173 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V5Y 1K3
“Self-realization means to know truth through yourself, and not through others. By seeking God first, through Self-realization, all things – strength, power, prosperity, wisdom, health, and immortality – will be added unto you.” … Paramahansa Yogananda
Welcome to the Vancouver Meditation Group of Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF). Our group is composed of members and friends of SRF, a worldwide religious organization.
SRF seeks to foster a spirit of greater understanding and goodwill among the diverse peoples and religions of our global family, and to help those of all cultures and nationalities to realize and express more fully in their lives — the beauty, nobility, and divinity of the human spirit.
Paramahansa Yogananda founded SRF in 1920, to make available the universal teachings of Kriya Yoga, a sacred spiritual science originating millenniums ago in India. These non-sectarian teachings embody a complete philosophy and way of life for achieving all-round success and well-being; as well as methods of meditation, for achieving life’s ultimate goal — union of the soul with Spirit.
The teachings of Yogananda are available through the printed and online, SRF lessons. Free literature and information about the SRF lessons, is also available in our meditation chapel.
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Christ is born in the cradle of each loving heart. So, you must prepare your consciousness to receive Him. Instead of enjoying just the material aspects of this Christmas celebration, make your heart a cradle where Christ can be born again.
Janmashtami – commemorating the birth of Lord Krishna.Offering the inhaling breath into the exhaling breath and offering the exhaling breath into the inhaling breath, the yogi neutralizes both breaths; thus he releases prana from the heart and brings life force under his control.
If you strive to love all and to meditate more deeply, there will come into your life, such love as you never dreamed possible. That is the love that Krishna gave, and that Jesus Christ expressed for all his disciples.
Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.
When you realize that life is a joyous battle of duty and at the same time a passing dream, and when you become filled with the joy of making others happy by giving them kindness and peace, in God’s eyes, your life is a success.
God is the whisper in the temple of your conscience, and He is the Light of intuition. You know when you are doing wrong; your whole being tells you, and that feeling is God’s voice.
The Science of Kriya Yoga
The quickest and most effective approach to the goal of Yoga employs those methods of meditation that deal directly with energy and consciousness. It is this direct approach that characterizes Kriya Yoga, the particular system of meditation taught by Paramahansa Yogananda. Specifically, Kriya is an advanced Raja Yoga technique that reinforces and revitalizes subtle currents of life energy in the body, enabling the normal activities of heart and lungs to slow down naturally. As a result, the consciousness is drawn to higher levels of perception, gradually bringing about an inner awakening more blissful and more deeply satisfying than any of the experiences that the mind or the senses, or ordinary human emotions can give.
All scriptures declare an individual to be not a corruptible body, but a living soul. The ancient science of Kriya Yoga reveals a way to prove this scriptural truth.
Referring to the sure and methodical efficacy of devoted practice of the Kriya science, Paramahansa Yogananda declared: “It works like mathematics; it cannot fail.”
SRF Lessons for Home Study
The Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons are unique among Paramahansa Yogananda’s published writings in that they give his step-by-step instructions in the yoga techniques of meditation, concentration, and energization that he taught; including Kriya Yoga
The goal of these simple yet highly effective yoga techniques is to teach you to deal directly with energy and consciousness, enabling you to recharge your body with energy, to awaken the mind’s unlimited power, and to experience a deepening awareness of the Divine in your life.
The Lessons were compiled under Paramahansa Yogananda’s direction from his writings and the many classes and lectures he gave. In addition to his comprehensive instructions in meditation, the Lessons offer practical guidance for every aspect of spiritual living — how to live joyfully and successfully, amidst the unceasing challenges and opportunities in this world of change.
The Lessons are divided into six steps of thirty lessons each, and two lessons are mailed every other week. It takes about 3½ years to receive all of them. All of the basic meditation techniques that are preparatory to Kriya Yoga are mailed during the first 6 months.
It was Paramahansa Yogananda’s wish that the Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons be easily available to all who sincerely desire to know God. To this end, the Lessons have always been offered for only a nominal fee to help cover printing and postage costs — currently about 70 cents per lesson. Full details and subscription/mailing plans are outlined in the Lessons application form.
Please allow 4–6 weeks for your first lessons to reach you. Lessons by e-mail are not available at this time.
