Yogoda Satsanga Society of India
Welcome to the April 2017 edition of the Yogoda Satsanga Society of India eNewsletter. In this edition we share inspiring thoughts from Paramahansa Yogananda on the purpose of life.
Paramahansa Yogananda on the Purpose of Life
Many people may doubt that finding God is the purpose of life; but everyone can accept the idea that the purpose of life is to find happiness. I say that God is Happiness. He is Bliss. He is Love. He is Joy that will never go away from your soul. So why shouldn’t you try to acquire that Happiness? No one else can give it to you. You must continuously cultivate it yourself.
Even if life gave you at one time everything you wanted — wealth, power, friends — after a while you would again become dissatisfied and need something more. But there is one thing that can never become stale to you — joy itself. Happiness that is delightfully varied, though its essence is changeless, is the inner experience everyone is seeking.
When you sit in the silence of deep meditation, joy bubbles up from within, roused by no outer stimulus. The joy of meditation is overwhelming. Those who have not gone into the silence of true meditation do not know what real joy is.
New Dhyana Mandir Dedication: Bhubaneswar
A new Dhyana Mandir was dedicated on April 8, 2017, in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The dedication ceremony began with a Prabhat Feri where devotees and YSS sannyasis carried Gurudeva’s picture chanting Gurudeva’s name. With a prayer to Divine Mother and the Great Gurus, Swami Smaranananda opened the doors of the Dhyana Mandir.
Centenary Celebrations, Dwarahat
Discourses on The Bhagavad Gita Based on Paramahansa Yogananda's God Talks With Arjuna - Puri
