Yogananda Monastics SRF YSS Convocation

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Yogananda Monastics SRF YSS Convocation episodes

July 28, 2023 Strengthening Character by Developing Spiritual Courage and Endurance | A talk by Brother Chidananda
Apr 3, 2020 #Yogananda #Affirmations #SelfRealizationFellowshipIn this talk, given at the 2015 Self-Realization Fellowship World Convocation, SRF/YSS President Brother Chidananda leads the audience in the practice of several powerful affirmations and offers encouragement for successfully facing life’s difficulties. The text of these affirmations, for those who wish to use them again, can be found in the third edition of Where There Is Light by Paramahansa Yogananda, in chapter 14, “How to Use Thoughts of Immortality to Awaken Your True Self.”
To read Where There is Light: https://bookstore.yogananda-srf.org/p...
To learn more about SRF: https://yogananda.org/
To learn about the Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons—Paramahansa Yogananda’s home-study course in the science of meditation and art of balanced spiritual living: https://yogananda.org/lessons#Yogananda#Affirmations#SelfRealizationFellowship
56 min
July 27, 2023 Rediscovering Your Higher Self | How-to-Live Inspirational Service | Brother Govindananda
Apr 18, 2020 #Yogananda #KriyaYoga #HigherSelfIn this inspirational service conducted at the Self-Realization Fellowship Hollywood Temple, SRF minister Brother Govindananda speaks about “Rediscovering Your Higher Self.”
He explains how we can use Kriya Yoga meditation and the power of affirmation to uncover “your higher self” — the hidden soul nature that resides in every human being. He quotes Paramahansa Yogananda’s words for overcoming the limitations of human consciousness:
“Material remedies—medicines, physical comforts, human consolation—have their place in helping to remove pain, but the greatest remedy is the practice of Kriya Yoga and the affirmation that you are one with God. This is the cure-all for every trouble, pain, and bereavement—the way to freedom from all individual and mass karma.”
He further quotes Paramahansa Yogananda in explanation of “your higher self”:
“Remember you are a child of God. It lies with you as to what you are going to be. Be proud that you are a child of God. What have you to fear?...He loves you everlastingly. Think that. Believe that. Know that. And suddenly one day you will find you are immortally alive in God.”
Brother Govindananda begins the service by leading the audience in one of Paramahansa Yogananda’s chants, “Blue Lotus Feet,” followed by a period of silent meditation.
He also gives one of Paramahansa Yogananda’s powerful meditation techniques for keeping the eyes focused at the Christ center.
In his “how-to-live” teachings, Paramahansa Yogananda has given to people of all cultures, races, and creeds the means to free themselves from physical, mental, and spiritual inharmonies — to create for themselves a life of enduring happiness and all-round success.
Learn more about Self-Realization Fellowship and the path of Kriya Yoga: https://yogananda.org
Learn Kriya Yoga by applying for the Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons, the home-study course in the science of meditation and art of balanced spiritual living established by Yogananda: https://yogananda.org/lessons
Read selections of Yogananda’s “how-to-live” wisdom on a variety of topics: https://yogananda.org/how-to-live-wisdom#HowToLive#HigherSelf#KriyaYoga#Yogananda#SelfRealizationFellowship
52 min
July 27, 2023 Guided Meditation on Expansion of Consciousness | Self-Realization Fellowship
Jul 8, 2019 #Yogananda #SRF #YogaMeditationThis guided meditation on “Expansion of Consciousness” uses an affirmation from Paramahansa Yogananda’s book “Metaphysical Meditations.” Through simple scientific methods of meditation and affirmation, you can learn the way to expand your consciousness beyond matter and mind, transcending all physical and mental limitations to experience the endless bliss residing within your soul.
