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Podcast collating publicly available talks from SRF/YSS. Self-Realization Fellowship is the worldwide spiritual organization founded in 1920 by Paramahansa Yogananda to disseminate his teachings on the Kriya Yoga science of meditation and art of spiritual living. Yogananda, author of the spiritual classic "Autobiography of a Yogi," is widely revered as the father of Yoga in the West. In India, his work is known as Yogoda Satsanga Society of India. SRF/YSS has more than 600 meditation centers ...
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The Order of the Holy Cross is an Anglican Benedictine monastic community of men founded in 1884 by James Otis Sargent Huntington to provide a specifically North American expression of monasticism. Our commitment to worship and prayer has sustained our work since the 19th century. Our primary ministry is welcoming guests on individual and group retreats. Continue Community: https://www.facebook.com/holy.cross.west.park/See What We're Doing: https://www.instagram.com/holycross.westpark/Guest ...
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The Mountains and Rivers Order (MRO) is a Western Zen Buddhist lineage established by the late John Daido Loori Roshi and dedicated to sharing the dharma as it has been passed down, generation to generation, since the time of Shakyamuni Buddha. Zen Mountain Monastery, the main house of the Mountains and Rivers Order, is one of the West’s most respected Zen Buddhist monasteries and training centers. Nestled in New York’s beautiful Catskill Mountains, the Monastery draws its strength from the ...
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Lately, my own practice is moving more and more into the monastic world. As I teach out of that nourishment, I find people hungry for the traditional, solid forms of the Dharma. I see people's lives changing when they engage in these forms. Certainly, as I deepen my own Sutta study, I find the traditional ideas so helpful it encourages me to delve further. In this, I am learning how to ride the edge of a question, instead of reaching for answers. When I let the question hang there, as a livi ...
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Send us a text Father Henry talks in this podcast about the link between communal and private prayer, highlighting devotions such as the Rosary, Stations of the Cross and Eucharistic Adoration. www.monasticretreats.co.uk/thecloister/ www.facebook.com/MonasticRetreats/ www.instagram.com/monasticretreats…
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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - 8/31/24 - From the Book of Serenity, Case 99 - Yunmen's "Bowl and Bucket" - Striving to realize our true nature, without tying ourselves into knots of grasping, are skills we have to practice. Being able to investigate where we stick to our habits and confusion is to help us develop concentration. As Shugen Roshi say…
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Br. Ephrem Arcement's sermon for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 18 B September 8, 2024
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The Love and Wisdom of Paramahansa Yogananda | Sri Daya Mata
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Jul 5, 2024 #ParamahansaYogananda #Yogananda #KriyaYoga Sri Daya Mata, beloved third president of Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, shares many beautiful personal insights about the guru-disciple relationship. Her words reflect the wise guidance and loving encouragement that Paramahansa Yogananda gave to all who sought h…
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Taking Control of Your Life’s Destiny | How-to-Live Inspirational Talk | Brother Vishwananda
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May 24, 2024 #ParamahansaYogananda #Yogananda #KriyaYoga Self-Realization Fellowship monk Brother Vishwananda shares wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on how to become supremely victorious in life by applying the principles and techniques of yoga.We are made in the image of the Divine, and the purpose of life is to discover within ourselves that tr…
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The Mother Aspect of God | Brother Anandamoy
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May 10, 2024 #ParamahansaYogananda #Yogananda #KriyaYoga Paramahansa Yogananda said in his Autobiography of a Yogi that because God as the Infinite Absolute is beyond all qualities, “human thought and yearning have ever personalized It as the Universal Mother.”In this talk, Brother Anandamoy, a beloved minister of Self-Realization Fellowship, discu…
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Send us a text In this episode Fr William talks about how the cycle of prayer in the monastery gives shape and rhythm to our day, to our year, and to our lives. www.monasticretreats.co.uk/thecloister/ www.facebook.com/MonasticRetreats/ www.instagram.com/monasticretreatsBy Monastic Retreats
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“The Bodhisattva Path and The Paramitas” – Fall 2024 Ango Opening Talk at ZMM
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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - 9/1/24 - Shugen Roshi introduces the theme of the Ango: "Going Straight on an Ever-Twisting Path: The Bodhisattva Path and The Paramitas."By Zen Mountain Monastery
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“Going Straight on an Ever-Twisting Path” – Fall 2024 Ango Opening Talk at ZCNYC
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Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - 9/1/24 - Hojin Sensei introduces the theme of the Ango: "Going Straight on an Ever-Twisting Path: The Bodhisattva Path and The Paramitas."By Zen Mountain Monastery
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Look Always to the Light | Sri Mrinalini Mata
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Apr 12, 2024 #ParamahansaYogananda #Yogananda #KriyaYoga Sri Mrinalini Mata, fourth president of Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, shares memories of her first encounter with Paramahansa Yogananda in 1945 — an experience she describes as “stepping from a dream into Reality.”Mrinalini Mata, one of the close disciples Para…
