January 27, 2013 [esplayer url=”https://www.anandawashington.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2013-1-27-prem-shanti-rider.mp3″ width=”200″ height=”20″ ]’ Or right-click here and select “Save Link As…” or “Save Target As…” to download an mp3. Truth is one and eternal. Realize oneness with it in your deathless Self, within. The following commentary is based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda. The Gospel of St. John contains some of the most profound … Read More
By Justin Lee The Buddha had a question. He had just awakened from the dream of the world. He was free finally of its illusion. He was Awake. The world lay comatose around him. Dark as night. It all seemed so far away, now that he was in the Light. The world of the unreal seemed so unreal. Yet he … Read More
By Randa Hillal In Islam, light can be a mark of God’s presence. One of Allah’s 99 Beautiful Names is An-Nur, meaning “The Light,” and many prophets such as Musa or Moses (PBUH) and Muhammad (PBUH) reported seeing blinding lights while communicating with Allah. Light also symbolizes goodness; the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) reported that the angels, wholly good beings created … Read More
By Karen Sherman In both traditional and mystical Judaism, light symbolizes the genesis of the world and reminds us of a more subtle aspect of reality. From the simple beginning in Genesis (1:3) And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light, light has also come to symbolize all that is good, beautiful and holy from the Jewish … Read More
By Suman Tewari The name “Diwali” or “Divali” is a contraction of “Deepavali”, which translates into “row of lamps”. The date falls according to the Hindu Lunisolar calendar The festival is symbolic of the victory of light over darkness as sought in the prayer, Tamaso ma Jyotir gamaya (Lead us from darkness to light) and the ascendance of enlightenment over … Read More
By Nayaswami Hriman McGilloway In the New Testament, Jesus Christ spoke often in stories (parables) and used symbolic language for the benefit of those who as he put it repeatedly, have “ears to hear.” Thus he did not make plain his meaning, especially in regards to subtler realities, such as the use of the term “light.” Nonetheless, the concept of … Read More
By Nayaswami Padma McGilloway Paramhansa Yogananda came to the West in 1920 bringing with him the art and science of meditation and the essential precepts of India’s ancient revelations from the body of teachings known as Sanatan Dharma, the “Eternal Teaching (or Religion).” This body of revelation, based on individual realization of universal truths by great sages down through ages, … Read More
Self-Reliance vs Self-Reliance, July 8, 2012 by Nayaswami Hriman McGilloway [esplayer url=”https://www.anandawashington.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2012-07-08-hriman-mcgilloway.mp3″ width=”200″ height=”20″ ]’ Or right-click here and select “Save Link As…” or “Save Target As…” to download an mp3. Truth is one and eternal. Realize oneness with it in your deathless Self, within. The following commentary is based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda. Last week we considered … Read More
The Redeeming Light, June 24, 2012 by Nayaswami Jamuna Snitkin Click on Play button to play the talk: [esplayer url=”https://www.anandawashington.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-06-24-Jamuna-Snitkin.mp3″ width=”200″ height=”20″ ] Or right-click here and select “Save Link As” or “Save Target As” to download recording as mp3. This week’s selection from Rays of the One Light: Truth is one and eternal. Realize oneness with it in your … Read More
Richard Skillman, Ananda member and filmmaker from Vashon Island, has embarked on an archival project to record the testimonies and stories of Ananda members in their experiences with Swami Kriyananda (Ananda’s founder and direct disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda) and in living in the Ananda Communities. Other interviews are focused in what we call the “joyful arts.” Here is a sampling … Read More