “Be Open to Change: Science & Religion” 52 – “The Test of Spirituality” 53 – “God’s Playful Nature” 54 – “Creation’s Dual Nature” 55 – “On Faith” 56 – “Paramhansa Yogananda: Not An Ordinary Saint” 57 – “Putting God First” 58 – “Inner Communion: The Goal of Life” 59 – “Living in Solution Consciousness” 60 – “Becoming Inspired At Will” Part 61-80 61 – “Renunciation with Calmness” 62 – “Yogananda’s Impersonal Love for All” 63 – “We Are Not the Body” 64 – “Intuitive Insight and Commonsense” 65 – “Practical Faith, Not Presumption” 66 – “Desire & Attachment/Bane of Contentment” 67 – “God, Not Phenomena” 68 – “Calmness: Pre-requisite to Superconsciousness” 69 – “The Guru’s Unconditional Love” 70 – “The Need to Cultivate Love for God” 71 – “God First, Above All Else” 72 – “Importance of Communing With Aum” 73 – “How to Change Yourself” 74 – “On Right Attitude” 75 – “Living From Your Center” 76 – “Guru/Disciple, The Eternal Bond” 77 – “Attunement with the Guru” 78 – “The Importance of Spiritual Community” 79 – “Live in the Thought of Your Own Inner Freedom” 80 – “God is the Only Reality” Part 81-100
7 81 – “God’s Impersonal Love” 82 – “The Nearness of the Astral World” 83 – “Finding Joy in Suffering” 84 – “Balancing Masculine/Feminine Energies” 85 – “Be Strong in Yourself” 86 – “What is a Master?” 87 – “Why God Tests His Devotees” 88 – “The Power of Truthfulness” 89 – “Truth Alone Endures” 90 – “The Transforming Power of Love” 91 – “Life’s Tests Help Us Become Strong” 92 – “Create Your Own Destiny” 93 – “The Christ Center – Seat of Will” 94 – “Joy is Our Nature” 95 – “God Never Judges” 96 – “God Takes Care of Those Who Live for Him” 97 – “Put Out the Maximum Effort to Find God” 98 – “Don’t Gossip” 99 – “Drawing Inspiration While Lecturing” 100 – “Give Your Mistakes to God” Part 101-120 101 – “Overcoming Moods” 102 – “Limits of the Intellect” 103 – “Role of the Guru” 104 – “Renunciation of the Ego” 105 – “We Must Help Others to Achieve Freedom” 106 – “Be Loyal to Your Inner Higher Consciousness” 107 – “The Path is a Balance Between Meditation and Activity” 108 – “Habits can Be Changed in an Instant” 109 – “Don’t Define Yourself by Your Habits” 110 – “Values Are Directional” 111 – “The Importance of Satsang” 112 – “Kundalini is not Awakened by Techniques” 113 – “Organizations are a Necessary, but…” 114 – “Don’t Seek Phenomena in Meditation” 115 – “Trust Must be Beneficial” 116 – “The Real Origin of the Caste System” 117 – “The Vast Mission of the Great Masters” 118 – “Each of Us Must make the Effort to Find God” 119 – “How to Let Go of the Ego” 120 – “You Can Learn to be Joyful Always”
8 Part 121-140 121 – “Apply Common Sense to Your Intuition” 122 – “How to Develop Intuition” 123 – “Death: The Final Exam” 124 – “Our Relationship with Divine Mother” 125 – “Paramhansa Yogananda’s Mission” 126 – “We Live in Troubled Times” 127 – “Humility is Attained When We Know God” 128 – “Samadhi” 129 – “Perfection Only Exists in God” 130 – “The Consciousness of a Master” 131 – “Humility” 132 – “Importance of Energy” 133 – “Love God in All” 134 – “Ananda: East and West” 135 – “The Importance of Individual Effort” 136 – “Transforming Emotion into Devotion” 137 – “True Renunciation” 138 – “The Goal of Life: Final Liberation” 139 – “The Importance of Attunement with the Guru” 140 – “The Compassion of the Guru” Part 141-160 141 – “Unique Essence of Each Soul” 142 – “Rama and Sita” 143 – “World Brotherhood Colonies” 144 – “Vibration Behind Words” 145 – “The Importance of Spiritual Initiation” 146 – “God is the True Healer” 147 – “The Law of Karma” 148 – “Be Loyal to Your Path” 149 – “Enjoy Everything with the Joy of God” 150 – “The Importance of Truthfulness” 151 – “The World is Starving for God’s Joy” 152 – “The Power of the Guru”
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Explained Book – The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Explained, By Paramhansa Yogananda, edited by Swami Kriyananda
