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Join a one-day retreat themed Solving the Mystery of Life
Join a three-hour meditation in honor of Paramahansa Yogananda's birth anniversary
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Solving the Mystery of Life is the highly anticipated fourth volume in Paramahansa Yogananda’s acclaimed anthology series, Collected Talks and Essays on Realizing God in Daily Life. With personal counsel and profound insights delivered extemporaneously, Yogananda illuminates the universal path of yoga and shows how to live with wisdom, resilience, and joy in daily life — much needed in our rapidly changing world.
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Paramahansa Yogananda is a world-renowned spiritual master and the author of the bestseller Autobiography of a Yogi. Yogananda is recognized as one of the greatest emissaries to the world of India's ancient wisdom and science of meditation. His life and Kriya Yoga teachings continue to be a source of light and inspiration to people of all races, cultures, and creeds. Solving the Mystery of Life reflects Paramahansa Yogananda's unique ability to blend profound wisdom with practical insight.
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Few books can claim to hold the answers to life’s greatest questions. In Solving the Mystery of Life, Paramahansa Yogananda not only reveals the meaning and purpose of life, but also clearly explains the spiritual laws by which yogis attain self-mastery, and provides methods and principles to attain true and lasting happiness. From one who solved the mystery of life himself, Yogananda explains the divine laws at work in the universe and how to live in harmony with them.
The book presents Paramahansa Yogananda’s How-to-Live teachings, which offer timeless, practical guidance for living with balance, clarity, and inner peace in today’s fast-paced and uncertain world. Rooted in ancient yogic wisdom, How-to-Live teachings address every aspect of life — body, mind, and soul — helping readers navigate stress, find purpose, and stay connected with their higher selves.
Yogananda’s talks and classes in the earliest years of his mission were recorded only intermittently. When Sri Daya Mata (who later became president of Self-Realization Fellowship) joined his ashram in 1931, she undertook the task of faithfully recording Yogananda’s hundreds of lectures, classes, and informal talks so that his wisdom and inspiration could be preserved in their original power and purity for generations to come.
Know your Self as connected with the Omnipotent Source of your being. Imagine, affirm, will, meditate to realize your true Self as the soul cloaked in a wonderful astral form of light and power.
In order to hold on to your inner happiness, never find fault with others; learn to blame and correct your own flaws. Be sincere with everyone, express kindness and love to each person. Love is the most powerful force that you can have. Love is dynamite. Humbleness is dynamite. Concentration is dynamite. These wil destroy all obstacles and barriers to success. Meditation throws your concentration
Know your Self as connected with the Omnipotent Source of your being. Imagine, affirm, will, meditate to realize your true Self as the soul cloaked in a wonderful astral form of light and power.
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Self-Realization Fellowship has more than 500 temples, retreats, ashrams, and meditation centers around the world — offering all interested seekers the opportunity to come together to experience the power of group meditations, focused retreat programs, inspirational services, and to share in spiritual fellowship.
It is always a special joy for us to welcome you to the sites where Paramahansa Yogananda lived, worked, and communed with God. These sanctuaries — such as our international headquarters on Mt. Washington in Los Angeles, the magnificent meditation gardens and retreat high above the ocean in Encinitas, the world-renowned SRF Lake Shrine in Pacific Palisades — are places of unique spiritual and physical beauty, visited by many thousands of people each year.
Throughout the year, we also host numerous special events and inspirational programs, including our annual World Convocation focusing on the how-to-live teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda; weekend retreats at locations near our meditation centers and groups worldwide; lecture series and meditation classes (including Kriya Yoga initiation) in dozens of cities each year; programs for youth, including summer camp and weekly Sunday Schools; and pilgrimages to our spiritual sanctuaries.
The following events are offered by the SRF Online Meditation Center. Please visit the SRF Online Meditation center website for detailed event information and instructions on how to participate.
Self-Realization Fellowship observes a number of anniversaries each year with special commemorative ceremonies at our temples, centers, groups, and circles worldwide.
Please check your SRF location for the exact times or visit the SRF Online Meditation Center calendar for information on how you can participate online.
January 5 | Birthday of Paramahansa Yogananda |
January 13 | Paramahansa Yogananda Commemorative Meditation |
March 7 | Mahasamadhi of Paramahansa Yogananda |
March 9 | Mahasamadhi of Sri Yukteswar |
March 29 | Good Friday |
March 31 | Easter Sunday |
May 10 | Birthday of Sri Yukteswar |
July 25 | Mahavatar Babaji Commemoration Day |
August 26 | Janmashtami (birth of Bhagavan Krishna) |
September 26 | Mahasamadhi of Lahiri Mahasaya |
September 30 | Birthday of Lahiri Mahasaya |
December 7 | Online Christmas Open House |
December 14 | All-Day Christmas Meditation |
December 31 | New Year's Eve Meditation |
