SRF sannyasi Swami Jayananda discusses positive ways we can approach all life’s situations as yogis in order to be successful spiritually: “When we talk about thanksgiving or gratitude, these are attitudes really—ways of thinking, or ways of approaching life.” Drawing from Paramahansa Yogananda’s teachings and his experiences with Sri Daya Mata,
Mukti Mata (1922 – 2008), a longtime SRF sannyasini who became a disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda in 1945, discusses Paramahansaji’s teaching that prayer is an expression of the soul. She explains that the more we go directly to God with a trusting attitude in prayer, conversing naturally from our heart,
November 13, 2020 In this talk recorded on Diwali in 2019 at the Yogoda Satsanga Sakha Math, Ranchi, YSS/SRF President Sri Sri Swami Chidananda Giri discusses how we can experience the real celebration of Diwali—“festival of lights”—as an inner awakening of the all-powerful divine light of the spiritual eye. By
November 6, 2020 SRF sannyasini Karuna Mai shares insights from Paramahansa Yogananda’s book “How You Can Talk With God” and discusses how, in applying the science of meditation in our daily lives, we can have a two-way conversation with the Divine and truly realize the kingdom of God within.
October 30, 2020 Swami Achalananda Giri, vice president of Self-Realization Fellowship, discusses ways we can cultivate faith—an essential facet of spirituality which, as Paramahansa Yogananda explained, goes beyond mere belief and is grounded in actual experience of the Divine within ourselves. As we gradually increase our faith, and go through
Paramahansa Yogananda often spoke reverently of his father, Sri Bhagabati Charan Ghosh, as an advanced Kriya Yogi who also provided critical financial help when Paramahansaji left India in 1920 to begin his spiritual mission in America. Now, Bhagabati Charan Ghosh’s life and generosity have been honoured yet again, this time
In this talk, given at the 2013 SRF World Convocation, SRF sannyasini Preeti Mai shares insights from Paramahansa Yogananda on why some people are happy and others are not, what we can do to increase our inner happiness, and how our personal level of happiness affects others. “Our guru, Paramahansa
In this talk, Swami Anandamoy Giri, deeply respected SRF sannyasi, identifies the universal needs that lie at the core of all spiritual seeking, and demonstrates how true spirituality, found in the esoteric traditions of the world’s great religions, fulfils these needs through direct personal experience of God.
SRF sannyasi Swami Sattvananda Giri explains that enthusiasm—the ability to motivate ourselves and feel joy in whatever we are doing—is not only important in every aspect of life, but especially in order to achieve our highest spiritual goal of communion with God. He shares Paramahansa Yogananda’s ideas on how to cultivate spiritual
October 2020 marks 100 years since Paramahansa Yogananda’s first talk in America, given on October 6, 1920, on the topic of “The Science of Religion.” The event at which he spoke, an International Congress of Religious Liberals in Boston, had gathered to discuss “the real meaning of freedom,” in honour