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Forging Divine Consciousness in the Fires of Daily Existence | How-to-Live Inspirational Talk | Brother Bhumananda
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Apr 5, 2024 #ParamahansaYogananda #Yogananda #YogaMeditation Self-Realization Fellowship monk Brother Bhumananda shares wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on how wondrously our lives can change when we make a daily effort on the spiritual path. When we choose to use the difficulties we encounter as tools, we can increase our determination and deepen…
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Growing in Faith and Unconditional Love | How-to-Live Inspirational Talk | Sister Bhakti
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Mar 15, 2024 #ParamahansaYogananda #yogananda #KriyaYoga Self-Realization Fellowship nun Sister Bhakti shares wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on how we can face difficult situations with encouragement and determination, and see the various challenges that arise in our daily lives as opportunities for personal spiritual growth.Topics Include: - De…
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“Dynamic Will Can Change Your Life” by Brother Anandamoy
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Feb 16, 2024 #ParamahansaYogananda #yogananda #KriyaYoga Brother Anandamoy, a beloved minister of Self-Realization Fellowship, shares wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on the importance of developing dynamic will and using it in the highest way.With his characteristic warmth, humor, and penetrating insight, Brother Anandamoy (1922 – 2016) explains …
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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 8/25/24 - From The Blue Cliff Record, Case 98 - T'ien P'ing's Travels on Foot - Cause and effect are fundamental teachings of the Dharma: the dependent arising of all phenomena, and the karma of cause and effect. So how can the practice of seeing our minds as they function—creating realities by grasping at what…
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Degna Chikei Levister, MRO Senior Lay Student - ZCNYC - 8/25/24 - Chikei talks about the subtle shift in perspective brought about through her Zen practice and the big difference that has made in her life.By Zen Mountain Monastery
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Seeing God in All People and in All Conditions | How-to-Live Inspirational Talk | Brother Sevananda
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Feb 2, 2024 #ParamahansaYogananda #yogananda #kriyayoga Self-Realization Fellowship monk Brother Sevananda shares wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on learning to see the Divine Presence in every person and every situation.Brother Sevananda points out that the more we are able to do this, the more we will meet all circumstances of life with kindnes…
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Opening Your Heart to God’s Presence | Sri Daya Mata
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Jan 26, 2024 #ParamahansaYogananda #yogananda #KriyaYoga Sri Daya Mata, beloved third president of Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, shares wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on the reality of God’s love in our daily lives.Topics include: • Expanding your experience of God’s peace, love, and divine blessings • Finding th…
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Karma Yoga: Balancing Activity and Meditation | Sri Daya Mata
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Oct 13, 2023 #ParamahansaYogananda #karmayoga #yogananda Sri Daya Mata, beloved third president of Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, shares wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on how we can create the right balance in our lives between outer activity and the practice of meditation.Topics include: – Learning to enjoy life’s…
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Send us a text In a noisy and busy world, times for at least some quiet in the day are essential. Br Justin talks here about the importance of silence in our lives. www.monasticretreats.co.uk/thecloister/ www.facebook.com/MonasticRetreats/ www.instagram.com/monasticretreatsBy Monastic Retreats
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Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 8/18/24 - A Hidden Lamp Story: "The Old Woman's Relatives" - Hojin Sensei looks into loneliness... How do we understand it, respond to it? What's at the root of it? Can we experience the richness of it?By Zen Mountain Monastery
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Prabu Gikon Vasan, Senior Lay Practitioner - 8/18/24 - The Buddha’s early teachings often focus on the nature of suffering to help us become aware of the ways that this state is created by our thoughts, words and actions. With a deeper understanding of how this process repeats itself, as senior lay student Gikon says, we can pivot, making real chan…
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“Kriya Yoga: Portal to the Infinite” by Brother Anandamoy
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Sep 15, 2023 #ParamahansaYogananda #Yogananda #KriyaYoga Brother Anandamoy, a beloved minister of Self-Realization Fellowship, shares wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on the ancient spiritual science of Kriya Yoga at the center of the spiritual path Yogananda brought to the world.With his characteristic warmth, humor, and penetrating insight, Brot…
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A Spiritual Approach to Family Life | How-to-Live Talk | Sister Priya
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Sep 1, 2023 #ParamahansaYogananda #Yogananda #KriyaYoga Self-Realization Fellowship nun Sister Priya shares wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda about how to make spirituality the center of family life. As the supreme goal of life is to realize your Divine nature, you can anchor all aspects of life in your personal relationship with God. Along with th…