Sunday Service: 10:30 - 11:30 AM
Join us every Sunday, 10:30 – 11:30 AM for one hour of uplifting readings from Yogananda’s writings, three ten-minute meditations, and a few chants. We also send healing prayers to all in need, during the service.
Paramahansa ji averred: “Everything else can wait, but our search for God cannot wait.”
A voluntary donation is taken at this service.
Tuesday Meditation: 6:00 - 9:00 PM
For new and experienced meditators.
Stay for 45 minutes! Stay for 3 hours! If you are not able to attend the entire meditation, you are welcome to arrive or leave at any time during one of the chants.
These meditations on Tuesdays are three hours long.
Tuesday format:
6.00 pm First period – opening prayer, instruction, short inspirational reading; then a chant followed by a period of meditation.
6.45 pm Second period – chant, followed by a period of meditation.
7.25 pm Third period (longest) – chant, followed by a 60-minute meditation.
8.30 pm Fourth period – chant and period of meditation.
9.00 pm Closing prayer.
Please note that all times are approximate (except the start and the finish) and can vary either way by 10 minutes.
If you arrive during a period of meditation, please use the seats provided outside the chapel door, and enter only when the usher opens the door on the chant.
No donation is asked for at this meditation.
Thursday Meditation: 7:00 - 8:20 PM
Our ‘Inspirational and Prayer Service’ at 7.00 PM every Thursday, is both relaxing and inspirational – ideal for a mid-week spiritual revitalizer.
During the service we have a few chants, two periods of meditation of approximately 10-15 minutes each and an inspirational reading. The inspirational service ends at 8.00 PM and is immediately followed by a 20 minute SRF Prayer Service where we pray for others and practice the healing technique as taught by Paramahansa Yogananda.
A voluntary donation is taken at this meditation.
Saturday Meditation 6:00 - 9:00 PM - (TEMPORARILY CANCELLED)
PLEASE NOTE: This Service is temporarily suspended. Please re-visit this page to confirm the date of commencement or contact us for information.
Stay for 45 minutes! Stay for 3 hours! If you are not able to attend the whole meditation, you are welcome to arrive or leave at any time during one of the chants.
Saturday format:
6.00 pm: First period – opening prayer, instruction, short inspirational reading, then a chant followed by a period of meditation.
6.45 pm: Second period – chant followed by a period of meditation.
7.25 pm: Third period (longest) – chant followed by a 60-minute meditation.
8.30 pm: Fourth period – chant and period of meditation.
9.00 pm: Closing prayer.
Please note: All times are approximate (except the start and finish) and can vary either way, by 10 minutes. *** In preparation for our All-Day Christmas meditation on Dec. 12, 2020; meditations on Saturdays – November – 14, 21, 28 and Dec. 05, will all be FOUR hours long, from 6.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m.
If you arrive during a period of meditation, please use the seats provided outside the chapel door, until the usher opens the door on the chant.
No donation is asked for at this meditation.
Sunday School - 1st/3rd Sundays
The Sunday School is for children 3 – 12 years old.
If a child is very young, a parent may be asked to stay back during Sunday School, until the child is comfortable being in the class.
Enrollment is not necessary and the parent(s) may bring the child/children unannounced. However, if you have queries or wish to communicate with the Sunday School co-ordinator prior to coming, please e-mail us, at the earliest.
Our format involves a craft, prayer, offering, energization exercise, chanting, meditation (very brief), and a story or talk.
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Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons
More about the Lessons:
The Self-Realization Fellowship lessons home-study series was compiled under Paramahansa Yogananda’s direction from his classes and lectures. It offers all sincere seekers of truth – regardless of religious affiliation, step-by-step instruction in the ancient yoga techniques of concentration, meditation, and energizing the body with life force. Providing comprehensive guidance, the weekly Lessons also feature Paramahansa Yogananda’s practical “how-to-live” teachings for all aspects of attaining balanced physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.
