The Householder’s Gift

For devotees and spiritual seekers of this path, there is hardly a more meaningful day in history to celebrate than the day of the birth of Lahiri Mahasaya, September 30th. And this week, whether in...

Dwapara Discipleship

The opening sentence of Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda reads: “The characteristic features of Indian culture have long been a search for ultimate verities and the concomitant...

The Divine Pursuit

We are being watched, followed, and pursued. Every minute detail of our lives is observed and catalogued, down to the faintest thought, action, and feeling. Is it Flock cameras? AI bots building a...

Babaji’s Work

One hundred and six years ago, the great Mahavatar Babaji-Krishna visited Yogananda on the eve of his departure to America. “You are the one I have chosen to spread Kriya Yoga in the West,” he told...

Preparing For Hard Times

“You don’t know what a terrible cataclysm is coming!” Imagine the great master Paramhansa Yogananda intoning these words with ringing divine power and truth. He never said or did anything without...

“Laughter Is Carbonated Holiness.”

That brilliant four-word sentence, written by author Ann Lamott, captures for me the wisdom and joy of good humor. Philosophy doesn’t get more profound than that.More than twenty years ago, when...

We Are the Medium. Mind the Message.

The podcast, now a mainstay of app subscribers, has fast risen to widespread popularity as a medium of communication and of commentary on topics of interest. Anyone can start one, which is good for...

Happy 100th, Swamiji

Dear Swamiji, Happy 100th birthday today, May 19, 2026! On the one hand, it’s hard to believe you were born a century ago and spent your entire life, after meeting our great guru Paramahansa Yogananda...

It’s Complicated

“Would that it were so simple…” is a line from a Coen Brothers movie that’s always stuck with me. In the scene, a refined British actor is trying to teach a rather...