Renunciation in Modern Times with Swami Kriyananda - 1979 - Ananda Meditation Retreat

ABOUT SWAMI KRIYANANDA
In 1948 at the age of twenty-two, Swami Kriyananda (J. Donald Walters) became a disciple of the Indian yoga master, Paramhansa Yogananda. At Yogananda’s request, Swami Kriyananda devoted his life to lecturing and writing, helping others to experience the living presence of God within. He taught on four continents in seven languages over the course of 65 years. His talks, his music, and his many books have touched the lives of millions. An advocate of simple living and high thinking, his more than 150 books emphasize the need to live wisely by one’s own experience of life, and not by abstract theories or dogmas. A composer since 1964, Walters has written over 400 musical works. His music is inspiring, soothing, and uplifting.
His books and teachings on spiritualizing nearly every field of human endeavor include business life, leadership, education, the arts, community, and science. He wrote extensive commentaries on the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita, both based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda. He is known as the “father of the intentional communities movement,” which began in the United States in the late 1960s, fullfilling Yogananda's dream.
He founded the first of what are now 10 Ananda communities worldwide in 1967 near Nevada City, California. Other Ananda communities have developed over the years to include Ananda Palo Alto, Ananda Sacramento, Ananda Portland, Ananda Seattle, Ananda Los Angeles, Ananda Assisi in Italy, and Ananda India near Delhi and Pune. Each community has a spiritual focus (a teaching center and temple) and a community (homes where members live). More than 1,000 people live in these intentional spiritual communities. Swami Kriyananda’s example of inspired leadership was the reason for Ananda’s success. He uplifted and encouraged people through personal example, spiritual counseling, writing, lecturing, music, and prayer. He trained the current Ananda leaders in much the same way: free from egoic motivation, always placing the spiritual needs of others foremost in all decisions. He was a patient and sensitive teacher, allowing people to learn by experience, and never placing institutional needs ahead of the needs of an individual. “People are more important than things” is one of the foremost guiding principles of Ananda. And “Where there is adherence to dharma [right action], there is victory,” is another.
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ABOUT PARAMHANSA YOGANANDA
Paramhansa Yogananda, born in 1893, was the first yoga master of India to take up permanent residence in the West. Yogananda arrived in America in 1920, and proceeded to travel throughout the United States on what he called his “spiritual campaigns.” Hundreds of thousands filled the largest halls in major American cities to see the yoga master from India. Yogananda continued to lecture and write up to his passing in 1952. Paramhansa Yogananda’s initial impact on the western culture was truly impressive. But his lasting spiritual legacy has been even greater. His *Autobiography of a Yogi*, first published in 1946, helped launch a spiritual revolution in the West. Translated into more than a dozen languages, it remains a best-selling spiritual classic to this day. [Read free at ananda.org/autobiography.] The path of Kriya Yoga, which combines the practice of advanced yogic techniques with spirituality in daily life, can be learned at ananda.org/kriya-yoga.
ABOUT ANANDA WORLDWIDE
Ananda is a worldwide movement to help individuals realize the joy of their own higher Self. Ananda is based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda and was founded by his direct disciple Swami Kriyananda in 1968. Learn more at ananda.org.
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[@tathagatasarkar1260]

Swamiji is fascinating to hear. Thanks Babaji Maharaj. Pranam.

[@gregorallnight371]

Always informative,inspiring and enlightening..a man who dedicated his life to God and to his enlightened teacher,the great guru Yogananda,and to helping others in the living of a balanced life and in seeking God thru meditation and the techniques brought to America in 1920 by Yogananda...thank you for posting these talks

[@dariofromthefuture3075]

A beautiful man. Beautiful poetic knowledge.

[@Lafingflower]

He's so young and handsome. I love you swami G guru G🙏😘💝💛💙💚💜🌠

[@francesgnicholsanglin9167]

Indeed! Young or old, he was very beautiful, inside and out, Today is the first time I heard him give a talk from the 70s. It was very moving. What a blessing to be able to hear and see him over the span of so many decades❣️

[@sprob79]

"To keep up a delusion for any length of time becomes more tiring and takes more and more out of us."

[@kristineurbnlgnd]

I love what he says about modern music, I feel the same about rock music, it seems so mindless. Years ago I discovered electronic music and it’s potential to paint a picture of beautiful healing sounds. This is where we are going, at least with music.

[@jerrykellerman9725]

Kristine. I like rock music ( not no rhythm insane noise ) for that moment of the feeling I'm enjoying as I like other types music. I like masters songs for their sense of feeling while I'm preparing for my meditation or readings of guruji books . It could be relative to that which we seek blessings

[@605highsprings]

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[@timetunnel4680]

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