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My Life with Paramhansa Yogananda (With Swami Kriyananda)

Swami Kriyananda launched "The New Path: My Life with Paramhansa Yogananda" at the Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood. Recorded September 26th, 2009 in Los Angeles. Now in full HD. My Life with Paramhansa Yogananda Swami Kriyananda shares an inspiring talk about his personal search for truth and his aspirations to share that truth with others during his 61 years as a devotee of Paramhansa Yogananda. At one time as a young man, he wanted to be a playwright and poet but realized very soon that what he would esentially be sharing his own ignorance. He was haunted by the universal questions of every seeker: Why am I here? What is God? What is Life? In a New York bookstore in 1948, Kriyananda found the Autobiography of a Yogi. Reading the book became a pivotal turning point in his life, as it would become for so many others after him. He read the book between “tears of joy & tears of  love…It was the most moving experience of my life.” He basically took the next bus out of New York to California.  When he finally meets his guru, “It was spiritual truth and light in the form of Paramhansa Yogananda (Master).” At the time of this talk, Kriyananda said he continues to the present day (with the maturity of the years) to learn and recognize the lessons and insights from things Master had shown and told him all those many years ago. “Master was firmly anchored in helping people and said, ‘Everyone in the world is on a spiritual path.’” The Search for Happiness Kriyananda explains that everyone is seeking the same happiness – the same bliss and tells us that everyone in one way or another is “trying to find happiness and avoid pain and suffering. We just may not know how to go about it or find it.” The richest man in the world he continues (Howard Hughes at that time) was asked only weeks before his death if he was happy. Hughes could not affirm that he was. Kriyananda explains why material wealth can never give us true, lasting happiness, or wealth for that matter.  Do I need a guru? This question was often addressed to Kriyananda. His answer simply was “No. You do not need a guru but when you reach the point that you are desperate to know God, then you do need one.” This desperation and search was Kriyananda’s quest. He understood that his spiritual search was also the pursuit of others and he wanted to help them. “The guru is the window but we have to open it to let in the Light. Man is a little window onto God. If we have any beauty at all it is because as long as we are in tune with God and we shine with his beauty - the light we allow to come through. We are only instruments of consciousness -  instruments of Light. God does everything through us. We are a part of Him. The supreme goal is Him.” Kriyananda reads from his own autobiography the New Path, and shares many stories and adventures from his life before and with Yogananda. Yogananda told Kriyananda many times that his life would be one of intense activity and meditation “Your work,” the Master said, “will be lecturing, editing, & writing.” He also tells Kriyananda that he has “A great work to do.” Kriyananda’s great work is sharing the teachings of his guru and establishing the Ananda Worldwide community. Today there are several brotherhood communities and meditation centers around the world. Kriyanada concludes his talk with 2 devotional Bengali chants that Yogananda particularly loved and says ultimately, “I have always tried to reconcile faith with common sense.” 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. 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 https://ananda.org/ HOW TO STAY IN TOUCH Subscribe to our YouTube channel:    / anandaworldwide   Follow on Instagram:   / anandaworldwide   Like on Facebook:   / ananda.org   Follow on Pinterest:   / anandasangha   Follow on Twitter:   / anandaworldwide   Take classes on our virtual spiritual community: https://www.ananda.org/online-classes/ Learn to meditate with our Online Lessons in Meditation course: https://www.onlinewithananda.org/less... Download the FREE Ananda Meditation app and watch guided meditations https://www.ananda.org/meditation/app/ Find an Ananda Near You: https://www.ananda.org/find-ananda/ View Upcoming Live Events Around the World: https://www.onlinewithananda.org/live...