9 The Essence of Self-Realization Available to you in multiple formats: Book – The Essence of Self-Realization: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda, Recorded, Compiled, and Edited by Swami Kriyananda Audio Book – The Essence of Self-Realization: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda (Unabridged), Recorded, Compiled, Edited and Read by Swami Kriyananda
Bhagavad Gita and Bible Comparisons
Book – The Promise of Immortality: The True Teaching of the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita, By Swami Kriyananda
Book – Rays of the One Light: Weekly Commentaries on the Bible and Bhagavad Gita, By Swami Kriyananda
God Is for Everyone Available to you in multiple formats: Book – God Is for Everyone: Inspired by Paramhansa Yogananda, By Swami Kriyananda Free Online Book – God Is for Everyone: Inspired by Paramhansa Yogananda, By Swami Kriyananda
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The Art of Discipleship
Swami Kriyananda, one of the few direct disciples of Paramhansa Yogananda still alive today, has dedicated his life to spreading the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda. Among the most central teachings he expounds upon is the art of discipleship. We live in a dynamic new age which requires a dynamic new approach to discipleship. Outer form is of less importance than in the past. Living in attunement with the consciousness of a Master is the essence of discipleship. Inner renunciation is the goal.
The New Path: My Life with Paramhansa Yogananda
Available to you in multiple formats: Book – The New Path: My Life with Paramhansa Yogananda, By Swami Kriyananda Free Online Book -- The New Path: My Life with Paramhansa Yogananda, By Swami Kriyananda
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Faith is My Armor Available to you in multiple formats: Book – Faith Is My Armor, By Devi Novak Free Online Book – Faith Is My Armor, By Devi Novak
Book – Swami Kriyananda As We Have Known Him, By Asha Praver Audio Book – Swami Kriyananda As We Have Known Him, By Asha Praver
Book – Two Souls: Four Lives, The Lives and Former Lives of Paramhansa Yogananda and his Disciple, Swami Kriyananda, By Catherine Kairavi
Discipleship
Book – Ananda Course in Self-Realization –Step 3: A Handbook on Discipleship, By Swami Kriyananda
Book – How to Be a True Channel, By Swami Kriyananda
Onsite Classes – Discipleship Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
Discipleship Initiation The Discipleship Initiation can be done as a private, personal ceremony or it can be performed for you by an Ananda Minister. The Discipleship Initiation ceremony is frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and Ananda Churches and Centers. Renunciation
Book – A Renunciate Order for the New Age, By Swami Kriyananda
Book – Sadhu Beware! A New Approach to Renunciation, By Swami Kriyananda
Onsite Classes – Renunciation Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
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Raja Yoga and Yoga Philosophy Raja Yoga can rightly be described as the “science of religion.” Raja Yoga is made up of practices and techniques that redirect one’s life force and thought inward toward union or “yoga” with God. Raja Yoga, and the complementary yoga philosophies that explain it, are India’s enduring spiritual gift to the world.
The Art and Science of Raja Yoga
Printed Course and Recorded Talks – The Art and Science of Raja Yoga, By Swami Kriyananda
Recorded Talks – The Art and Science of Raja Yoga Audio Companion Set, By Swami Kriyananda
Online Class – The Art and Science of Raja Yoga
Onsite Classes – The Art and Science of Raja Yoga Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
Chakras
Book – Chakras for Starters: Unlock the Hidden Doors to Peace and Well-Being, By Savitri Simpson
CD – Chakras for Starters: Unlock the Hidden Doors to Peace and Well-Being, By Savitri Simpson
Workbook – Chakras Workbook, By Savitri Simpson Email Savitri ([email protected]) to purchase the workbook.
