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Yogananda Podcast — 276 episodes
Autobiography Chapter 35, Part 3: Solve all your problems through meditation
Autobiography Chapter 35, Part 2: Be thou a (householder) yogi
Autobiography Chapter 35, Part 1: John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ
Autobiography Chapter 34, Part 7: Ask, and it shall be given you
Autobiography Chapter 34, Part 6: Applying for Kriya with SRF-YSS
Autobiography Chapter 34, Part 5: Be in the world, but not of it
Autobiography Chapter 34, Part 4: Lahiri Mahasaya’s Kriya Initiation Ceremony
Autobiography Chapter 34, Part 3: A palace fit for the King
Autobiography Chapter 34, Part 2: Mahavatar Babaji is waiting for us to return
Autobiography Chapter 34, Part 1: The office was made for you, and not you for the office
Autobiography Chapter 33, Part 4: Babaji’s immortal promise
Autobiography Chapter 33, Part 3: “Jump then”—the most chilling words spoken. Ever.
Autobiography Chapter 33, Part 2: Krishna, Rama and Buddha
Autobiography Chapter 33, Part 1: Mahavatar Babaji
Autobiography Chapter 32, Part 4: Shyama Charan Lahiri Mahasaya
Autobiography Chapter 32, Part 3: Yogananda’s beloved India
Autobiography Chapter 32, Part 2: Rama Lives
Autobiography Chapter 31, Part 6: Shankari Mai Jiew
Autobiography Chapter 31, Part 5: Transcending Reincarnation
Autobiography Chapter 31, Part 4: Skip sleep
Autobiography Chapter 31, Part 3: The mysticism of Lahiri Mahasaya
Autobiography Chapter 31, Part 2: Guruhusband Lahiri Mahasaya
Autobiography Chapter 31, Part 1: Being awoken by Angels
Autobiography Chapter 30, Part 7: Don’t be tricked by the Cosmic Magician
Autobiography Chapter 30, Part 6: Why is there suffering?
Autobiography Chapter 30, Part 5: Wake, my children wake!
Autobiography Chapter 30, Part 4: The sun shineth in his strength
Autobiography Chapter 30, Part 3: Energy is the mass multiplied by the square of velocity
Autobiography Chapter 30, Part 2: God does not throw dice
Autobiography Chapter 30, Part 1: The Three Hermits – with full disclosure
Autobiography Chapter 29, Part 3: Rabindranath Tagore’s universal song
Autobiography Chapter 29, Part 2: Rabindranath Tagore’s glorious blood line
Autobiography Chapter 29, Part 1: Rabindranath Tagore’s Nobel chanting
Autobiography Chapter 28, Part 3: Yogananda makes certain we stay true
Autobiography Chapter 28, Part 2: Yogananda’s eternal promise
Autobiography Chapter 28, Part 1: Yogananda’s morbid field trip with Kashi et al
Autobiography Chapter 27, Part 4: Swami Pranabananda’s glorious mahasamadhi
Autobiography Chapter 27, Part 3: Yogananda’s teachings on life and death
Autobiography Chapter 27, Part 2: Yogananda’s How to Live Schools
Autobiography Chapter 27, Part 1: Service and Schooling
Autobiography Chapter 26, Part 5: Outward rituals vs inner realisation
Autobiography Chapter 26, Part 4: All aboard the Kriya Express
Autobiography Chapter 26, Part 3: Paramahansa Yogananda and Kriya Yoga
Autobiography Chapter 26, Part 2: The Aum vibration vs. tinnitus
Autobiography Chapter 26, Part 1: Babaji’s Kriya Yoga
Autobiography Chapter 25, Part 3: Sri Yukteswar heals through astral mathematics
Autobiography Chapter 25, Part 2: Yogananda heals through sheer will power
Autobiography Chapter 25, Part 1: Yogananda’s vision of Ananta’s eternal sleep
Autobiography Chapter 24, Part 4: Carl Jung
Autobiography Chapter 24, Part 3: Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras
Awake Minute 8: Why we need a Guru
Awake Minute 4: My Sweet Lord
Autobiography Chapter 24, Part 2: I am He, Shivoham
Autobiography Chapter 24, Part 1: The most sacred initiation
Autobiography Chapter 23, Part 4: Dear Guruji, you inspire me because...
