From 1974 to 2014, Swami Shankarananda of The Divine Life Church of Baltimore presented weekly talks related to meditation, Vedanta, yoga philosophy, Kriya yoga, and the teachings of Jesus, Krishna, Buddha, St Francis, and others.  He brings out the universal truths in many scriptures including The Old and New Testament, The Bhagavad-Gita, Buddha's Dhammapada, and The Upanishads.