Ananda's Blog

5 Lessons from Mother Earth

For living life in general, and especially for a charged and energized spiritual practice, we need inspiration. We also need...

Choices

A gift that the Lord has given to everyone is the opportunity to choose, and especially to make enlightened choices that bring us out of...

Spring

Spring is pushing on, pushing out Pushing back against the cold Like the soul beginning to blossom Against the cold of an ordinary life...

Lean into Kirtan

We often speak about the importance of carefully hearing the maha-mantra while we chant our japa (meditation with beads). We don’t often...

Facing the Illusion

Did it ever occur to you that perhaps 98% of our time we are in illusion? This illusion comes about when we think: “I am so and so.”, “I...

Spiritual Health

In a conversation with a person wanting to begin a more serious practice of bhakti yoga, we spoke about many things. The 9 process of...

Eat Well

All yogis are careful about what they eat...or at least they should be. Food is not only connected to our physical well being but also...

The Wind and the Mind

As I listen to the wind howl and the windows rattle, I remember when Arjuna told Krishna that to control the mind is more difficult than...

In Search of Kartals

In search of sweet sounding kartals (small hand cymbals used in kirtan) I was led to the recommended store through the winding streets of...

A Bridge to Krishna

by Sacinandana Swami Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said: “Of the nine processes of devotional service, the most important is to always chant...