"Rejecting the church is often the first step to having true faith." Swami Kriyananda’s devout mother read and shared this statement with Kriyananda when he was a teenager. He felt that now, after many tears and arguments, she finally understood him. This statement may also resonate with those truth seekers looking for the deepest meanings in their lives.

Kriyananda says that he came to an understanding of Christianity through his guru, Paramhansa Yogananda, whose teachings helped him to make distinctions between "churchianity" and Christianity and the veracity of other world religions, as well.