YSS Sakha Math

SRI SRI PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA
Author of Autobiography of a Yogi

About Yogoda Satsanga Sakha Math, Ranchi

In a letter written on August 6, 1936, to his exalted disciple Rajarsi Janakananda, Paramahansa Yoganandaji wrote, “I have sprinkled the invisible nectar of my spiritual attainment mostly at Mt. Washington [International Headquarters of Self Realization Fellowship in Los Angeles, California] and Ranchi....” ...

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WATCH: “Do We Live One or Many Lives?” by Swami Padmananda Giri

In this talk, SRF sannyasi Swami Padmananda Giri shares wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on reincarnation and how to find true fulfilment by identifying with our true nature as a soul — a unique...

“Making God the Companion of Our Lives” by Swami Pavitrananda Giri

In this talk titled “Making God the Companion of Our Lives,” based on Yoganandaji’s How-to-Live teachings, YSS sannyasi Swami Pavitrananda Giri encourages us to develop such love for God that in...

Bhagavan Krishna Answers the Question, “What Is True Devotion?”

The following is a story that was told by SRF sannyasi Swami Kamalananda Giri in the talk “How Devotion Reveals the Invisible God,” which was part of the weekly YSS/SRF online inspirational talks...

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June: International Day of Yoga programmes

In view of Paramahansa Yogananda’s pivotal role in the spread of yoga worldwide, Yogoda Satsanga Society of India also organises various programmes to commemorate the International Day of Yoga. ...

July 25: Mahavatar Babaji Smriti Divas

The meeting of Mahavatar Babaji with Gurudeva Sri Sri Paramahansa Yoganandaji is commemorated as Mahavatar Babaji Smriti Divas by YSS....

August: Janmashtami Programme

"Krishna is the divine exemplar of yoga in the East; Christ was chosen by God as the exemplar of God-union for the West....The Kriya Yoga technique, taught by Krishna to Arjuna and referred to in Gita...

Sept.: Mahasamadhi and Avirbhav Days of Lahiri Mahasaya

As Lahiri Mahasaya exemplified the highest ideals of Yoga, union of the little self with God, he is reverenced as a Yogavatar, or incarnation of Yoga....