Swami Kriyananda: Lightbearer
This first-hand account of life with Swami Kriyananda is more than a biography. It’s a guidebook for spiritual living, a path of light that all may follow. And it’s a labor of love by Asha that has been 44 years in the making.
We expect the books to be published by Swamiji’s birthday, May 19th, after which they will be shipped and delivered promptly.
Free shipping withing the U.S.!
Unfortunately, we cannot ship elsewhere in the world, though Ananda Publications will be doing their own printing in India.
Ebook and audiobook versions will be available for download at the same time as the printed book, so check back for details.
704 pages • quality paperback • 32 pages of photos
Unabridged and includes all photos and formatting.
You will receive a link to download a 51MB, DRM-free ePub file, compatible with all non-Kindle e-readers.
If you prefer, the Kindle edition may be purchased at Amazon.
Read by Asha Nayaswami, unabridged, 27 hours 53 minutes total playing time.
You will receive a link to download a 263MB ZIP file containing three M4B audiobook files, playable in iTunes or other audiobook apps, as well as a PDF of all the photos from the print book.
Or pre-order a signed edition for a $100 donation!
New release, spring 2019
In the early 1970s, Swami Kriyananda asked Asha to start taking notes for the book he knew she would someday write. He explained himself to her in a way he did to only a few others. Since then, she was in constant contact with him, as a devotee, friend, personal assistant, and eventually, a spiritual teacher in her own right.
It’s a rare gift to live with a true teacher. Experience it for yourself, as Asha brings you into meetings, conversations, personal counseling, living rooms, classrooms, long walks, meetings, and meditations.
Swami’s life was a triumphant life, but not an easy one. Plagued by ill-health, financial challenges, and years of bitter estrangement from fellow disciples, his life story is told in the struggle as well as the victory. A great soul incarnates to awaken faith in our own spiritual potential. Asha writes, “A great wave of Divine Light is sweeping over the planet. If you tune in to that Light, you, too, will become an instrument of that Light.”
This first-hand account of life with Swami Kriyananda is more than a biography. It’s a guidebook for spiritual living, a path of light that all may follow. And it’s a labor of love by Asha that has been 44 years in the making.
704 pages • quality paperback
32 pages of photos
ISBN: 978-1-56589-334-4
eISBN: 978-1-56589-585-0
“A man of wisdom and compassion in action, one of the leading lights in the spiritual world.”
—Lama Surya Das, author of Awakening the Buddha Within, founder of the Dzogchen Center
“My heart sings with praise and gratitude without adequate words to express my thanks. I am personally and forever grateful to Swami Kriyananda.”
—Neale Donald Walsch, author of Conversations with God
“At first, I couldn’t understand how Swami Kriyananda was able to accomplish so much. Then I realized, he didn’t do it—his guru, Yogananda did it through him.”
—Swami Shankarananda Giri, founder, Kriya Yoga Ashram, Rishikesh, India
“In his long, glorious, and absolutely victorious life, Swami Kriyananda changed the lives of millions of people. The void left by his departure can never be filled again. I am consoled by the fact that his spiritual presence is felt even more intensely now. What a joy and privilege to have known such a man!”
—D.R. Kaarthikeyan, Director emeritus of Central Bureau of Investigation, India