Talks by Swami Kriyananda
My Life with Paramhansa Yogananda - 62nd Discipleship Anniversary, Los Angeles
September 12, 2011 (2:10 min)
Swami Kriyananda on Richard Dugan Radio Show
January 15, 2011 (48 min)
Swami Kriyananda on Paula & Tazz Radio Show
January 13, 2011 (60 min)
Swami Kriyananda at the Ford Theater, August 2010, Los Angeles
August 21, 2010 (39 min)
Swami Kriyananda's 61st Discipleship Anniversary, Ananda Village
September 12, 2009 (1:17 min)
Ananda's Spiritual Work
July 4, 2009 (85 min)
The Eternal Now
June 24, 2007 (1:02:53 min)
Dedication of Bothell Temple
June 23, 2007 (29:52 min)
Satsang with Swami Kriyananda
May 5, 2006 mp3
(19.1 mb, 55:39 min)
The Redeeming Light
June 29, 2003 mp3
(14.1 mb, 1:01:34 min)
Mandir Fundraiser Luncheon
June 28, 2003 mp3
(10.9 mb, 47:42 min)
Most Recent Sunday Service Talk:
Activity vs. Inner Communion, May 13th, 2012
Talk: Nayaswami Hriman McGilloway ( min)
This week's selection from Rays of the One Light:
Truth is one and eternal. Realize oneness with it in your deathless Self, within.
The following commentary is based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda.
Last week we contemplated the well-known story of Martha and Mary. Traditionally, this story has been offered to show the two classic approaches to salvation: the first, through action, and the second, through prayer. The excuse of the Marthas of this world has always been, "The church needs its Marthas, too." Treatises, moreover, have been written to justify the Martha approach to piety, prais [cont.]
Last week we contemplated the well-known story of Martha and Mary. Traditionally, this story has been offered to show the two classic approaches to salvation: the first, through action, and the second, through prayer. The excuse of the Marthas of this world has always been, "The church needs its Marthas, too." Treatises, moreover, have been written to justify the Martha approach to piety, praising her self-sacrifice as, perhaps, an even higher demonstration of devotion. (Thus do the unmeditative workers in religion try to justify themselves!) Yet the fact remains that Jesus rebuked Martha. Elsewhere, moreover, he spoke of the virtue of feeding the hungry, curing the sick, and housing those who were homeless. It wasn't that he disapproved of serving people.
Wrong attitude was the object of his criticism. What he was criticizing was forgetfulness of the true goal of right, spiritual action. Good deeds, outwardly, without inner communion with God, will result in good karma but will not bring final freedom from all karma.
The Path to inner freedom was described by Paramhansa Yogananda in these words: "Be always calmly active, and actively calm."
As it says in the Bhagavad Gita, the second Chapter:
He who is not shaken by anxiety during times of sorrow, nor elated during times of happiness; who is free from egoic desires and their attendant fear and anger: Such an one is of steady discrimination.
Do your duty in life - so counsels this great Scripture elsewhere - but never lose sight of Him to whom all action should be dedicated.
Thus, through holy Scripture, God has spoken to mankind.
Talks are now available as podcast!
Radio Stories and Interviews
Weekend Edition on NPR (4:59 min, RealPlayer required) did a story about Ananda Seattle's first Yoga Day Camp for children.