Swamiji: Swami Kriyananda’s Last Years, Lessons Learned by His Nurse

By Miriam Rodgers

Swamiji and Stories of His Life

Paramhansa Yogananda once said to a group of disciples: “You must not let the symphony of your life go unfinished.” 

This phrase perfectly describes the last years of Swami Kriyananda’s life, which were a crescendo of divine love and untiring service to humanity. Who was Swami Kriyananda? What was it like to know this close and direct disciple of the great Master, Paramhansa Yogananda? 

In Swamiji, Miriam Rodgers shares an intimate and up-close look at lessons she learned through her connection as Swami Kriyananda’s nurse for the last eight years of his life. 

In this profoundly moving biographical account filled with never before heard stories, you’ll glimpse the interior castle of Swami Kriyananda’s consciousness. Throughout history, the saints alone are the true custodians of religion. Saints like Swami Kriyananda draw their understanding from the direct experience of truth and of God, not from superficial reasoning or book learning. 

You’ll be spellbound and inspired by the story of Swamiji.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Crystal Clarity Publishers
• Release date: Dec 10, 2020
• ISBN: 9781565893238

Miriam Rodgers

In 1999, Miriam Rodgers moved from California to the Ananda spiritual community just outside Assisi, Italy. For the next fourteen years she was blessed to serve as Swami Kriyananda’s nurse in Italy, India, and the U.S. With over thirty years of prior experience as a critical care nurse, Miriam was well prepared to help steer Kriyananda through the countless medical challenges he faced during those years. Miriam has been a member of Ananda Worldwide for over twenty years. After Kriyananda’s passing she settled back in the U.S., where she has been teaching meditation and helping to establish Ananda communities. She is also a certified Ananda Yoga teacher. Miriam practices Kriya Yoga meditation as taught by her guru, Paramhansa Yogananda, author of Autobiography of a Yogi.

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