Ananda Los Angeles

04/05/2026

Easter Awakening (by Paramhansa Yogananda)

The little wavelet of Christ Life played helpfully over the bosom of the Cosmic Life for a while, and then it vanished within the ocean’s tenderness, not to die, but to be fed with eternal Ambrosia, and to come back again to declare the immortality of its tiny existence. The ocean of God throbbed once more in the resurrected Prince Jesus.

Flowers fade never to return, but Jesus only slept to obey the sweet command of Nature, and woke again to declare His mastery over Her.

Jesus has silenced the laughter of unbelieving eyes and the audacious poetic assertion that no traveller has ever returned from death’s bourne, by coming back from the place from which no one ever returned before.

With the return of Jesus to this mundane domain, a hope was resurrected in the hearts of a thousand million mortals – the hope that they, too, could wipe away the sting of death from their breasts of everlastingness.

Christ hid Himself again to show that He could not only resurrect His eternalness in the body of Jesus, but also in every blossom, and in every living Being that would ever smile in the garden of Creation through endless aeons.

Christ was resurrected not only on Easter Morn, but He reanimates Himself in the dawn of each Soul’s awakening. Our Souls die every day, whenever we are buried in the tomb of ignorance, and we resurrect ourselves again in Cosmic Wisdom.

Banish the death-consciousness perceived during the sleep of delusion, and resurrect your Soul in the ever-reigning Light of Immortality. Let this be your Easter Awakening.

—Inner Culture, April 1935

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04/04/2026

Blessed to all truth seekers
May Christ live on in all hearts

“When we need You, You descend,
Seeking grieving hearts to mend.
By hate unaffected,
You remain our Friend.

On a cross rejected,
Doomed to meet a shameful end,
Still, with love perfected,
You remain our Friend.

Long we feared to face Your love,
Lest our emptiness it prove.
Now at last our hearts we give You,
Who remain our Friend.

As a conductor, I must pay special attention to bring out those last two lines, because they shift the focus from rejecting Christ to opening our hearts to receive His love. Every time we sing this piece, I ask the choir to not sing it as a dirge, but to consciously express that shift in our consciusness and let it be apparent in our voices, our faces, and in our hearts.

As it says in the Festival of Light,

And whereas suffering and sorrow, in the past, were the coin of man’s redemption, for us now the payment has been exchanged for calm acceptance and joy. Thus may we understand that pain is the fruit of self-love, whereas joy is the fruit of love for God.

It is my deepest hope that you may open your heart to God’s outpouring of love, and experience for yourself the transformation of consciousness.”

04/01/2026

Listen, listen, listen to my heart song!
Devotional chanting to kick off an inspirational Sunday service this in





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09/23/2025

How to Attract What You Want When You Need It - Workshop
Saturday, September 27 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Discover the timeless wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda on how to harness your inner power to draw the right opportunities, people, and circumstances into your life—just when you need them most.

This workshop explores the spiritual principles of magnetism, intention, and divine alignment.

Learn how to focus your thoughts, uplift your consciousness, and work in harmony with universal laws to manifest your highest aspirations.

Through guided meditation, practical exercises, and teachings from Autobiography of a Yogi and other writings, you’ll gain tools to transform your dreams into reality.

Please visit: anandaeastla.com/calendario

Ananda East LA Center
1123 Goodrich Blvd, Commerce, CA 90022

08/23/2025

The Yoga of Success 4-Day Retreat
August 29 - September 1
at Ananda Temecula Farm

A Retreat Designed to Help You Achieve Your Highest Potential

Create a new consciousness, develop awareness, and create a new approach to Spiritual Leadership and Entrepreneurship

Raise your energy and share inspiration in harmony with divine laws, to spiritualize work as service in all places

Use practical tools in everyday life, based on the sacred teachings of Yoga (e.g., Bhagavad Gita and Patanjali)

Develop the ability to collaborate with the Divine to achieve creativity and innovation, harmony, abundance, and well-being for all

https://www.anandala.org/yogaofsuccess

About the Facilitator
Nayaswami Atmajyoti Schwarz, PhD
is an Ananda Assisi Retreat teacher and has lived at Ananda for 10 years – first in California, USA (Ananda Village and Ananda Palo Alto), then Ananda India and now at Ananda Assisi (Italy).
She teaches spiritual transformation courses for businesses and for other types of workplaces (i.e. governmental institutions, hospitals, schools, as well as nonprofit/educational/service/art organizations).

Nayaswami Atmajyoti has a Ph.D. in Strategic Thinking from the University of Southampton, U.K., and has more than 30 years of international working experience as a business consultant and executive trainer to governing bodies and various multinational corporations

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anandala.org/chantingforjoy