Welcome to the March 2021 edition of the Yogoda Satsanga Society of India Newsletter. This month we share soul-stirring words of Paramahansa Yogananda on Joy as the ultimate goal of life.

God is Sat-Chit-Ananda, ever-existing, ever-conscious, ever-new Bliss. We, as soul, are individualized Sat-Chit-Ananda. “From Joy we have come, in Joy we live and have our being, and in that sacred Joy we will one day melt again.” (Taittiriya Upanishad 3-6-1.)

Joy expresses itself under certain conditions, but it is not created by those conditions. Thus, when someone receives a thousand dollars and exclaims, “Oh, how happy I am!” the condition of having received a thousand dollars has merely served as a pickaxe, releasing a fountain of joy from the hidden reservoir of bliss within. So, in human experience, certain events are usually required to bring forth joy, but the joy itself is the perennial native state of the soul. 

So do not seek fulfilment through material mediums, or through desires born of such contact. Seek the unconditioned, indestructible pure Bliss within yourself, and you will have found the ever-existing, ever-conscious, ever-new Joy — God. Unlike material pleasures, this joy is not an abstract quality of mind; it is the conscious, self-born, self-expressing quality of Spirit. Seek it and be comforted forever.

Let no one tell you that anything else is better than God's joy. All men seek happiness, but do they find it? Meditation, long and deep, is the way to attain true joy. Nothing else can compare to meditation.

When you sit in the silence of deep meditation, joy bubbles up from within, roused by no outer stimulus. The joy of meditation is overwhelming.

For more of Paramahansa Yogananda’s “how-to-live” wisdom on the deeper purpose of life, we invite you to visit the “The Purpose of Life” page on the YSS website.

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To learn more about the science of meditation, we invite you to enrol for the Yogoda Satsanga Lessons. The core of Paramahansa Yogananda’s teachings, the YSS Lessons provide powerful methods for awakening higher spiritual consciousness and the inner bliss of divine realization — including the highest meditation technique of Kriya Yoga.

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Neuroplasticity and the Yoga Science of Meditation

A video message from Swami Chidanandaji

During the January 5, 2021, service to commemorate Paramahansa Yogananda’s birthday, YSS/SRF President Swami Chidananda Giri explained how India’s ancient science of yoga — with its central facets of meditation techniques and the guru-disciple relationship — teaches us how to make the most of what modern scientists describe as neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to be “rewired” to achieve its greatest potential.

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Online Public Talks in 2020-21

Every year, Yogoda Satsanga sannyasis receive requests from corporate organizations, educational institutions, and associations for delivering public talks covering various how-to-live topics. Past year, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a greater thrust was laid upon topics such as combating worry, balancing work with spirituality etc. YSS sannyasis gave several such talks through various video-conferencing platforms. 

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eCatalogue 2021

We are pleased to share our new 2021 eCatalogue, featuring books and recordings by Paramahansa Yogananda and his monastic disciples, and other inspirational materials from Yogoda Satsanga Society of India.

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YSS Online Dhyana Kendra

Please note that the YSS sannyasi-led three-hour mediation on Sundays will now onwards be held from 6:10 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. (IST)

Upcoming Events

Meditation Techniques Review with
Guided Meditation in Malayalam

Sunday, March 21, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (IST).

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Online Sadhana Sangam in Telugu
March 27 – 28

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Yogoda Satsanga Magazine
Jul-Sep 2020

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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