In the 4th century AD, deep in the Egyptian desert, travel-weary clergymen ended a long and difficult search for the venerable desert saint, Anthony the Great. Back in Alexandria, a great religious...
Lent is upon us, Good Friday ahead. You needn’t be a Christian to grasp the season’smeaning. Allegorically, it’s universal. We are called to prepare, that Easter may dawnagain. Easter recounts the...
On March 7th, 1952, Paramahansa Yogananda did not die a normal mortal death. He entered the state of mahasamadhi — the conscious, final exit from the body by a God-realized master. And although...
A saintly man once made a solemn vow to God: that no matter the circumstances, whenever the Divine should call him home, he would go without hesitation. Years passed and life unfolded. And then one...
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...