Topics Include:
- The scientific techniques of yoga meditation
- How to weave God into your daily life
- Friendship-the art of getting along with others
- Creating harmony in marriage and family life
- Finding your true vocation, and balanced success and prosperity
- How to develop creative intuition
- Yoga methods of diet, healing, relaxation, and rejuvenation
- Living without stress and fear
- The dynamic power of will-how to create at will what you need
- Life after death
- Karma and reincarnation
Kriya Yoga
After a preliminary period of study and practice, students of the Lessons may apply for initiation in the advanced Kriya Yoga meditation technique described in ‘Autobiography of a Yogi.’
March 09; 7.30 p.m. - Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri - Maha'Samadhi Service
Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri – 1855-May-10 to 1936-March-09
Swami Sri Yukteswar, an ideal example of India’s ancient heritage of illumined ‘rishis,’ is venerated as an ‘incarnation of wisdom’ (Jnanavatar) by the many who have been touched and inspired by his life and teachings. He manifested the self-mastery and divine attainment that remain the highest goal of truth-seekers throughout time.
Among the greatest expounders of the Bhagavad Gita and other scriptural writings, he was a revered disciple of Sri Shyama Charan Lahiri Mahasaya of Benares (Varanasi), in India. Sri Yukteswar was also the divine inspiration and force, behind the yoga movement carried to the West by Paramahansa Yoganada – his predominant disciple.
Forget the past. The vanished lives of all men are dark with many shames.
Human conduct is ever unreliable, until anchored in the Divine.
Everything in the future will improve, if you are making a spiritual effort now. – Swami Sri Yukteswar
“The lion of Bengal is gone” uttered Paramahansa Yogananda, on confirmation of his Guru’s final conscious exit – ‘mahasamdhi’ (March 09, 1936).
Humanity is seen by a master, to be divided into two classes:
Ignorant men who are not seeking God; and wise men, who are.
March 09 (7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.): In reverence, devotion and gratitude for the unceasing blessings conferred by this great ‘Guru’ of Paramahansa Yogananda, we pay obeisance via this special commemorative service at our Chapel (173 West 6th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.).
All who understand the essence of the Guru-Disciple relationship, are most welcome.
As a mark of respect, we request that you bring a flower as well a donation, to be offered at this sacred service.
Swami Sri Yukteswar’s epic treatise: The Holy Science
May 10; 7.30 p.m. - Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri - Birthday Service
Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri – 1855-May-10 to 1936-March-09
Swami Sri Yukteswar, an ideal example of India’s ancient heritage of illumined ‘rishis,’ is venerated as an ‘incarnation of wisdom’ (Jnanavatar) by the many who have been touched and inspired by his life and teachings. He manifested the self-mastery and divine attainment that remain the highest goal of truth-seekers throughout time.
Born in Serampore, West Bengal, India, Sri Yukteswar was a Vedic astrologer, a scholar, an educator, author and astronomer. Among the greatest expounders of the Bhagavad Gita and other scriptural writings, he was a revered disciple of Sri Shyama Charan Lahiri Mahasaya of Benares (Varanasi), in India. Sri Yukteswar was also the divine inspiration and force, behind the yoga movement carried to the West by his predominant disciple – Paramahansa Yogananda.
If you do not like my words, you are at liberty to leave at any time.
I want nothing from you, but your own improvement.
Stay, only if you feel benefitted. – Swami Sri Yukteswar to young Yogananda.
In reverence, devotion and gratitude for the unceasing blessings conferred by this great ‘Guru’ of Paramahansa Yogananda, we pay obeisance each year, through a special commemorative service held at our Chapel (173 West 6th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.) on May 10, from 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
All who understand the essence of the Guru-Disciple relationship, are most welcome.
As a mark of respect, we request that you bring a flower as well a donation, to be offered at this sacred service.
Swami Sri Yukteswar’s epic treatise: The Holy Science
July 25; 7.30 p.m. - Mahavatar Babaji Commemoration
Mahavatar Babaji – Memorial Day Service (‘Smriti Divas’) – July 25
If you come to doubt, I’ll give you every reason to doubt.
If you come suspicious, I’ll give you every reason to be suspicious.
But if you come seeking Love, I’ll show you more love than you have ever known.
– Babaji
The deathless ‘avatar’ – the great ‘Divine incarnation’ – Babaji (Revered Father) – perennially youthful and believed to be living for centuries, in the Northern sections of the Himalayas (near Badrinath, India) … bestows a constant blessing to the world.