Before you begin your meditation, it is important to find a quiet peaceful place where you can be secluded and undisturbed for the duration of the meditation. You may choose to sit on a straight chair or cross-legged on a firm surface. To sit in the correct meditation posture, make sure that your spine is held straight, the chin parallel to the floor, and the body still and relaxed. Close your eyes and gently lift your gaze upward, without straining, to the point between the eyebrows—the seat of concentration, and of the spiritual eye, or divine perception. Leave aside all thoughts of the world and bring the attention within, remembering to keep your gaze focused at the spiritual eye. Let go of all cares and concerns and feel the peace within.
To learn more about the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, visit our website: http://www.yogananda.org
To enroll for Paramahansa Yogananda’s home study course on the science of meditation, the Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons, visit http://www.srflessons.org
To learn more about the science of healing body and mind through affirmations, we invite to you to read Paramahansa Yoganananda’s “Metaphysical Meditation” or his “Scientific Healing Affirmations,” both available from http://www.srfbooks.org#GuidedMeditations#ExpansionOfConsciousness#Yogananda#SelfRealizationFellowship#YogaMeditation#SRF
20 min
July 27, 2023 A Promising Vision for the Future: Yogananda’s “Aims and Ideals”
Feb 6, 2020 #Yogananda #KriyaYogaIn this video excerpt from the inauguration of Self-Realization Fellowship’s Centennial on January 5, 2020, SRF President Brother Chidananda begins by encouraging us to look to the future and focus on the positive in the face of the insecurity that besets our world today. He then shares inspiring words of past SRF president Sri Daya Mata on the “Aims and Ideals” that Yogananda established for Self-Realization Fellowship, assuring us that they represent a promising vision for the future—not only of SRF but the entire world.
Read Paramahansa Yogananda’s “Aims and Ideals” for Self-Realization Fellowship: https://yogananda.org/aims-and-ideals
Watch the entire SRF Centennial Inauguration talk by Brother Chidananda and learn more about the SRF Centennial and upcoming celebratory events: https://yogananda.org/srfcentennial
Learn more about Self-Realization Fellowship: https://yogananda.org/
Learn about the Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons, the way Yogananda established to learn the science of Kriya Yoga: https://yogananda.org/lessons
Practice a guided meditation led by an SRF monastic: https://yogananda.org/guided-meditations
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#SRFCelebrates100Years
12 min
July 26, 2023 Guided Meditation on God as Light | Self-Realization Fellowship
Oct 12, 2016 #Yogananda #SRF #YogaMeditationYou are about to begin an exploration of your inner self—a guided meditation to experience the peace and joy that resides within your soul. Meditation is the science of God-realization. It is that special form of concentration in which the attention has been liberated from restlessness and is focused within, bringing a deep realization of the omnipresent Absolute, ever-existing, ever-conscious, ever-new Bliss.
Before we begin our meditation, it is important to find a quiet peaceful place where you can be secluded and undisturbed for the duration of the meditation. You may choose to sit on a straight chair or cross-legged on a firm surface. In order to sit in the correct meditation posture, make sure that your spine is held straight, the chin parallel to the floor, and the body still and relaxed. Close your eyes and gently lift your gaze upward, without straining, to the point between the eyebrows— the seat of concentration, and of the spiritual eye, or divine perception. Leave aside all thoughts of the world and bring the attention within, remembering to keep your gaze focused at the spiritual eye. Let go of all cares and concerns and feel the peace within.
Copyright © 2016 Self-Realization Fellowship. All rights reserved.
To learn more about the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, or to enroll for the Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons, visit our website: https://yogananda.org/lessons#GuidedMeditations#GodAsLight#Yogananda#SelfRealizationFellowship#YogaMeditation#SRF
13 min
July 26, 2023 Guided Meditation on Peace | Self-Realization Fellowship
Jul 22, 2016 #Yogananda #SRF #InnerPeaceYou are about to begin an exploration of your inner self—a guided meditation to experience the peace and joy that resides within your soul. Meditation is the science of God-realization. It is that special form of concentration in which the attention has been liberated from restlessness and is focused within, bringing a deep realization of the omnipresent Absolute, ever-existing, ever-conscious, ever-new Bliss.
