In his book, Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramhansa Yogananda describes how many great saints are almost totally unknown to the world, instead focusing their lives on deep, inner communion with God. He...
A strong spiritual life is not the product of inspiration alone, but of daily practice and discipline. Inspiration may reveal the pathway, but our daily habits move us onwards day after day, year...
“If you would be perfect, go, sell what you have, give to the poor, and come, follow me.” (Matthew 19:21) A young St. Anthony heard this Gospel verse in church and it changed his life—and the world...
“Seek ye first the kingdom of God.” In these few words, Jesus was offering his single most important instruction, promising that “all things” would accrue to such a seeker, things not of this world...
The sun has now set on 2025, and the horizons of 2026 are opening bright and broad before us. It is not for us to know what the coming year will bring—personally, spiritually, materially, or globally...
“From today until Christmas pray deep and long until every day becomes a true Christmas day of Christ-communion.” – Paramhansa Yogananda Christmas is many people’s “favorite time of...
A mild typhoon preceded our arrival in Puri via the Bhubaneshwar airport in the state of Odisha. The humidity and occasional downpour was a welcome change in weather for most pilgrims, and the seaside...
A fiery floating lantern and popping fireworks adorn the cacophonous festival of thousands worshipping the goddess Ganga nearby. Smoky skies preside over the placid gray Ganges River this evening atop...
Our humble and beautiful city of Portland, Oregon, is once again making national news with politics and controversy in the headlines. The state military has been federalized, and protestors are taking...