In 1861, He gave Kriya Yoga initiation to Sri Lahiri Mahasaya*, and thereby restored to the world, this ancient technique of salvation. In his mission, he assists prophets in carrying out their special dispensations. Many titles have signified his exalted spiritual stature, but the most personal of them all has been the respectful – “Babaji.”
Babaji’s spiritual state is beyond human comprehension. The dwarfed vision
of men cannot pierce to his transcendental star. One attempts in vain, even
to picture the avatar’s attainment. It is inconceivable. – Swami Sri Yukteswar
In reverence, devotion and gratitude for the unceasing blessings conferred by this great “Yogi-Christ” of India, we pay obeisance each year, through a special commemorative service held at our Chapel (173 West 6th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.) on July 25.
All who understand the essence of the Guru-Disciple relationship, are most welcome.
As a mark of respect, we request that you bring a flower as well a donation, to be offered at this sacred service.
* Lahiri Mahasaya – Guru of Paramahansa Yogananda’s Guru, Swami Sri Yukteswar.
Read more about Mahavatar Babaji:: Autobiography of a Yogi
Sept 26: 7.30 p.m. & Sept 30: 7.30 p.m. - Lahiri Mahasaya Commemorations
Lahiri Mahasaya – – Maha’Samadhi (Sept. 26) and Birthday (Sept. 30)
… Remembering the Great Sage
Shyama Charan Lahiri, born in the village of Ghurni in Bengal, India, was an ideal example of India’s ancient heritage of illumined ‘saints. He is revered as an ‘Incarnation of Yoga.’
When thirty-three, while walking one day in the picturesque Himalayan foot-hills near Ranikhet (North India), he met his Guru, Mahavatar Babaji. This was a Divine reunion of two Masters who had been together in many past lives. At an awakening touch of blessing from the great Babaji, Lahiri Mahasaya became engulfed in a spiritual aura of divine realization that would never leave him. Babaji initiated him in the science of Kriya Yoga and instructed him to bestow the sacred technique on all sincere seekers.
“Always remember that you belong to no one; and no one belongs to you.
Reflect that some day, you will suddenly have to leave everything in this world;
so make the acquaintanceship of God now!” (Lahiri Mahasaya)
Paramahansa Yogananda wrote in the ‘Autobiography of a Yogi:’ “As the fragrance of flowers cannot be suppressed, so Lahiri Mahasaya, quietly living as an ideal house-holder, could not hide his innate glory. Devotee-bees from every part of India began to seek the divine nectar of the liberated master. The harmonious balanced life of the great householder-guru, became the inspiration of thousands of men and women.”
Babaji to Lahiri Mahasaya … “You have been chosen to bring spiritual solace through Kriya Yoga, to numerous earnest seekers. The millions who are encumbered by family ties and heavy worldly duties, will take new heart from you, a house-holder like themselves. You must guide them to see that the highest yogic attainments are not barred to the family man. From your balanced life, they will understand that liberation is dependent on inner, rather than outer renunciations.”
September 26: 8.00 p.m. and September 30: 8.00 p.m.
In reverence, devotion and gratitude for the unceasing blessings conferred by this great ‘Guru’ of Swami Sri Yukteswar ji, as well as of Yogananda ji’s parents, we pay obeisance each year, through two special Commemorative Services held at our Chapel (173 West 6th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.) on Sept. 26 and Sept. 30, from 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
All who understand the essence of the Guru-Disciple relationship, are most welcome.
As a mark of respect, we request that you bring a flower as well a donation, to be offered at this sacred service.
Lahiri Mahasaya’s Samadhi Temple
NOTE: Lahiri Mahasaya’s original residence (in Varanasi, India) is open for visits, ONLY on Guru Purnima (one day only).
Upcoming Event - Good Friday / Easter Service
Good Friday and Easter Sunday – April 07 and April 09, 2023
This reflective weekend, let us dive into the bowers of our inner consciousness and embrace the hidden Christ divinity within us all. Let us be guided by the Great Light of Holy Jesus, to nurture and nourish our souls – that our beings be ever filled with the love, compassion and kindness that is to be shared with all.
Good Friday – April 07, 2023
Mid-Day Meditation: 12.00 noon to 1.00 p.m.
Chapel stays open till 3.00 p.m. for private meditation.
