Yogoda Satsanga Society of India
Welcome to the March 2017 edition of the Yogoda Satsanga Society of India eNewsletter. In this edition we share inspiring thoughts from Paramahansa Yogananda on the Secrets of Lasting Happiness.
Paramahansa Yogananda on Happiness
If you have given up hope of ever being happy, cheer up. Never lose hope. Your soul, being a reflection of the ever joyous Spirit, is, in essence, happiness itself.
The ever new joy of God inherent in the soul is indestructible. So also, its expression in the mind can never be destroyed if one knows how to hold on to it, and if he does not deliberately change his mind and become sorrowful by nurturing moods.
In being of spiritual, mental, and material service to others, you will find your own needs fulfilled. As you forget self in service to others, you will find that, without seeking it, your own cup of happiness will be full.
The unalloyed happiness I find in communion with the Lord no words can describe. Night and day I am in a state of joy. That joy is God. To know Him is to perform the funeral rites for all your sorrows. He does not require you to be stoic and morose. This is not the right concept of God, nor the way to please Him. Without being happy you will not even be able to find Him....The happier you are, the greater will be your attunement with Him. Those who know Him are always happy, because God is joy itself.
India’s Prime Minister Releases Stamp Commemorating YSS Centennial
The Prime Minister of India, the Hon’ble Sri Narendra Modi, paid tribute to the lifework of Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda during a special ceremony in New Delhi on March 7, 2017.
The occasion was the release of a postage stamp by the Government of India commemorating the 100th anniversary of Yogoda Satsanga Society.
Centenary Celebration, Ranchi
19th-23rd March 2017
Pilgrimage To Dihika
Around 1400 Devotees went for a one day pilgrimage to Parmahansa Yoganandaji's first ashram and school in Dihika, a small town in Bengal by a special chartered train.
We are pleased to share glimpses of this event.
