A Christmas Message From YSS/SRF President
Swami Chidananda Giri

“A blessed Christmas to you! I pray that God’s light and joy flow with renewed abundance into your receptive heart—and the hearts of all our spiritual family and friends around the world—throughout this holy season. May the special blessings of Christ and the Masters lift each of us into the higher consciousness needed to transform the challenges confronting our human family into victories of spiritual truth and godly values.”

Celebrating the Silver Jubilee of Smriti Mandir Dedication

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the dedication of the Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda Smriti Mandir (memorial shrine) in Yogoda Satsanga Sakha Ashram, Ranchi. The Mandir stands at the sacred spot in the ashram precincts where Gurudeva, Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda, had a vision of going to America, exactly a hundred years ago in 1920. Describing this vision in his Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansaji writes:

Join Us for These Special Online Events

We will be streaming several events to celebrate Christmas, New Year’s, and Paramahansa Yogananda's avirbhav divas.

All these events will be led by YSS/SRF sannyasis, and one event will be with YSS/SRF President Swami Chidananda Giri:

• All-Day Christmas Meditation on December 20, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. IST. 
• Christmas Commemoration Meditation on December 25, 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. IST.
• New Year’s Eve Meditation on December 31, 11:30 p.m. – 12:30 a.m. IST.
• Paramahansa Yogananda’s Avirbhav Divas Commemoration Meditation on January 5, 5:30 – 7 p.m. IST.
• Paramahansa Yogananda’s Avirbhav Satsanga with Swami Chidananda Giri on January 5, 10:30 p.m. IST. 
• A six-hour meditation commemorating Paramahansa Yogananda's Avirbhav on January 10, 2021, from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. IST.

Some of these events will be available for continued viewing after they are first streamed. 

New Set of MP3 Releases

We are happy to announce a new MP3 release of the last two talks in our Collector's Series of recorded talks of Gurudeva Paramahansa Yogananda. These rare recorded talks are given by Gurudeva during an annual Christmas banquet held at SRF International Headquarters.

YSS Wall Calendar 2021

2021 wall calendar features the majestic image of Bhagavan Krishna as Yogeshvara, “Lord of Yoga.”

This calendar is still available for order.