Autobiography Chapter 23, Part 3: Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Autobiography Chapter 23, Part 2: Follow the guru
Autobiography Chapter 23, Part 1: “Mad Monk” Yogananda
Autobiography Chapter 22, Part 3: The Divinest of Romances
Autobiography Chapter 22, Part 2: Who is in my temple
Autobiography Chapter 22, Part 1: Yogananda’s guide to family inspiration
Autobiography Chapter 21, Part 4: Asoka, Akbar and the divine mercy
Autobiography Chapter 21, Part 3: The Christlike ways of Sri Yukteswar
Autobiography Chapter 21, Part 2: The best sites for a Divine Gypsy
Autobiography Chapter 21, Part 1: Don’t smoke and lie
Autobiography Chapter 20, Part 4: Parvati Shankari
Autobiography Chapter 20, Part 3: Sri Yukteswar finally exposes his hand
Autobiography Chapter 20, Part 2: Sri Yukteswar’s subtle influencing hand
Autobiography Chapter 20, Part 1: Sri Yukteswar’s art of diplomacy
Autobiography Chapter 19, Part 3: Sri Yukteswar’s kindergarten for gifted boys and girls
Autobiography Chapter 19, Part 2: The secrets of teleportation
Autobiography Chapter 19, Part 1: The secret art of telepathy
Autobiography Chapter 18, Part 3: The life and times of Afzal Khan and Hazrat
Autobiography Chapter 18, Part 2: How not to follow your guru’s teachings
Autobiography Chapter 18, Part 1: Breaking past life limitations
Autobiography Chapter 17, Part 4: Yogananda’s how-to-live schools
Autobiography Chapter 17, Part 3: Academic excellence vs. spiritual ascent
Autobiography Chapter 17, Part 2: Sri Yukteswar and the butterfly effect
Special: Kumbh Mela 2025
Autobiography Chapter 17, Part 1: Sri Yukteswar prolongs the life of a doctor
Autobiography Chapter 16, Part 9: Yogananda’s Second Coming of Christ
Autobiography Chapter 16, Part 8: Adam and Eve consciousness
Autobiography Chapter 16, Part 7: Sri Yukteswar’s theory of Everything
Autobiography Chapter 16, Part 6: Sri Yukteswar’s mastery of world scripture
Autobiography Chapter 16, Part 5: The Yuga debate, as stirred up by Sri Yukteswar
Autobiography Chapter 16, Part 4: The cremation of doubt
Autobiography Chapter 16, Part 3: Gurudeva and the planetary Devas
Autobiography Chapter 16, Part 2: Where free-will ends and destiny begins
Autobiography Chapter 16, Part 1: Sri Yukteswar’s Astrology 101
Autobiography Chapter 15, Part 8: Yogananda’s life of tireless service
Autobiography Chapter 15, Part 7: Yogananda’s cosmic drum
Autobiography Chapter 15, Part 6: Yogananda’s Cosmic Chants and Ragas
Autobiography Chapter 15, Part 5: Yogananda’s favourite festivals
Autobiography Chapter 15, Part 4: Don’t compartmentalise Sri Yukteswar
Autobiography Chapter 15, Part 3: Paramhansa Yogananda’s fine tuning techniques
Autobiography Chapter 15, Part 2: Sri Yuktewar’s Wi-Fi range extender
Autobiography Chapter 15, Part 1: Crazy for Cauliflower
Autobiography Chapter 14, Part 5: Paramahansa Yogananda teaches us how to quantify our progress in meditation
Autobiography Chapter 14, Part 4: Samadhi, by Paramahansa Yogananda
Autobiography Chapter 14, Part 3: Yogananda sweeps the balcony of his mind
Autobiography Chapter 14, Part 2: Paramahansa Yogananda describes Samadhi
Autobiography Chapter 13, Part 7: Overcoming our limitations, supported by SRF YSS Gurus
Autobiography Chapter 13, Part 6: Yogananda finds bliss in a remote jungle
Autobiography Chapter 13, Part 5: In the temple of my heart
Autobiography Chapter 13, Part 3: Paramahansa Yogananda’s trials
Autobiography Chapter 13, Part 2: Sacrosanct and sacred customs
Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 20: Sri Yukteswar’s leela
Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 19: Sri Yukteswar transforms a cynical magistrate
Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 18: Sri Yukteswar tells us to be less bookish
Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 17: Sri Yukteswar’s challenge to phoney philosophers
Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 16: Bending Rules
Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 15: Conquering Lust
Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 14: The Curious Case of Kumar
Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 13: Sri Yukteswar’s dissections cut deep
Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 12: Contrasting a parent with a Guru
Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 11: Letting Sri Yukteswar destroy your ego
Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 10: Yogananda and the East-West hybrid
Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 9: Sri Yukteswar’s chelas
Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 8: The Silent Revolution of Self-Realization Fellowship
Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 7: Paramahansa Yogananda vs. Restlessness
Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 6: Yogananda’s Scientific Healing Affirmations
Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 5: Swami Sri Yukteswar’s mastery over mosquitos and cobras
Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 4: Swami Sri Yukteswar’s minute mannerisms and divine qualities
Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 3: Paramahansa Yogananda’s Own Kriya Initiation
Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 2: Sri Yukteswar’s Serampore Hermitage
Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 1: Is Sri Yukteswar’s training that hard?
