If you would like to visit the Encinitas Hermitage where Paramahansa Yogananda resided, spent much time in deep, divine communion with God, and wrote Autobiography of a Yogi, please note that it will open today from 12:00-2:00 p.m. Please visit encinitastemple.org and click on “Make reservations to visit SRF Hermitage.”

Our Temple Meeting takes place this Tuesday, January 20, from 7 – 8:30 p.m.  at the main Temple. The meeting begins with a short inspirational talk followed by a half-hour meditation, Temple updates, Q&A on Temple matters, and an Autobiography of a Yogi study class given by the minister. This meeting is open to all.

This coming Saturday, January 24, at 10 a.m. in the Main Temple, we will show a livestream of SRF/YSS President Brother Chidananda’s talk from Mother Center, as he presents exciting developments in Paramahansa Yogananda’s worldwide work. The Saturday Morning Meditation that day will be held in the Main Temple from 8 – 9:45 a.m. preceded by Energization Exercises on the patio at 7:40 a.m. There will be a 15-minute intermission at 9:45 a.m. between the meditation and the livestream.

Next Sunday, January 25, at 12:30 p.m., a Minister will lead a special class at the main Temple to review the SRF Energization Exercises. If you plan to attend, please bring your SRF Student or Kriyaban card or your activated Lessons app for admittance. Also, as a courtesy to others attending the class, kindly make a special effort to arrive on time.

This is a wonderful opportunity not only for new students to learn how to do these exercises, but also for advanced students to check that each exercise is still being done correctly. If you are not yet a Lessons student and would like more information on the SRF techniques, such as the Energization Exercises, you may go to srflessons.org.

We are happy to announce that Paramhansa Yogananda’s The Spiritual Expression of Friendship – a book that unveils the profound spiritual depths waiting to be discovered in our relationships with others – is now available in a hardback edition for purchase – for yourself, or as a gift for family and friends in our Temple Bookroom.

Topics include:

  • How to apply the unfailing laws of friendship
  • Recognizing friends from past lives
  • Developing the magnetism that draws true friends wherever we go
  • How to practice loving those who do not love us
  • . . . . and more!

Saturday, January 23: The SRF Lessons Study Group is reading from Supplement Lesson 33, “Physical and Metaphysical Methods of Healing, Part 3.”

Sunday, January 24: The Bhagavad Gita Study Group is reading from Volume One of God Talks with Arjuna: The Bhagavad Gita.