On the sacred occasion of Paramahansa Yogananda’s Janmotsav (birth anniversary), a YSS sannyasi will highlight the importance of the Guru in a devotee’s life as the channel of spiritual knowledge, divine wisdom, and the dispeller of ignorance through an online talk in Hindi titled “Guru — The Door to Salvation,” on Saturday, January 3.
This inspiring discourse will draw on Yoganandaji’s teachings, where Swami Dhairyananda explains that a yogi “recognizes the guru as the manifested messenger of God and the channel of salvation.” He says that God helps a seeker who is deeply in earnest, by sending him a guru — a God-knowing person who has been divinely appointed by Him to take the seeker as a disciple and lead him from the darkness of ignorance to the light of wisdom.
We invite you to attend this talk with family and friends.
YSS ashrams, kendras and mandalis throughout the country will also celebrate Gurudev’s Janmotsav with heartfelt devotion and gratitude. To find a YSS meditation centre near you, please click here.
YSS devotees and friends find Gurudeva’s Janmotsav an ideal occasion to offer gratitude to our beloved Paramahansaji for his ever-present guidance and blessings on our spiritual path by offering support to his spiritual and charitable work. If you would like to offer pranami, please visit the link provided below.
To know more you may wish to explore the following links:
- About Paramahansa Yogananda
- “The Need for a True Guru in One’s Life,” by Swami Smaranananda Giri
- “A Satguru’s Promise: ‘To Those who Think Me Near, I am Near’” (in Hindi) | By Swami Chaitanyananda Giri
- “The Role of a Guru in One’s Spiritual Search,” by Swami Sevananda Giri
- “The Immortal Message of Paramahansa Yogananda: Celebrating the Life and Blessing of a Beloved World Teacher”
- “The Unconditional Love of the Guru”
- Paramahansa Yogananda on the Help of a True Guru
- “Meditation & Kriya Yoga” by Paramahansa Yogananda
- Listen to Paramahansa Yogananda
- Books and Recordings
