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ABOUT US
Our website is an unofficial Yogananda resource centre with information about the science of Kriya Yoga, meditation and the life of Paramahansa Yogananda.
The teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda are a priceless gift not only to his followers but to the all of humanity. We would like to share Yogananda's eternal truths with all who are interested in spiritual progress.
Our goal is to present only the essence of Paramahansa Yogananda's teachings and make them easily accessible. We published only short excerpts from Yogananda's teachings published by Self-Realization Fellowship and notes from talks by SRF monastics. For more information please read the original books.
Paramahansa Yogananda said the following to disciples and students of Self-Realization Fellowship at SRF headquarters in Los Angeles on December 23, 1950:
Love this truth—preach this truth. Do not be selfish. Those who are lazy cannot find God. Work for Him. Spread Self-Realization everywhere you go, and spread it with Spirit. Do the best you can, but find the best shelter from all harm in the Divine Bosom. (from Happiness Through Attunement with Christ) |
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Thank you for visiting our website but be mindful of what Paramahansa Yogananda said:
It is your duty to practice in your daily life all that you have learned. Scriptures are dead quotations. They live only when their lessons are lived in life by someone. A soul cannot be liberated unless he helps others to liberate themselves through true methods. God-realization cannot be attained merely by reading a book, but only by dwelling every day on the above truth that life is a variety entertainment of dream movies full of the hazards of duality—villains of evil and heroic adventures with goodness; and by deep yoga meditation, uniting human consciousness with God's cosmic consciousness. |
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Our website is edited by Yanush, Yogananda's disciple and a member of Self-Realization Fellowship for more than 25 years.
We wish you godspeed with your sadhana (spiritual quest) and may you be joyful and filled with sweet love of God every moment of your life.
Jai Guru!
For any SRF membership matters, location of SRF Centers and the purchase of SRF books and CDs please visit SRF website: yogananda-srf.org.
THE SPIRITUAL GOALS OF SELF-REALIZATION FELLOWSHIP
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To disseminate among the nations a knowledge of definite scientific techniques for attaining direct personal experience of God.
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To teach that the purpose of life is the evolution, through self-effort, of man’s limited mortal consciousness into God Consciousness; and to this end to establish Self-Realization Fellowship temples for God-communion throughout the world, and to encourage the establishment of individual temples of God in the homes and in the hearts of men.
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To reveal the complete harmony and basic oneness of original Christianity as taught by Jesus Christ and original Yoga as taught by Bhagavan Krishna; and show that these principles of truth are the common scientific foundation of all true religions.
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To point out the one divine highway to which all paths of true religious beliefs eventually lead: the highway of daily, scientific devotional meditation on God.
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To liberate man from his threefold suffering: physical disease, mental inharmonies, and spiritual ignorance.
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To encourage ‘plain living and high thinking’; and to spread a spirit of brotherhood among all peoples by teaching the eternal basis of their unity: kinship with God.
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To demonstrate the superiority of mind over body, of soul over mind.
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To overcome evil by good, sorrow by joy, cruelty by kindness, ignorance by wisdom.
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To unite science and religion through realization of the unity of their underlying principles.
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To advocate cultural and spiritual understanding between East and West, and the exchange of their finest distinctive features.
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To serve mankind as one’s larger Self.