Every time you see the symbol of the cross, it should remind you of what it stands for – that you must bear your crosses with the right attitude, even as Jesus did. When you mean well, and still you are misunderstood or mistreated; instead of being angry, you should say as did Christ: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” … Yogananda
Easter Sunday – April 09, 2023
Sunrise Service: 8.00 a.m. to 9.00 a.m.
NOTE: Following the Service, we shall have our traditional, pot-luck Easter Brunch, from 9.00 to 10.20 a.m. Please bring a vegetarian dish, to share!
Resurrection is not a change that takes place, only after death. You must resurrect yourself while living in this body. You do it every night in sleep … You must learn to do it in meditation … Paramahansa Yogananda …
Regular Sunday service – April 09, 2023
10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. (This will be held as usual).
caring … planning … all-encompassing …
Please write to us, either by mail (Vancouver Yogoda Meditation Society, 173 West 6th Ave., Vancouver. B.C. V5Y 1K3) or contact us and a Member of our Coordinating Committee will be happy to speak with you.
Sharing … Expanding … Loving
The scriptures encourage us to share. The more we give, the more we get, reflects a metaphysical law in nature. Selfless, all-encompassing giving with an open heart, expands our consciousness and draws into our lives, countless subtle and conscious blessings.
Our Chapel continues to prosper, flourish and serve, courtesy the blessings of the Divine and the great Masters – through whose munificence – our members volunteer time and financial offerings.
Over the years, an increase in the volume of attendees at our Chapel, confirms the solace and comfort absorbed within the sanctuary of our open doors.
To continue to proffer our many services and other activities, and to be a portal for aspiring souls, your donation will be a humbling succour.
Contributions can be made online by credit card, PayPal and/or e-transfers*.
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- NOTE: As we are not a registered charity, we do not issue tax-deductible receipts.
Donations by cheque and/or planned giving: please write to us either by mail (Vancouver Yogoda Meditation Society, 173 West 6th Ave., Vancouver, B.C. V5Y 1K3) or contact us and a Member of our Coordinating Committee will be happy to speak with you.
The rains of God’s mercy cannot gather on mountaintops of pride, but flow easily into valleys of humbleness. … … Yogananda.
Off the Press!
Dear fellow devotee …
Our Chapel is now open for ALL Services, except the Saturday long meditations (6.00 p.m. onwards). All are welcome. Please note, street parking in the neighbourhood (from 9.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. daily), is now metered; @ $1 per hour! Cumulative parking up to 4 hours, is also feasible prior to 6 p.m. Thank you for your ongoing patience, love and grace for one other.
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Dear fellow-devotee …
To celebrate the 2024 Christmas season and imbue the noble Spirit of the Divine Christ, our Chapel will live-stream SRF’s special All-Day Christmas meditation, on Sat., Dec. 14, from 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m., PST. For more information, please peruse our Calendar or click here. Guidelines are available here. Yogananda ji reminds us that “to know Christ, we must feel his presence in the bower of deep meditation.”
A recording of the event will be available via SRF’s link, till 4.00 p.m. PST, Tuesday – Dec. 31, 2024.
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Dear fellow-devotee …
As we continue to celebrate the and imbue the Spirit of the Divine Christ this ‘Holy’ season, we invite you to grace our Chapel on Dec 24, for our special Christmas-Eve Service from 6.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m.; and then, for our New Year’s Eve Service on Dec. 31, from 11.30 p.m. to 00.30 a.m. If you are unable to stay for the entire duration, you may leave during the hymns/chants. Paramahansa Yogananda reminds us that “to know Christ, we must feel His presence in the bower of deep meditation.”
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Dear fellow-devotee …
On Jan 05, each year, we celebrate the birth anniversary of our beloved Guru – Paramahansa Yogananda – with a special in-person Commemoration Service, at our Chapel. Disciples and followers of Yogananda ji are welcome to grace this sacred event from 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. (Please arrive early). The Guru reminds us: “To those who think me near, i will be near.”
Invitation - Commemorative Six-Hour Meditation
Dear Devotee …
In January each year, we celebrate the birth anniversary of our beloved Guru – Paramahansa Yogananda. In continuation of our reverence and devotion, on Sat., Jan 13, from 8.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m., we shall live-stream SRF’s six-hour Commemorative Service. The event is informal, and if unable to stay for the entire duration, you may leave during any of the chants. All are welcome. The Guru reminds us: “Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.”