Online Class – Understanding the Chakras: An Inner Guide to Self-Realization, Savitri Simpson
12 DVD – Yoga to Awaken the Chakras: Experience Energy, Rejuvenation and Higher Awareness, Gyandev Rich McCord, PhD.
Onsite Classes – Chakras Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
Karma and Reincarnation
Book – Karma and Reincarnation, By Paramhansa Yogananda
Book – Two Souls: Four Lives, The Lives and Former Lives of Paramhansa Yogananda and his Disciple, Swami Kriyananda, By Catherine Kairavi
Online Class – Karma and Reincarnation
Onsite Classes – Karma and Reincarnation Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
Yugas and Astrology
Book – Religion in the New Age: and Other Essays for the Spiritual Seeker, By Swami Kriyananda
Book – The Yugas: Keys to Understanding Man’s Hidden Past, Emerging Energy Age, and Enlightened Future, By Joseph Selbie and David Steinmetz
Book – The Holy Science, By Swami Sri Yukteswar (Available in many bookstores or through online book sites.)
Book – Your Sun Sign as a Spiritual Guide, By Swami Kriyananda
Online Class – The Yugas Webinar Series
Onsite Classes – Yugas and Astrology Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
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Book – Out of the Labyrinth: For Those Who Want to Believe, But Can’t, By Swami Kriyananda
The Hindu Way of Awakening
Book – The Hindu Way of Awakening: Its Revelation, Its Symbols: An Essential View of Religion, By Swami Kriyananda
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Meditation and the Path of Kriya Yoga Kriya is a technique of energy control, or pranayama. It is also a comprehensive spiritual path, which includes additional meditation practices, right living, and a link to the enlightened Masters mentioned in Autobiography of a Yogi. Ananda Sangha teaches the four techniques that encompass the Path of Kriya, just as Yogananda taught them: the Energization Exercises; the Hong-Sau Technique of Concentration; the Aum Technique of Meditation; and the Kriya technique.
Basic Meditation and the Hong-Sau Technique of Concentration
Book and DVD – Ananda Course in Self-Realization – Step 1, Lessons in Meditation, By Jyotish Novak
Meditation for Starters Available to you in multiple formats: Book and CD – Meditation for Starters, By Swami Kriyananda Audio Book – Meditation for Starters, By Swami Kriyananda Free Streaming Video – Meditation for Starters, By Swami Kriyananda
Book – How to Meditate, By Jyotish Novak
Free Online Class – Intro to Meditation
Onsite Classes – How to Meditate and the Hong-Sau Technique of Concentration Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
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Energization Exercises
Book and DVD – Ananda Course in Self-Realization – Step 1, Lessons in Meditation, By Jyotish Novak
Chart – Energization Exercises Poster
Onsite Classes – Energization Exercises Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
Aum Technique of Meditation and Kriya Preparation
Onsite Classes – The AUM Technique of Meditation Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
Free Online Class – Introduction to Kriya Yoga
Onsite Classes – Kriya Preparation Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
Kriya Initiation
Kriya Initiation Kriya Initiation is offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for schedule near you.
Inspiration for Meditation
Book – Metaphysical Meditations, By Paramhansa Yogananda
CD – Metaphysical Meditations: Guided Visualizations Based on the Poetry of Paramhansa Yogananda, By Swami Kriyananda
DVD – Meditation Therapy: Health and Healing, Relationships, Stress and Change, Jyotish Novak
15 CD –Meditations to Awaken Superconsciousness, By Swami Kriyananda
Meditation Support
Meditation with Others Opportunities to meditate with others can be found all over the world at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a location near you.
Online Meditation Support – Articles, newsletter, help with common problems and email support.
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Keys to Your Inner Life Meditation naturally awakens inner awareness, which is the doorway to higher consciousness and divine communion. Knowing what to expect and how to cooperate with your personal experiences will give you a deep and expansive inner life. Understanding the nature of superconsciousness, intuition, and devotion provides clarity and direction for how to achieve a balanced spiritual life.
