Words of Yogananda and Kriyananda

This mini-blog is just to record short quotes of Yogananda and Kriyananda in a less formal manner than the ananda.org web site or even the blog A Place Called Ananda. For more in depth information click on one of these links I just mentioned.

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Tulips are coming here to Crystal Hermitage at Ananda Village in Sierra Foothills. This from previous years. Stay tined for current photos. 

Sorry that Springtime at Ananda is cancelled and gardens are closed due to covid-19

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Laugh with your whole being, not only with your vocal cords.

Swami Kriyananda

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Be grateful for the tests you attract in life. Recognize them as necessary to your growth in strength and wisdom.

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Affirm good health and mental peace even in the face of illness and disappointment. When your light shines brightly from within, illness will shut its eyes tightly and run away.

Swami Kriyananda

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When someone points out to you a mistake you committed, and you recognize that he is right, don’t blame yourself. Be grateful, rather, that now you can work to remove an impediment to your happiness. The impediment was there anyway; to recognize it is your good fortune.

Swami Kriyananda

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Choose your words kindly if you would invite understanding.

Swami Kiryananda

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Maintain a sense of perspective. Obsessions only narrow the mind.

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See joy as the fruit of inner peace, not of noise and excitement.

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Don’t complain at perceived misfortune. Whining only tests other people’s patience. Courage in the face of adversity, on the other hand, wins universal admiration.

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See divine love behind the blessing of friendship.

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Love omnipresent God in each other. Thus will you always feel drawn to the divine perfection behind the human mask. For humanity struggles—in the face of countless obstacles, and by many and various routes—toward ideals that are eternal.

Swami Kriyananda

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To be a peace-maker; be peaceful, first, in your own heart.

Swami Kriyananda

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Make contentment your criterion of prosperity.

Swami Kriyananda

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Don’t conceal whatever counter arguments there may be, but present those arguments fairly, then place them in a broader, truer context.

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If someone criticizes you, say, “Thank you for your suggestion. I will think about it.” In that way you don’t say that you agree with him, but only that you have heard him with an open mind.

Swami Kriyananda

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Learn to say “Yes!” instantly, whenever your impulse is to grumble or cry “No!” Welcome life in all its variety and challenges. Keep your heart open, like the petals of a daisy, to life’s experiences. Overcome the tendency to withdraw into yourself in a spirit of rejection.

Swami Kriyananda

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To express your thoughts more interestingly, put melody in your voice.

Swami Kriyananda