Invitation - Commemorative Six-Hour Meditation
Dear Devotee …
In March each year, we commemorate the pious occasions of the Maha’Samadhis of our Guru – Paramahansa Yogananda, and of his beloved Guru – Swam Sri Yukteswar Giri. To honour these Divine Souls, we offer our love and gratitude via Special Services – March 07 & March 09 (both, from 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.). Additionally, this year, on Mar 09 (Sat), we shall also live-stream SRF’s six-hour Commemorative Service (from 8.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.). All are welcome. If unable to stay for the entire duration, you may leave during any of the chants. More information on our calendar. The Guru reminds us: “Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.”
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Dear fellow devotee …
To celebrate the upcoming 2024 SRF World Convocation in Los Angeles from July 14 to July 20, the Vancouver Chapel will live-stream a few key events in a group setting within its precincts. Be inspired by the wisdom in Divine teachings and experience profound peace in guided meditations. The schedule may be viewed here.
All are welcome.
Note: Metered street-parking @ $1/hour is available in the neighbourhood, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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Dear fellow devotee …
On July 25 each year, SRF/YSS devotees worldwide honour the spiritual legacy and ‘deathless’ presence of Mahavatar Babaji – the great Divine Incarnation. Our Chapel will host a Commemorative Service from 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. Disciples and followers of Paramahansa Yogananda and his line of Gurus, are welcome to grace this event. (Please arrive early). Devotees are requested to bring a flower and a donation in an envelope, to be offered at the Service. Metered street-parking @ $1/hour is available in the neighbourhood, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Additionally, on Sat – July 27, we shall live-stream SRF’s Commemorative six-hour meditation from 7.40 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. Part I: 7.40 – 11.00 a.m. (including Energization Exercises). Intermission: 11.00 – 11.30 a.m. Part II: 11.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
Babaji (Revered Father) said:
“If you come to doubt, i’ll give you ever reason to doubt. If you come suspicious, i’ll give you every reason to be suspicious. If you come seeking Love, i’ll show you more love than you have ever known.”
Invitation - Commemorative Six-Hour Meditation
Dear fellow devotee …
On August 26 this year, SRF/YSS devotees worldwide will celebrate with joy and devotion, the sacred day of Janmashtami – the birth of Bhagavan Krishna. Revered as an incarnation of Divine Love, He is also dear to many as ‘Yogeshwara’ – the ‘Lord of Yoga.’ His teachings are enshrined in the Bhagavad Gita.
Paramahansa Yogananda ji said: Sri Krishna’s message is the perfect answer for the modern, and any age:
Yoga of dutiful action, of non-attachment, and of meditation for God-realization.
Our Special Services to pay homage to this Eternal Soul …
Aug 24: 7.40 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. Informal live-stream of SRF’s Commemorative six-hour meditation. Part I: 7.40 – 11.00 a.m. (including Energization Exercises). Intermission: 11.00 – 11.30 a.m. Part II: 11.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m. If unable to stay for the entire duration, you may leave during any of the chants.
Aug 26: 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. Vancouver Chapel Commemorative Service. Disciples and followers of the SRF/YSS line of Gurus, are welcome to grace this occasion. (Please arrive early). Devotees are requested to bring a flower and a donation in an envelope, to be offered at the Altar. Metered street-parking @ $1/hour is available in the neighbourhood, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Invitation - Christmas Party - Dec. 01 - 12.30 p.m. onwards
Dear fellow devotee …
This December 01, we come together once again … in bonhomie and camaraderie … to usher in the festive joyousness of Christmas. You are invited to join us for our annual Christmas Potluck and Celebration.
Time: 12.30 p.m. onwards
Location: Crossreach Seniors’ Centre, 3348 West Broadway, Vancouver. (Tel: 604-732-1477) www.crossreachseniors.com
Please grace the occasion for fabulous food, fellowship, festive carol singing, door prizes, and fun for the little ones.
For enquiries and to confirm both, your attendance + the dish you will be sharing, please e-mail Samaya: samayaryane@hotmail.com
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