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Laurelwood Campus, Oregon

Laurelwood Campus, Oregon
Ananda College of Living Wisdom is planning to open a satellite campus 30 minutes southwest of Portland, Oregon beginning September, 2012 More...



College Students Re-enact 'Live' Creche Scene for Victorian Christmas

College Students Re-enact “Live” Crèche Scene for Victorian Christmas
Wednesday, Dec 7th, 2011 More...



An Evening with Philip Goldberg

An Evening with Philip Goldberg
Thursday, Dec 8th, 2011
Author Philip Goldberg will discuss his newest book, “American Veda—From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation—How Indian Spirituality Changed the West,”More...



Different Places Student Reading

“Different Places” Student Reading
Performed Dec 12th, 2011
The literary and spiritual worlds will come together when Ananda College Students present More...



Female Veteran Finds Yoga Therapy & Ananda College a Healing Experience

Female Veteran Finds Yoga Therapy & Ananda College a Healing Experience
For student Brooke Cannon, the term “warrior” isn’t necessarily a negative image. More...



Everyday is Graduation - Dr. Nefretete Rasheed Addresses Students

"Everyday is Graduation"
Dr. Nefretete Rasheed
Addresses Students

On Thursday, June 2, 2011, at Ananda College of Living Wisdom... More...



Matthew Fredrickson (right) with classmate Ryan Nakade in Paris, France during the most recent Ananda College of Living Wisdom study abroad trip.

The School of Life:
An Inside View of Ananda College of Living Wisdom

Matthew has been offered a job as head teacher at a new Junior High School forming in Portland, Oregon More...



Tree Village

Student Study Abroad trip to England, France & Italy
A group of students from Ananda College of Living Wisdom had the opportunity to visit three very unique European spiritual communities this past March and April.  More...



Meghan Don

The Yoga of Drama & Therapeutic Arts
I often think about a homeless, anguished woman I worked with in the hospital who was dying of AIDS. She wanted nothing more than more...



Meghan Don

Mysticism and the Arts through the Lens of Various Spiritual Traditions

students at Ananda College of Living Wisdom have been studying the mystics from different traditions   more...



Amit Goswami

Famous Theoretical Quantum Physicist Amit Goswami Visits Campus Oct 12-14   more...


Bradley Banana & the Jolly Good Pirate

Art Student
Illustrates Children’s Book

Chitra’s delightful watercolor paintings capture the humor and beauty of this children’s book for ages 5 and up. At the college, Chitra has focused specifically on Inspirational Arts/Graphic Design.   more...



Yogamaya

A Series of Serendipitous Events....or....
Finding a College That Embraces My Dreams

Last spring I knew nothing about Ananda College of Living Wisdom. I was finishing my first year at my local community college and was just beginning my spiritual path.   more...


Ananda College of Living Wisdom Study Abroad 2010: India

Ananda College of Living Wisdom
Study Abroad 2010: India Part II

The view has shifted from coconut palms and water to the dry, sparse land of the high plains. We are doing service projects and helping ready the new community for future guests.   more...


Ananda College of Living Wisdom Study Abroad 2010: India

Ananda College of Living Wisdom
Study Abroad 2010: India Part I

We are doing service projects in many Indian schools, studying the religions of India, learning Indian art and culture, business practices and education systems.   more...



Sri Yukteswar

Sri Yukteswar Scholarship Helps College Students Find Answers to the World’s Current Problems...

The Sri Yukteswar Scholarship Fund was established to foster study of the cycle of the ages and its causes as described by Sri Yukteswar in his book “The Holy Science.”   more...


Eefje Kerremans

Heart of the Matter

I was studying psychology in Belgium and the professor had just spent two hours lecturing on all the aspects of anatomy…our physical body, our being, and who we are as humans. He never mentioned the soul. Now, this was right when I had just started reading “Autobiography of a Yogi” by Paramhansa Yogananda. So, at the end of his lecture I gathered all my courage to raise my hand in an auditorium with 300 other students and asked, “but what about the soul, sir?”   more...


In Search of Secret India….study abroad 2010

Yogananda’s famous “Autobiography of a Yogi,” which describes in vivid detail his many years of spiritual training, and the subtle definitive laws by which yogis perform miracles and attain self-mastery, is the perfect spiritual guide to secret India.   more...


Private Audience with His Holiness The Dalai Lama at His Home in India

In March of 2004, Ananda College students and faculty were granted a private interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his home in Mcleod Ganj, India.   more...


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