Compilation of Yogananda’s Teachings
Book – How to Have Courage, Calmness and Confidence: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda, By Paramhansa Yogananda
Book – How to Be Happy All the Time, By Paramhansa Yogananda
Online Class – How to Be Happy
Awaken to Superconsciousness
Book – Awaken to Superconsciousness, By Swami Kriyananda
Audio CD – Music to Awaken Superconsciousness, Swami Kriyananda
CD –Meditations to Awaken Superconsciousness, By Swami Kriyananda
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Recorded Talk – Devotion and Spiritual Growth, Swami Kriyananda
Whispers from Eternity Available to you in multiple formats: Book – Whispers from Eternity: By Paramhansa Yogananda, Edited by Swami Kriyananda Audio Book – Whispers from Eternity: By Paramhansa Yogananda, Read and Edited by Swami Kriyananda
Onsite Classes – Devotion Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
Chanting
Online Class – Music and Consciousness Course
Audio CD – Kriyananda Chants Yogananda, Swami Kriyananda
Audio CD – Wave of the Sea, Ananda Kirtan
Book – Wave of the Sea Chant Book: Chants of Yogananda, Kriyananda, and Ancient India, Ananda Sangha
Book – The Harmonium Handbook: Owning, Playing, and Maintaining the Devotional Instrument of India, By Satyaki Kraig Brockschmidt
Onsite Classes – Chanting Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
Affirmations
Book – Affirmations for Self-Healing, By Swami Kriyananda
Book – Scientific Healing Affirmations, By Paramhansa Yogananda (Available in many bookstores or through online booksites.)
17 Onsite Classes – Affirmations Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you. Intuition
Book – Intuition for Starters: How to Know and Trust Your Inner Guidance, By Swami Kriyananda
Online Class – Developing Intuition
Onsite Classes – Intuition Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
Inspiration and Advice
Book – In Divine Friendship: Letters of Counsel and Reflection, By Swami Kriyananda
Book – Shaped by Saints: A Pilgrims Journey Through India, By Devi Mukherjee, Durga Smallen and Swami Kriyananda
Book – Religion in the New Age: and Other Essays for the Spiritual Seeker, By Swami Kriyananda
Book – Living Wisely, Living Well By Swami Kriyananda
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Spiritual Community Paramhansa Yogananda urged people of like mind and ideals to join together to form “world brotherhood colonies,” intentional spiritual communities based, in his words, on “simple living and high thinking.” In these colonies, truth seekers from all walks of life could live, work and seek God together, creating a harmonious, uplifting environment that encourages the development of spiritual qualities, and the awareness, as he stated, “of the true kinship of all men as sons and daughters of the same, one God.”
18 Hope for a Better World Available to you in multiple formats: Book – Hope for a Better World! The Small Communities Solution, By Swami Kriyananda Free Online Book – Hope for a Better World! The Small Communities Solution, By Swami Kriyananda
Free Streaming Video – Hope for a Better World, Swami Kriyananda
Free Online Class – What is Ananda?
A Place Called Ananda Available to you in multiple formats: Book – A Place Called Ananda: The Trial by Fire That Forged One of the Most Successful Cooperative Communities in the World Today, By Swami Kriyananda Free Online Book – A Place Called Ananda: The Trial by Fire That Forged One of the Most Successful Cooperative Communities in the World Today, By Swami Kriyananda
Book – Cities of Light: What Communities Can Accomplish in the New Age, By Swami Kriyananda
Free Streaming Video – Celebration of Ananda’s Worldwide Communities, Swami Kriyananda and Ananda Ministers
Free Streaming Video – The Importance of Spiritual Community, Swami Kriyananda
Onsite Classes – Communities Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
Visit an Ananda Community
Onsite – Experience An Ananda Community Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers.
More On Ananda Communities
Free Online Article – Ananda Through the Years: Honoring Its Principles, Ideals and Commitments, By Jyotish Novak
19 Many Hands Make a Miracle Available to you in multiple formats: Book – Many Hands Make a Miracle: A History of Ananda 1968-1976, By Sadhana Devi Helin Email Savitri ([email protected]) to purchase the book. Free Online Book – Many Hands Make a Miracle: A History of Ananda 1968-1976, By Sadhana Devi Helin
Book – Expanding the Light: A History of Ananda, Part II, 1977 to 1990 By Sadhana Devi Helin Email Savitri ([email protected]) to purchase the book.