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A Heart Aflame — Developing a Loving Relationship With God | Sri Daya Mata
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Jul 21, 2023 #ParamahansaYogananda #yogananda #KriyaYoga Sri Daya Mata, beloved third president of Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, shares wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on how we can find the perfect, all-fulfilling love that every human being yearns to experience — by cultivating an intimate, personal relationship …
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Choosing to Be a Conqueror — That Is the Remedy! | Brother Chidananda
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Jul 3, 2023 #ParamahansaYogananda #Yogananda #KriyaYoga No matter what difficulties the world or we are going through, it is possible to overcome any consciousness of being a victim by choosing instead to instill in ourselves the victorious consciousness of a spiritual conqueror.That is a central message that Brother Chidananda, president and spiri…
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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 8/11/24 - Habits of mind, which in the beginning of practice seem untameable, can be grounded through awareness, and that’s just the start of learning to be at ease with the mind. We come to appreciate our own ability to settle and to realize our capacity to experience the inherent steadiness of mind. With help…
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Workshop: Finding Spiritual Balance in Your Life | How-to-Live Inspirational Service | Sister Ranjana
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Jun 30, 2023 #ParamahansaYogananda #yogananda #KriyaYoga Self-Realization Fellowship nun Sister Ranjana shares wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda’s “how-to-live” teachings in this class which includes time for a “workshop” centered on learning practical ways of finding balance in your life. What are your own priorities as you pursue your spiritual g…
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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 8/4/24 - From Master Wu-men's Gateless Gate, Case 41 - Your Mind is At Rest - Shugen Roshi brings the teachings of Bodhidharma to life in this talk on zazen practice as a kind of inquiry that is free of concepts, ideas and analysis, and is rather a direct experience of one’s awakened mind—your mind at rest—whic…
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Developing an Unconquerable Will | How-to-Live Inspirational Talk | Brother Achalananda
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Jun 23, 2023 #ParamahansaYogananda #yogananda #KriyaYoga Self-Realization Fellowship monk Brother Achalananda shares wisdom from the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda on the relationship between energy and will power, how to use will to overcome habits and achieve our goals, and what it means to cultivate divine will on the spiritual path.This tal…
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Self-Esteem: A Spiritual Perspective | How-to-Live Inspirational Talk | Mukti Mata
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#ParamahansaYogananda #yogananda #KriyaYoga Mukti Mata (1922 – 2008), a nun and minister of SRF who became a disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda in 1945, discusses the necessity of self-esteem from the perspective of the soul — the higher Self — and what it truly means to be successful at fulfilling the purpose of life according to the ancient wisdom…
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Send us a text Praying isn't always easy. In this podcast, Father Columba from Glenstal Abbey continues our series on prayer by sharing about various difficulties we can encounter in prayer and he then offers some advice on how to overcome them. www.monasticretreats.co.uk/thecloister/ www.facebook.com/MonasticRetreats/ www.instagram.com/monasticret…
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Br. Josep Martinez-Cubero's sermon for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 13 B August 4, 2024
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Feeding Not Fighting: Meeting Machig Labdrön
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Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 8/3/24 - Hojin Sensei offers the wisdom of Machig Labdrön, a Tibetan teacher who lived between the eleventh and twelfth centuries. From an adept at a very young age, to motherhood, to teacher, to establishing the practice of Chöd, her life and teachings have been a great source of inspiration, as Hojin enthusiast…
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Yogananda’s “Super-Art of Living” and the Benefits of Scheduling Your Life | Brother Chidananda
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May 3, 2023 • #ParamahansaYogananda #Yogananda #KriyaYoga In this excerpt from the talk “The Transformative Power of Kriya Yoga” Brother Chidananda, president and spiritual head of Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, discusses the great benefit we gain from following Paramahansa Yogananda’s simply stated yet profound instr…
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“The Importance of a True Guru” by Brother Anandamoy
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Apr 21, 2023 #ParamahansaYogananda #yogananda #KriyaYoga Self-Realization Fellowship monk Brother Anandamoy shares wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on the role of a true guru in this world and the qualities that a seeker can develop to truly benefit from the guru-disciple relationship.This talk was recorded at the 1976 SRF Convocation in Los Angel…
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The Personal Approach to God | How-to-Live Inspirational Talk | Brother Bhaktananda
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Mar 24, 2023 #ParamahansaYogananda #Yogananda #KriyaYoga Self-Realization Fellowship monk Brother Bhaktananda shares wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on how we can learn to experience the constant presence of God — by meditation and by cultivating the habit of remembering Him with love all day long.Drawing from his many years of training as a dire…
