Welcome to the February 2021 edition of the Yogoda Satsanga Society of India Newsletter. This month we share uplifting and practical words of Paramahansa Yogananda on how to bring about harmony. In short, the way is through love — for God first, and then for all our fellow beings. |
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The one thing that will help to eliminate world suffering — more than money, houses, or any other material aid — is to meditate and transmit to others the divine consciousness of God that we feel....Every day radiate His consciousness to others. Try to understand God’s plan for mankind — to draw all souls back to Himself — and work in harmony with His will. |
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I believe that if every citizen in the world is taught to commune with God (not merely to know Him intellectually), then peace can reign; not before. When by persistence in meditation you realize God through communion with Him, your heart is prepared to embrace all humanity.
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Thoughts can sometimes be more effective than words. The human mind is the most powerful broadcasting machine there is. If you constantly broadcast positive thoughts with love, those thoughts will have an effect on others.
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Love is a divine cleanser and a lastingly effective way of winning oneʼs enemies.
Hatred may temporarily suppress and put down an enemy, but he will still remain an enemy. The poison of hate increases by hatred and can be counteracted and neutralized only by the chemical of love.
Inimical persons burn themselves with hatred and anger, consuming their inner peace. One who returns their enmity likewise burns up his own inner equanimity, his peace which offers to his entire life absolute protection from the devastation wrought by human miseries. So to hate anyone is against one’s own interest.
Without any expression or feeling of malice or sarcasm, a wronged person should just say within himself: “I forgive you.” It is such a healing, elevating experience. That mental expression of love also travels through the ether into the heart of a wrongdoer. It is one of the most effective ways to change an enemy. |
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For an experience in Paramahansa Yogananda’s teaching on the power of love, we invite you to take part in a guided meditation called “Expanding Love." |
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Also, we invite you to view the online inspirational service for February 7, which was on “Yoga and the Steps to Unconditional Love.”
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Transmuting Power of the Spiritual Eye: A Guided Meditation by Swami Chidananda Giri
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Swami Chidanandaji leads a guided meditation on the spiritual eye, using the words of Rabindranath Tagore’s chant “Light the Lamp of Thy Love” to illuminate how the transmuting power of the spiritual eye can permanently uplift our lives.
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Upcoming Launch of the YSS Sevak League
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A Special Message from Swami Chidananda Giri
In this first of a series of posts on the YSS Blog, Swami Chidanandaji shares in-depth information about the upcoming inauguration of the YSS Sevak League. He talks about the purpose of this initiative and how it expresses Paramahansa Yogananda’s vision for a “truly global league of lay disciples who...will play a necessary and very meaningful role in the growth envisioned by our Guru for his society in the years ahead.”
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Seva Activities During Janmotsav 2021
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The birth anniversary of our beloved Gurudeva Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda on January 5, every year, is the most sacred time of the year for every YSS devotee. Seva activities also form a part of the observance of this special day to honour the Guru by serving the poor. This year marks the 128th Avirbhav of our Gurudeva. |
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Yogoda Satsanga Vidyalaya Gets Chief Minister’s Cleanliness Award |
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Yogoda Satsanga Vidyalaya received Mukhyamantri Swachcha Vidyalaya Puraskar—2020, successively for the second time. The award was conferred upon by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Sri Hemant Soren, on December 03, 2020. The school was rated a 5-star, and stood the solo winner from Ranchi district to receive the award amongst 9 other participant-schools from the State.
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Spiritual Diary Quotes — Now Available in Kannada on YSS Homepage |
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Powerful and uplifting thoughts, chiefly from the writings of Paramahansa Yogananda are now available in Kannada language on the YSS Homepage. A wonderful way to begin each day — to inwardly absorb and outwardly express the essential qualities for a more fulfilling spiritual life. |
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Yogoda Satsanga Magazine
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Introduction to This Special Centennial Issue Spirituality for the New Ascending Age: What India Can Teach Us Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda From time immemorial India has offered a path of universal spirituality that all can follow — based on scientific methods of yoga for overcoming sorrow and attaining ultimate happiness. Self-Knowledge Through Kriya Yoga: The Highest Solution to Human Problems Sri Sri Swami Chidananda Giri In this media interview, the president of YSS/SRF offers insightful answers to a journalist’s earnest questions about the spiritual path and Kriya Yoga. |
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We hope you enjoyed this edition of the Yogoda Satsanga Society of India eNewsletter. Check your inbox each month for more inspiration and wisdom from the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda.
In divine friendship,
Yogoda Satsanga Society of India
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