Book – Reflections on Living, By Sara Cryer
Book – Good Morning Great Souls: Transformations in Community, By Gyandevi Fuller
Book – Crystal Hermitage Gardens: A Photographic Pilgrimage to the Spiritual Heart of Ananda Village, By Barbara Bingham
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Health and Healing Paramhansa Yogananda presented a surprisingly complete and holistic approach to good health many years before “holistic” became a popular concept. His emphasis was to work on every aspect of human nature – physical, energetic, mental, emotional, and spiritual — all at the same time. None of these is to be neglected; all should work together in harmony.
Principles of Health and Healing
DVD – Meditation Therapy: Health and Healing, Relationships, Stress and Change, Jyotish Novak
Onsite Classes – Health and Healing Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
Ananda Yoga
Book – Ananda Yoga for Higher Awareness, By Swami Kriyananda
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Printed Course and Recorded Talks – The Art and Science of Raja Yoga, By Swami Kriyananda
DVD – Yoga to Awaken the Chakras: Experience Energy, Rejuvenation, and Higher Awareness, Gyandev Rich McCord, PhD
Onsite Classes – Ananda Yoga Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
Energization Exercises
Book and DVD – Ananda Course in Self-Realization – Step 1, Lessons in Meditation, By Jyotish Novak
Chart – Energization Exercises Chart
Onsite Classes – Energization Exercises Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
Affirmations
Book – Affirmations for Self-Healing, By Swami Kriyananda
Book – Scientific Healing Affirmations, By Paramhansa Yogananda (Available in many bookstores or through online booksites.)
Onsite Classes – Affirmations Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
Yogananda’s Healing Techniques
Book – Divine Will Healing, By Mary Kretzmann
Healing Prayers
Free Streaming Video – Healing Prayers at a Distance, Mary Kretzmann
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Online Healing Prayer Support – Healing Prayer Ministry
CD – Healing Affirmations in Aum, Mary Kretzmann and Kent White
Ananda Yoga Teacher Training
Onsite Course – Ananda Yoga Teacher Training
More Ananda Yoga
DVD – Yoga to Awaken the Chakras: Experience Energy, Rejuvenation and Higher Awareness, Gyandev Rich McCord, PhD.
Book – Yoga Therapy for Headache Relief, By Dr. Peter Van Houten and Gyandev Rich McCord, PhD.
Book – Yoga Therapy for Overcoming Insomnia, By Dr. Peter Van Houten and Gyandev Rich McCord, PhD.
DVD – Yoga for Busy People: 3 Short Routines for Calmness, Vitality, and Harmony, Gyandev Rich McCord, PhD and Lisa Powers DVD – Yoga for Emotional Health: Bringing Balance, Inner Peace, and Happiness Into Your Life, Lisa Powers
DVD – Yoga for Menopause: A Routine for Relaxation and Inner Expansion, Lennie Martin, R.N. and Barbara Bingham
Diet and Cooking
Book – Vegetarian Cooking for Starters: Simple Recipes and Techniques for Health and Vitality, By Blanche Agassy McCord
Book – Simply Vegetarian: Easy-to-Prepare Recipes for the Vegetarian Gourmet, By Nancy Mair
Book – Global Kitchen: Vegetarian favorites from the Expanding Light Yoga Retreat, By Blanche Agassy McCord
Flower Essences
Book – The Essential Flower Essence Handbook, By Lila Devi
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Creativity and the Arts Music and the arts have a direct impact on our consciousness, and as spiritual seekers, we seek to surround ourselves with art that helps us on our way – not that which keeps us tied to matter consciousness and delusion. Art in its highest expression is meant take one into states of calm feeling, where intuition and other soul qualities such as bliss, love, power, calmness, peace, and wisdom can blossom and grow. Furthermore, we use the arts to create inner and outer harmony, clarity of mind, openness of heart, and attunement to divine Inspiration.