Autobiography Chapter 11, Part 3: Yogananda in Krishna’s childhood abode
Autobiography Chapter 11, Part 2: Paramahansa Yogananda’s best meal
Autobiography Chapter 11, Part 1: Faith or Dare
Autobiography Chapter 10, Part 9: Shankara and our glorious lineage
Autobiography Chapter 10, Part 8: The harsh duality of life
Autobiography Chapter 10, Part 7: Sri Yukteswar’s brevity
Autobiography Chapter 10, Part 6: Finding “My Own” Sri Yukteswar
Autobiography Chapter 10, Part 5: Keep the faith
Autobiography Chapter 10, Part 4: The Wisdom of Fasting
Autobiography Chapter 10, Part 3: Adjusting to ashram life
Autobiography Chapter 10, Part 2: “God as the Friend of friends”
Autobiography Chapter 10, Part 1: Right Attitude, Faith and Gratitude
Autobiography Chapter 9, Part 7: What is important and the unimportant
Autobiography Chapter 9, Part 6 – Drowning yourself, in your Self
Autobiography Chapter 9, Part 5: The devotee proposes, Divine Mother disposes
Autobiography Chapter 9, Part 4: Yogi-Christ Ramakrishna Paramahansa
Autobiography Chapter 9, Part 3: Humble “M” and Haloed Mukunda
Autobiography Chapter 9, Part 2: A Vision of Divine Mother
Autobiography Chapter 9, Part 1: Two blissful devotees
Autobiography Chapter 8, Part 5: Oh, to be ahead of your time
Autobiography Chapter 8, Part 4: Does tin feel pain?
Autobiography Chapter 8, Part 3: The benefits of an ideal education
Autobiography Chapter 8, Part 2: Bose’ discoveries and the opening of his Institute
Autobiography Chapter 8, Part 1: Experiment and discover
Autobiography Chapter 7, Part 4: Relying on the Divine Insurer
Autobiography Chapter 7, Part 3: Mirabai and Yogananda
Autobiography Chapter 7, Part 2: The candour of God, Krishna, Christ, Gurus
Autobiography Chapter 7, Part 1: Floating on superconsciousness
Autobiography Chapter 6, Part 4: The Tiger Transformation
Autobiography Chapter 6, Part 3: Cooch Behar Snare
Autobiography Chapter 6, Part 2: Taming wild passions
Autobiography Chapter 6, Part 1: The Tiger reigns supreme (only in your mind)
Autobiography Chapter 5, Part 3: Hypnosis, Abu Said and working for God Alone.
Autobiography Chapter 5, Part 2: Mukunda meets the “Perfume Saint”
Autobiography Chapter 5, Part 1: Om Kali
Autobiography Chapter 4, Part 6: Thousands of Suns and Moons
Autobiography Chapter 4, Part 5: Restful deliberation and graceful motion
Autobiography Chapter 4, Part 4: Detective Ananta
London's SRF Monastic Visit Reflections
Autobiography Chapter 4, Part 3: The transformed police officer
Autobiography Chapter 4, Part 2: Keep on keeping on
Autobiography Chapter 4, Part 1: The deep elation extracted from breaking rules
Autobiography Chapter 3, Part 5: Truth shall prevail (in silence)
Autobiography Chapter 3, Part 4: Lahiri Mahasaya’s divine intercession
Autobiography Chapter 3, Part 3: Point of view
Autobiography Chapter 3, Part 2: Second pension with a second body
Autobiography Chapter 3, Part 1: Mukunda goes to Banaras (Varanasi)
Autobiography Chapter 2, Part 5 The Mammoth Footnote
Autobiography Chapter 2, Part 4: The Strange Sadhu
Autobiography Chapter 2, Part 3: The Spiritual Engine
Autobiography Chapter 2, Part 2: You can’t be a (Himalayan) swami
Autobiography Chapter 2, Part 1: The Mystery of Death
Autobiography Chapter 1, Part 6: Mukunda’s Minor Miracles
Autobiography Chapter 1, Part 5: The Miraculous Lahiri Mahasaya
Autobiography Chapter 1, Part 4: Blessings from Lahiri Mahasaya
Autobiography Chapter 1, Part 3: Beholding Lahiri Mahasaya
Autobiography Chapter 1, Part 2: The Ideal Parents
Autobiography Chapter 1, Part 1: The Disciple-Guru Relationship
Autobiography of a Yogi Eternal Law of Righteousness and SRF Introduction
Autobiography of a Yogi Legacy, Acknowledgements, Contents and Preface
Autobiography of a Yogi Title, Cover, Editions and SRF Logo
Introduction to Autobiography of a Yogi: Line by Line Podcast
Awake Finale Minute: For our Guru Paramahansa Yogananda, who helped us become Awake
Awake Minute 80: Hamara Guru Yogananda, Paramahansa Sadhgurudeva
Awake Minute 79: Guru-ness
Awake Minute 78: An ode to Yogananda’s blessed bodily temple
Awake Minute 77: Paramahansa Yogananda’s glorious Mahasamadhi
Awake Minute 76: Paramahansa Yogananda prepares for Mahasamadhi
Awake Minute 75: Shaping the 20th Century
Awake Minute 74: Actualize Yourself
Awake Minute 73: Pranam Brother Chidananda
Awake Minute 72: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting
Awake Minute 71: I think, therefore I am
Awake Minute 70: Matter, Energy and... Consciousness?