Before we begin our meditation, it is important to find a quiet peaceful place where you can be secluded and undisturbed for the duration of the meditation. You may choose to sit on a straight chair or cross-legged on a firm surface. In order to sit in the correct meditation posture, make sure that your spine is held straight, the chin parallel to the floor, and the body still and relaxed. Close your eyes and gently lift your gaze upward, without straining, to the point between the eyebrows—the seat of concentration, and of the spiritual eye, or divine perception. Leave aside all thoughts of the world and bring the attention within, remembering to keep your gaze focused at the spiritual eye. Let go of all cares and concerns and feel the peace within.
Copyright © 2016 Self-Realization Fellowship. All rights reserved.
To learn more about the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, or to enroll for the Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons, visit our website: https://yogananda.org/lessons#GuidedMeditations#InnerPeace#Yogananda#SelfRealizationFellowship#YogaMeditation#SRF
16 min
July 26, 2023 Guided Meditation on Expanding Love | Self-Realization Fellowship
Jul 22, 2016 #Yogananda #SRF #YogaMeditationYou are about to begin an exploration of your inner self—a guided meditation to experience the peace and joy that resides within your soul. Meditation is the science of God-realization. It is that special form of concentration in which the attention has been liberated from restlessness and is focused within, bringing a deep realization of the omnipresent Absolute, ever-existing, ever-conscious, ever-new Bliss.
Before we begin our meditation, it is important to find a quiet peaceful place where you can be secluded and undisturbed for the duration of the meditation. You may choose to sit on a straight chair or cross-legged on a firm surface. In order to sit in the correct meditation posture, make sure that your spine is held straight, the chin parallel to the floor, and the body still and relaxed. Close your eyes and gently lift your gaze upward, without straining, to the point between the eyebrows— the seat of concentration, and of the spiritual eye, or divine perception. Leave aside all thoughts of the world and bring the attention within, remembering to keep your gaze focused at the spiritual eye. Let go of all cares and concerns and feel the peace within.
Copyright © 2016 Self-Realization Fellowship. All rights reserved.
To learn more about the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, or to enroll for the Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons, visit our website: https://yogananda.org/lessons#GuidedMeditations#ExpandingLove#Yogananda#SelfRealizationFellowship#YogaMeditation#SRF
15 min
July 24, 2023 Principles of Effective Prayer | How-to-Live Inspirational | Satsanga Swami Smaranananda Giri
May 1, 2020 In this inspirational satsanga recorded at the Yogoda Satsanga Sakha Ashram, Noida, YSS sannyasi and Vice-President Swami Smaranananda Giri speaks about “Principles of Effective Prayer.”
Swami Smaranananda begins the service with a guided meditation, which includes Paramahansa Yogananda’s chant “I Am the Bubble”:
“So do Thou, my Lord,
Thou and I, never apart.
Wave of the sea, dissolve in the sea!
I am the bubble, make me the sea.”
Swami Smaranananda points out that Paramahansa Yogananda (Gurudeva and founder of Yogoda Satsanga Society of India/Self-Realization Fellowship) has explained the science of effective prayer in a beautiful and complete way in his YSS/SRF teachings—showing how to take prayer out of the realm of superstition and blind belief, and apply it as a tangible and practical spiritual power in our daily lives.
Some of the principles for effective prayer that Swami Smaranananda discusses include:
- The importance of having the right concept of God, and the right concept of ourselves.
- When is the best time to pray?
- The importance of keeping the mind positive during prayer.
- Does prayer free us from work and effort?
- Why doesn't God grant all our prayers?
And Swami Smaranananda shares some of the prayers he finds very powerful for when you find yourself going through whatever challenges you face:
- “Lord, change no circumstances of my life. Change me.”
- “Divine Mother, I don't understand why I have to go through this painful experience, but I know, that You know. I will do my best. Give me the strength to go through this experience.”
