What is Ananda?
From the life of Swami Kriyananda;
My clearest early memories all relate to a special kind of happiness, one that seemed to have little to do with the things around me, that at best was only reflected in them.
A lingering impression is one of wonder to be in this world at all. What was I doing here?
Intuitively I felt that there must be some higher reality—another world, much more radiant, beautiful and harmonious, than this earthly plane represented…
What is Kriya Yoga?
Kriya Yoga – The Fastest & Most Effective Ancient Yogic Technique Available to Mankind Today For Blissful Union With the Divine.
“After the mind has been cleared by Kriya Yoga of sensory obstacles, meditation furnishes a twofold proof of God.
The ever new joy that comes is evidence of His existence, convincing to our very atoms. Then one finds His instant guidance, His adequate response to every difficulty.”
– Swami Sri Yukteswar – Gyan Avatar (Incarnation of wisdom) and guru of Paramhansa Yogananda…
Who is Paramhansa Yogananda?
Paramhansa Yogananda was born on January 5, 1893 in Gorakhpur, India. His birth name is Mukunda Lal Ghosh.
Author of the best-selling spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi, this beloved yoga teacher came to America in 1920.
He was the first great master of yoga to live and teach in the West for a long period of time – More than 30 years.
He is now widely recognized as the father of Yoga in the West.
There were times in the early 1920s when Yogaganda was the most famous teacher in America.
Tens of thousands filled the biggest halls in the American cities just to see him speak…