The sustainer of this universe is knocking at the gates of your heart, trying to enter through the portals of silence and make within you a garden of happiness.
— Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda
Each year Yogoda Satsanga Society of India monks visit cities around the country to help fulfil the ever-growing demand for Paramahansa Yogananda’s soul-liberating teachings. These monastic tours offer a blessed opportunity for newcomers who wish to introduce themselves to the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, and an in-depth guidance in the YSS meditation techniques for YSS Lessons students.
During these events, you may also avail yourself of the guidance of YSS sannyasis in the application of Gurudeva’s teachings in your daily life.
As every spiritual event gives a new stimulus to one’s sadhana, your participation in these events will rekindle your spiritual enthusiasm, and will also help you to experience the joy and blessings that come from meditating with and being in the company of other earnest seekers.
Dedication of a New Dhyana Mandir
It gives us immense joy to announce that the Yogoda Satsanga devotees of Jaipur worked tirelessly, and with great zeal and enthusiasm to build a beautiful Dhyana Mandir which was inaugurated during this monastic tour programme.
An outline of the programme schedule is given below:
Schedule - Day I
07:30 a.m. to 08:10 a.m.
Prabhat Feri
08:10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Inauguration Function
(includes Meditation, Message of Blessing from the YSS/SRF President,
and a Spiritual discourse)
11:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Pushpanjali
02:30 p.m. to 04:00 p.m.
Review of Energization Exercises
(YSS Lessons students only)
04:30 p.m. to 06:15 p.m.
Energization Exercises and meditation
06:30 p.m. to 07:30 p.m.
Spiritual discourse
07:30 p.m. to 08:30 p.m.
Kirtan
Schedule - Day II
06:00 a.m. to 09:00 a.m.
Energization Exercises and meditation
09:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
Review of Hong-Sau technique
(YSS Lessons students only)
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Spiritual discourse
02:30 p.m. to 03:30 p.m.
Review of Aum technique
(YSS Lessons students only)
04:30 p.m. to 06:15 p.m.
Energization Exercises and meditation
06:30 p.m. to 07:30 p.m.
Spiritual discourse
Schedule - Day III
08:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Kriya Yoga diksha
(for eligible YSS devotees only)
02:00 p.m. to 03:30 p.m.
Closing satsanga and prasad
04:00 p.m. to 06:00 p.m.
Kriya Yoga review and check-up
(YSS Kriyabans only)
Receiving Kriya Yoga Diksha:
YSS sannaysis will conduct Kriya Yoga diksha ceremony to initiate eligible devotees. Details regarding eligibility and participation is mentioned below:
Eligibility to receive Kriya Yoga:
- Eligibility for receiving the Kriya Yoga diksha is dependent upon submission of satisfactory answers to the questionnaire enclosed with the YSS Lessons.
- As you will note in the questionnaire, to be eligible for receiving Kriya Yoga, the devotee must have been regularly practising the first three basic Yogoda techniques for several months.
- You must also submit the signed Kriya Yoga Pledge of devotion and loyalty to the YSS line of Gurus and the Yogoda Satsanga path.
