Yogananda
Paramahansa Yogananda (1893–1952) was the first Indian master to permanently settle in the West, bringing Kriya Yoga and the science of self-realization to a global audience. His Autobiography of a Yogi — described by Steve Jobs as one of the books he reread every year — remains one of the most influential spiritual texts of the 20th century.
This section explores Yogananda’s teachings on meditation, divine love, healing, and the relationship between science and spirituality.
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Reincarnation is often dismissed in the West as an exotic belief with no basis in evidence. Yogananda challenges this dismissal head-on. In this talk,...
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This talk takes a wider view of reincarnation than the purely evidential. Here, Yogananda speaks about the purpose of rebirth, why the soul returns...
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Most people wait for conditions to be right before they act. They wait for more money, more time, more confidence, more certainty. Yogananda says...
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Death is the one subject most people avoid, and the one subject that, according to Yogananda, we most urgently need to understand. In this...
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We all read people constantly, deciding who to trust, who to avoid, who is genuine and who is performing. Most of the time, we...
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When Yogananda speaks about God, he is not discussing theology. He is sharing what he has seen. In this talk, he describes God not...
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We like to believe we are free, but Yogananda asks a sobering question: how much of what you do each day is truly chosen,...
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Yogananda uses a striking phrase in this talk (“mental alcoholics”) and he is not speaking only about people who drink. He is describing anyone...
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One of the most misunderstood subjects in spiritual life is the relationship between the great religious traditions. Are they rivals? Are they speaking of...
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