Meaning in the Arts
Book – Art as a Hidden Message: A Guide to Self-Realization, By Swami Kriyananda
Book – The Story Behind the Story: My Life of Service Through Writing, By Swami Kriyananda
Book – Space, Light, and Harmony: The Story of Crystal Hermitage, By Swami Kriyananda
Onsite Classes – Creativity and the Arts Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
Music
CD – Christ Lives: An Oratorio, Swami Kriyananda and World Brotherhood Choir CD – The Mystic Harp: Music in the Celtic Tradition, By Derek Bell and Swami Kriyananda CD – The Mystic Harp 2: Sailing the Blue Sea, By Derek Bell and Swami Kriyananda CD – Windows on the World, Swami Kriyananda CD – An Evening in Italy, Swami Kriyananda Free MP3 Music Downloads – Selections of Music by Swami Kriyananda
Onsite Performances – Music Music is frequently performed and sung at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of performances near you. Plays
Play – The Peace Treaty: A Play in Three Acts, By Swami Kriyananda
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Onsite Performances – Plays Plays are often performed at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of performances near you.
Photography
Book – Crystal Hermitage Gardens: A Photographic Pilgrimage to the Spiritual Heart of Ananda Village, By Barbara Bingham
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Education for Life Education for Life provides children balanced development of body, heart, mind and spirit. In addition to learning the usual school subjects, students are taught cooperation, compassion and self-discipline. The Education for Life system has been tested and proven for over three decades at the many Living Wisdom schools located throughout the United States.
Education for Life
Available to you in multiple formats: Book – Education for Life: Preparing Children to Meet the Challenges, By Swami Kriyananda Free Online Book – Education for Life: Preparing Children to Meet the Challenges, By Swami Kriyananda
Onsite Classes – Education for Life Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
Education for Life Schools
Onsite Education – Education for Life Schools Ananda Sangha has developed several Education for Life Schools in the U.S. and India: Ananda Schools
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Additional Resources
Book – Calm and Compassionate Children, A Handbook, By Susan Dermond (Available in many bookstores and through online booksites.)
Book – For Goodness Sake: Supporting Children and Teens in Discovering Life’s Highest Values, By Michael Nitai Deranja
Book – I Came from Joy! Spiritual Affirmations and Activities for Children, By Lorna Ann Knox
Book – Scary News: 12 Ways to Raise Joyful Children When the Headlines are Full of Fear, By Lorna Ann Knox
Free Online Book – Supporting Your Child’s Inner Life, By Narani (Toby) Moorhouse
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Marriage and Relationships Our love must not be limited to those who are near to us. The divine purpose of close relationships is to expand that love. Nature breaks the ties of family life only to teach us that the love we give our family needs to be extended also to our neighbors, our friends, our country and to all nations.
—Paramhansa Yogananda, Spiritual Relationships
Spiritualize Your Relationships
Book – Expansive Marriage: A Way to Self-Realization, By Swami Kriyananda
Book – Spiritual Relationships: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda, By Paramhansa Yogananda
Book – 30-Day Essentials for Marriage, By Jyotish Novak
Online Class – Spiritual Relationships
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Onsite Classes – Relationships Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
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Business and Prosperity Prosperity should be sought on all levels. An abundance of joy, love, and peace are the hallmarks of a truly prosperous person. Material abundance, by itself, is not necessarily a mark of a prosperous person. But one who can manifest what is needed, as it is needed, who knows and freely works the laws of abundance, is truly prosperous.
Inner and Outer Prosperity
Printed Course and Online Classes – Success and Happiness through Yoga Principles, By Swami Kriyananda
Online Class – Six Weeks to Lasting Success and Happiness, Taught by Swami Kriyananda
Online Class – Success and Happiness Webinar Series
Book – The Art of Supportive Leadership: A Practical Guide for People in Positions of Responsibility, By Swami Kriyananda
Book – How to Be a Success: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda, By Paramhansa Yogananda
Book – Money Magnetism: How to Attract What You Need When You Need It, By Swami Kriyananda
Onsite Classes – Business and Prosperity Classes on this subject are frequently offered at Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies, and at Ananda Churches and Centers. Check for a schedule of classes near you.
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