The Wisdom of Paramahansa Yogananda
Self-Realization Fellowship monks and nuns share Paramahansa Yogananda’s profound inspiration, and their own stories of applying his practical teachings on meditation and balanced living, to encourage you to have a truly victorious life — transcending limitations, fear, and suffering — by awakening to the infinite power and joy of your real Self: the soul.
The teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda (author of Autobiography of a Yogi) and his renowned line of gurus offer to people of all cultures, races, and creeds the means to free themselves from physical, mental, and spiritual inharmonies — a way of life of inner happiness and all-round success. To facilitate the spread of his “how-to-live” teachings worldwide — including the spiritual principles and meditation techniques of Kriya Yoga — Yogananda founded Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) in 1920 and established the headquarters for his work in Los Angeles, California, shortly thereafter.
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“Self-realization is the knowing — in body, mind, and soul — that we are one with the omnipresence of God; that we do not have to pray that it come to us, that we are not merely near it at all times, but that God's omnipresence is our omnipresence; that we are just as much a part of Him now as we ever will be. All we have to do is improve our knowing.” — Paramahansa Yogananda
Episodes
89 episodes
Perfecting Human Relationships
SRF monk Brother Bhaktananda conveys wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on how we can bring greater harmony into our relationships.By practicing kindness and self‑discipline — while holding on to a noncritical and calm state of mind — we ...
Stillness in Action: The Path of Karma Yoga
Self‑Realization Fellowship monk Brother Kamalananda conveys wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on how engaging in outer activities with calm inner awareness can help us to feel God’s presence amid the demands of life.Through our practice...
Spiritual Victory Through Attunement With the Guru
SRF monk Brother Bhumananda conveys wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on how attunement with a true guru helps one to be supremely victorious in all inner and outer pursuits.A true guru has reached the ultimate goal of oneness with...
Kriya Yoga - Divine Dispensation for Our Awakening Age
SRF monk Brother Anandamoy speaks on Paramahansa Yogananda’s mission to spread worldwide the teachings of Kriya Yoga — illuminating for this age the universal aspect of religion. He explains that practice of the meditation techniques taught by ...
Finding God’s Love Through True Friendship
SRF nun Sister Usha conveys wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on how cultivating true friendships can help us develop a closer relationship with God.By expressing spiritual qualities such as truthfulness, loyalty, sincerity, and love in ...
Becoming a Giver of Peace, Joy, and Loving Kindness
SRF monk Brother Nakulananda conveys wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on ways to awaken divine love and peace within us, and to cultivate calmness, attentiveness, and loving understanding in our daily interactions with others.By followi...
Lighting the Way to a Higher Age
Brother Chidananda, president and spiritual head of SRF/YSS, offers deeply encouraging insights on how we can live with inner strength and clarity while navigating the complexities of today’s world.He explains that humanity is passing th...
How Our Thoughts Can Change Our Lives
SRF monk Brother Ekananda conveys wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on the transformative power of thought, and how we can cultivate positive, God‑centered thoughts that will help us remain evenminded, so we can respond more calmly to challenge...
Developing an Intimate Relationship With God Through Prayer
SRF nun Sister Draupadi conveys wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on cultivating the practice of prayer as a dynamic, essential, and very personal aspect of our daily lives. By doing so we can experience and hold on to our awareness of God as a...
Experiencing the Inner Harmony — Questions and Answers About Spiritual Living
SRF monk Brother Satyananda conveys wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on how we can experience greater inner harmony amid the demands of modern life.This talk provides practical insights on cultivating contentment by the practice of medi...
Be Messengers of God’s Light and Love
Sri Mrinalini Mata (1931 – 2017), fourth president and spiritual head of Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, draws from her years of personal training with Paramahansa Yogananda to exhort us all to be channels of God’s...
Developing the Invincible Power of Initiative
SRF monk Brother Vimalananda conveys wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on how we can awaken and develop our God-given power of initiative — which will help us to overcome obstacles and meet every situation in life with inspired creativity, conf...
Gaining the Wealth of Inner Happiness
SRF monk Brother Padmananda conveys wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on how we can experience lasting happiness.Perfect joy, or bliss, is the inherent nature of the soul. And when we learn to employ simple yet effective spiritual practi...
The Deeper Teachings of Jesus
SRF monk Brother Nikhilananda shares profound insights from Paramahansa Yogananda into the universal teachings of Jesus and how being aware of their deeper meaning can help us understand our own oneness with the Divine.Through inspiring ...
Embracing Our Spiritual Resilience
SRF monk Brother Jayananda discusses how Paramahansa Yogananda’s teachings enable us to develop spiritual resilience — the inner strength that allows us to meet life’s challenges with calmness, faith, and a deep awareness of God’s presence....
Intuition and Trust in God: Guiding Lights in a Chaotic World
SRF monk Brother Ishtananda conveys wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on why we would want to make cultivating our intuition a priority and how greater intuition will allow us to make better choices — even when outer circumstances are difficult...
Cultivating a Close Relationship With God
SRF monk Brother Devananda conveys wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on how each one of us can form a deeply fulfilling personal relationship with the Divine.Even if you do not feel a close connection with God in the beginning, by using ...
Attuning Our Lives to the Love of God | Brother Chidananda
Brother Chidananda, president and spiritual head of SRF/YSS, explains how we can learn the art of living in this world without losing our connection with and receptivity to the power and love of the Divine — giving us a foundation of evenminded...
Finding Your Role in Life
SRF monk Brother Keshavananda conveys wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on the importance of discovering what role in life will satisfy our hearts and set us on the course of reaching true happiness.As we focus on spiritualizing our dail...
Right Attitude Toward Life’s Experiences
SRF monk Brother Anandamoy conveys Paramahansa Yogananda’s wisdom on right attitude — an essential ingredient for success on the spiritual path.Filled with humor and deep insight, this talk illustrates how by keeping in mind the divine p...
Our Loved Ones Never Die
SRF nun Sister Ranjana conveys wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on the mysteries of life, death, and the soul that brings understanding to the age-old question, “Does death truly bring an end to our cherished relationships?”Although we ...
Compassion and Understanding: Cornerstones of Spiritual Living
SRF monk Brother Achalananda conveys wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on how we can find ultimate fulfillment when we learn to experience and express that true soul-nature in our relationships with others.The nature of the soul is pure ...
The Soul’s Nature Is Love
SRF monk Brother Saralananda conveys wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on how it is possible to find a perfect and all-fulfilling love.Divine love is awaiting discovery within each one of us, as it is the very nature of our soul. Through...