- “God, Divine Mother, there have been so many gifts and graces and comforts in my life. Compared to all those gifts and comforts, this present difficulty is not much. I will go through this.”
- “God, Divine Mother, I am now going through a difficult phase, but I know that there are many people who are having much worse challenges. I will do my best to go through this experience.”
- “Mother, be with me.”
- “Divine Mother, I know that it's because of some karma, I am having to go through this. I am glad that I am working out some of my karma and get closer to You, by this experience, at this time. Give me the strength, Mother, give me the strength.”
- A saint prayed: "Dear Lord, I ask not for a faith that will move a mountain, but for a faith that will somehow move me."
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In his “how-to-live” teachings, Paramahansa Yogananda has given to people of all cultures, races, and creeds the means to free themselves from physical, mental, and spiritual inharmonies — to create for themselves a life of enduring happiness and all-round success.
Learn more about Yogoda Satsanga Society of India and the path of Kriya Yoga meditation: https://yssofindia.org https://yogananda.org
If you live in India, Nepal, or Sri Lanka, you can learn the science of Kriya Yoga by applying for the Yogoda Satsanga Lessons in Self-realization, the home-study course in the science of meditation and art of balanced spiritual living established by Paramahansa Yogananda: https://yssofindia.org/yss-lessons.php
Learn more about effective prayer by reading Yoganandaji’s book “In the Sanctuary of the Soul: A Guide to Effective Prayer”
From YSS’s bookstore: https://bookstore.yssofindia.org/prod...
From SRF’s bookstore: https://bookstore.yogananda-srf.org/p...
Read selections of Paramahansa Yogananda’s “how-to-live” wisdom on a variety of topics: https://yssofindia.org/spiritual/How-...#HowToLive#Prayer#YSSSRF#YogodaSatsangaSociety
#Yogananda#SelfRealizationFellowship#YogaMeditation
1 hr 9 min
July 23, 2023 Maintaining Our Divine Connection While Living in the Material World | Swami Chidananda Giri
Feb 25, 2020, A talk by Sri Sri Swami Chidananda Giri, president and spiritual head of YSS/SRF, on the last leg of his India Tour 2019 was livestreamed on Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. (IST)
This event was broadcast from Mumbai. During his India Tour revered Swamiji also blessed functions at YSS Noida and Ranchi Ashrams, and Hyderabad by his divine presence.
1 hr 1 min
July 20, 2023 Guided Meditation on Living Fearlessly | Self-Realization Fellowship
This guided meditation on “Living Fearlessly” uses an affirmation from Paramahansa Yogananda’s book “Living Fearlessly.” Through simple, scientific methods of meditation and affirmation, you can learn the way to expand your consciousness beyond the fears and troubles of the world. Transcend physical and mental limitations to experience the divine security and endless bliss residing within your soul.
Before you begin your meditation, it is important to find a quiet peaceful place where you can be secluded and undisturbed for the duration of the meditation. You may choose to sit on a straight chair or cross-legged on a firm surface. To sit in the correct meditation posture, make sure that your spine is held straight, the chin parallel to the floor, and the body still and relaxed. Close your eyes and gently lift your gaze upward, without straining, to the point between the eyebrows—the seat of concentration, and of the spiritual eye, or divine perception. Leave aside all thoughts of the world and bring the attention within, remembering to keep your gaze focused at the spiritual eye. Let go of all cares and concerns and feel the peace within.
To learn more about the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, visit our website: http://www.yogananda.org
To enroll for Paramahansa Yogananda’s home study course on the science of meditation, the Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons, visit http://www.srflessons.org
To learn more about this topic we invite you to read Paramahansa Yoganananda’s “Living Fearlessly,” available as a paperback and ebook from Self-Realization Fellowship: http://bookstore.yogananda-srf.org/pr...#GuidedMeditations#LivingFearlessly#Yogananda#SelfRealizationFellowship#YogaMeditation#SRF
15 min