Awake Minute 69: I am become Death, the destroyer of Worlds (sic)
Awake Minute 68: To serve, scribe and strive for Guruji
Awake Minute 67: Pranam Sri Mrinalini Mata
Awake Minute 66: A surprise turn
Awake Minute 65: War and Peace
Awake Minute 64: Home is anywhere, everywhere and nowhere
Awake Minute 63: Sri Yukteswar’s Mahasamadhi and Resurrection
Awake Minute 62: Pranam Anandamayi Ma
Awake Minute 61: Taking Darshan of Paramahansa Yogananda
Awake Minute 60: Pranam Mahatma Gandhi
Awake Minute 59: Yogananda’s return route to India
Awake Minute 58: Psychiatry vs Guruchiatry (C)
Awake Minute 57: Pranam Brother Anandamoy
Awake Minute 56: Neuroplasticity
Awake Minute 55: Mt. Washington Monastery
Awake Minute 54: Pranam Ananda Mata, Sri Gyanamata and Durga Mata
Awake Minute 53: Pranam Sri Daya Mata
Awake Minute 52: Supporting your sadhana
Awake Minute 51: Yogananda’s darkest hour
Awake Minute 50: Basu Kumar Bagchi sues Guruji :(
Awake Minute 49: Swami Dhirananda leaves Guruji
Awake Minute 48: Difficult times for Paramahansa Yogananda
Awake Minute 47: Yogoda Wedding Vows
Awake Minute 46: Swami Dhirananda scandal
Awake Minute 45: Indian Independence and American Civil Rights
Awake Minute 44: President Greets Swami Yogananda
Awake Minute 43: Vedic Philosophy
Awake Minute 42: Change your brain grooves
Awake Minute 41: The Supernatural
Awake Minute 40: Willpower and volition
Awake Minute 39: SRF, YSS and Life Lessons featuring Vivek Atray
Awake Minute 38: Jagadguru on tour in the USA
Awake Minute 37: Swami Dhirananda aka Basu Kumar Bagchi
Awake Minute 36: Prima Voce and discovering resonance
Awake Minute 35: The Kundalini
Awake Minute 34: Energization
Awake Minute 33: What is Yoga?
Awake Minute 32: True Christianity
Awake Minute 31: Mt. Washington SRF HQ
Awake Special: The art of the possible with Yuri and #YoganandaBrasil
Awake Minute 30: Pranam Rajarsi Janakananda
Awake Minute 29: The Power of Initiative
Awake Minute 28: Bostonian Yogananda
Awake Special: Chi Kri, going spiritually off-piste
Awake Minute 27: Swami Yogananda
Awake Minute 26: The Brahmachari Life
Awake Minute 25: Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri
Awake Minute 24: Wait, was that my Guru?
Awake Special: Yugas and the meaning of time, with Walter Cruttenden
Awake Minute 23: Would my real Guru please stand up
Awake Minute 22: Have you ever had a dream, Neo...
Awake Minute 21: Why Cosmic Mother
Awake Minute 20: Tragedies are sometimes blessings
Awake Minute 19: I give you three books, one will be your Guru
Awake Minute 18: The yogic rite to Write DNA
Awake Minute 17: Not dogma, but science
Awake Special: Professor Wadhwa
Awake Minute 16: Dr Lewis, the first western Kriyaban
Awake Minute 15: I could do better, he’s an Avatar
Awake Minute 14: How Yogananda took passage and raison d'être for USA
Awake Special: Professor Clooney
Awake Minute 13: America – To be, or not to be
Awake Special: Dr. Varun Soni
Awake Minute 12: I sensed this is my place and since then I never stopped
Awake Special: Philip Goldberg
Awake Minute 11: Yogananda's Visions
Awake Special: Mas Vidal
Awake Minute 10: Himalayan yogi
Awake Minute 9: Every soul is on a (Indian train) journey
Awake Minute 7: Lahiri Mahasaya
Awake Minute 6: Mahavatar Babaji
Awake Minute 5: There is no reason not to follow your heart
Awake Minute 3: Sing along
Awake Minute 2: Run the meditation experiment, you might surprise yourself
Awake Minute by Minute Podcast Introduction
Awake Minute 1: Memories from prenatal realms