Self-Realization Fellowship is pleased to announce that Registration is now open for the fall session of online How-to-Live classes for children and teens, ages 9 through 17.  The program will be held online September 12th through December 12th. To learn more and register, please visit the SRF website at: Yogananda.org/Youth. 

We are also happy to announce a special celebration of the birthday of Bhagavan Krishna this coming Thursday, September 3, at the main Temple and the J Street Chapel. We will follow a unique schedule to accommodate Brother Chidananda’s livestream.

At 5:30 p.m. an Open Meditation begins.

At 6:15 the Intermission begins and the Kirtan will play for 10 minutes.

At 6:25 the Minister introduces Brother Chidananda’s one-hour livestream, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

At 7:30 p.m. the Minister transitions from the livestream and introduces the flower ceremony and Kirtan.

At this point the commemorative service continues with the offering. It is customary to bring a flower and a donation in an envelope. Families attending will be invited to come forward at the beginning of the offerings.

The celebration of Janmashtami continues on Saturday, September 5 with a 6-hour monastic-led meditation with Kirtan led by the Monks’ Kirtan Group. The service begins at 8 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m. preceded by practice of the Energization Exercises at 7:40 a.m.  There will be a 30-minute break at 11 a.m. This special service will be held at the Main Temple only.

Great news! The new book by Sri Daya Mata, Journey with Paramahansa Yogananda, is now available at SRF Books & Gifts and the Temple Bookroom.

Saturday, September 5: The SRF Lessons Study Group is reading from Supplemental Lesson 38, “Metaphysical Ways of Overcoming Death.”

Sunday, September 6: The Bhagavad Gita Study Group is reading from Volume One of God Talks With Arjuna: The Bhagavad Gita.