{"id":1549,"date":"2024-07-20T16:55:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T16:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yoganandafortheworld.com\/story\/?page_id=1549"},"modified":"2024-08-10T14:50:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T14:50:50","slug":"swami-kriyananda-stories-encounters-with-a-disciple-of-paramhansa-yogananda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yoganandafortheworld.com\/story\/swami-kriyananda-stories-encounters-with-a-disciple-of-paramhansa-yogananda\/","title":{"rendered":"Swami Kriyananda Stories — Encounters With a Direct Disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Swamiji pronams to a friend during a public talk and tea at Ananda Sangha in Palo Alto, California, 2006. Photo by the author.
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Paramhansa Yogananda repeatedly<\/strong> told his disciple Swami Kriyananda, \u201cYou have a great work to do.\u201d And while there were aspects of his life that were of tremendous significance for the future of religion, Swamiji also served as a beacon of the light for many thousands of individual souls.<\/p>\n

To these friends, Swami Kriyananda was a savior, a divine friend who offered the beams of divine help they particularly needed. And while no one could tell the aggregate saga of his help to so many, they each can testify to the brilliance of that light as it swept through their lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cSwami Kriyananda Stories<\/em> offers many previously untold anecdotes that convey not merely the facts but the feeling of what it was like to be befriended by a great modern teacher who was one with God.\u201d \u2013 Nayaswami Asha, author of Swami Kriyananda: LIGHTBEARER<\/em> and Swami Kriyananda: As We Have Known Him<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Printed and Kindle books are available on Amazon.<\/a><\/p>\n

Nayaswami Rambhakta became a disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda in 1966. He lives in the Ananda Community of Mountain View, California.<\/p>\n

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Swami Kriyananda Stories: The Chapters<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Prelude: A Search for Happiness<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 1: Swami Kriyananda Passes By<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 2: Swami Kriyananda Passes By Again<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 3: A Visit to the Vatican<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ch. 4: Sing Out With Joy<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 6: Be Honest With God<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 7: Doubts<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 8: Swami Kriyananda’s Happiness Recipe<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ch. 9: A Strange Experience<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 10: Invisible Swamiji<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 11: Swami Kriyananda’s Wi-Fi Guidance<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 12: Swami Kriyananda Guides My Relationships<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ch. 13: Swami Kriyananda: A Clear Channel for God’s Help<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 17: Photographing Swami Kriyananda<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 18: “He’s Still at Fry’s”<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 19: Becoming Simple With Swami Kriyananda’s Help<\/strong<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ch. 20: Knee to Knee With Swamiji<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 21: Swami Kriyananda, Superhero<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 22: Swami Kriyananda, Guide Through Hard Times<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 23: Interlude — A Faceplant Hall of Fame<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ch. 24: Interlude — Nightingale<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 25: Swami Kriyananda Administers a Lesson in Humility<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 26: Swami Kriyananda: Master Coach<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 27: Who Has the Best Advice on Health Matters?<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ch. 28: Why Is He Telling Me This?<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 29: People Like Us<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 30: Interlude - Drums<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 31: Writing About Ananda<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ch. 32: Ruthless<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 33: A Court Case Miscellany<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 34: Interlude: Leaving Kauai, Blissful on the Bus<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 35: God Is the Camera<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ch. 36: Keep on the Sunny Side<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 37: Looking for Happiness<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 38: Receptivity<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Ch. 39: Swami Kriyananda Ignores Me<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

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Paramhansa Yogananda repeatedly told his disciple Swami Kriyananda, \u201cYou have a great work to do.\u201d And while there were aspects of his life that were of tremendous significance for the future of religion, Swamiji also served as a beacon of the light for many thousands of individual souls. 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