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Tokudo: Monastic Ordination for Sekku Harrison
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Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - 7/28/24 - In this morning ceremony, Hojin Sensei offers teachings on the Monastic Vows and the Moral & Ethical Precepts of Zen Buddhism, on the occasion of the full Monastic ordination of Simon Daiō Sekku Harrison, one of Hojin Sensei’s long-time students.By Zen Mountain Monastery
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Br. Robert James Magliula's sermon for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 12 B July 28, 2024
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Sustaining a Joyful Heart in Times of Adversity | How-to-Live Inspirational Talk |
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Mar 17, 2023 #SRFConvocation #ParamahansaYogananda #Yogananda Self-Realization Fellowship monk Brother Sevananda shares wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on how our true soul-nature can be expressed regardless of the inevitable tests and trials of life.By drawing on the power of meditation and then facing our challenges, we can recognize and utiliz…
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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - ZMM - 7/27/24 - From the Book of Serenity, Case 5 - Qingyuan and the Price of Rice - As we seek to understand the Buddha’s teachings on release from suffering, the explanations and descriptions of the Path are what we tend to seek. But when we actually sit down in zazen and experience our minds, without relying on ex…
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Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 7/21/24 - From Master Wu-men's Gateless Gate (Mumonkan), Case 12 - Ruiyan Calls "Master" - Hojin Sensei takes up this koan... What is it that runs our lives, that leads us to make decisions about right and wrong? Our intentions are what drive us along and affect what happens in our lives, so how clear are we abou…
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Danica Shoan Ankele, Osho - 7/26/24 - Delving into a 13th century Indian mystic’s poem on the experience of the divine, and the Lankavatara Sutra, a foundational sutra of the early Zen path, Shoan Osho explores our direct experience within the practice of mind, and the realization of no separation from all beings on the path of peace.…
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Building Our Relationships on a Spiritual Foundation | How-to-Live Inspirational Talk | Sister Bhakti
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Mar 10, 2023 #ParamahansaYogananda #Yogananda #KriyaYoga Self-Realization Fellowship nun Sister Bhakti shares insights from the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda about how to make our relationships more harmonious by first developing our relationship with the Divine. This talk was recorded at the 2015 SRF World Convocation in Los Angeles.“The grea…
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Bear Gokan Bonebakker, Senior Monastic and Dharma Holder - ZMM - 7/25/24 - Gokan explores the third of the All Inclusive Practices of Bodhidharma’s Two Entrances: seeking nothing. - Our longings and yearnings are are what motivates us ordinarily, and we come to practice because of dissatisfaction with samsara. Our human habit is to seek pleasure, c…
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Removing Mental Ruts With New Ways of Living | How-to-Live Inspirational Talk | Brother Vishwananda
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Jan 27, 2023 • #ParamahansaYogananda #yogananda #PurposeOfLife Self-Realization Fellowship Vice-President Brother Vishwananda shares wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on the science of ridding ourselves of negative habits and developing positive habits, and achieving the greatest dream of the human heart — oneness with the bliss of the Divine.Broth…
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A Portable Paradise: Sustaining the Strength and Inspiration of Divine Fellowship Wherever You Go | 2024 SRF World Convocation | Sister Draupadi
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Streamed live on Jul 20, 2024 #SRFConvocation #ParamahansaYogananda #Yogananda Spiritual upliftment and enthusiasm gained in the company of fellow seekers is truly sustaining, but it can fade after a time if we don’t know how to hold onto it. Speaking at the close of the 2024 SRF World Convocation, Self-Realization Fellowship nun Sister Draupadi sh…
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Send us a text What does it mean to pray continuously? Abbot Brendan talks about making our lives into a prayerful, frequent and deep connection with God. www.monasticretreats.co.uk/thecloister/ www.facebook.com/MonasticRetreats/ www.instagram.com/monasticretreatsBy Monastic Retreats
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Rev. Trudi Jinpu Hirsch-Abramson - ZMM - 7/21/24 - Rev. Jinpu offers her engaging stories about the practice of grief, aging, dying and living in the now. An ordained Buddhist priest and chaplain, Jinpu has over twenty-five years of experience in practicing and teaching others to care for and celebrate all of life.…
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Br. Bernard Delcourt's sermon for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 11 B July 21, 2024
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Satsanga With Brother Chidananda Ft. Brother Vishwananda | 2024 SRF World Convocation
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Streamed live on 19 July 2024 #ParamahansaYogananda #Yogananda #SRFConvocation We invite you to join us for this special opportunity to spend time with Brother Chidananda, president and spiritual head of Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, in a spirit of divine fellowship — absorbing the wisdom and joy and encouragement fo…
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