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PHOENIX
SRF ENCINITAS RETREAT
215 K St., Encinitas, CA 92024
[email protected] (760) 753-1811
6111 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85012
www.phoenixtemple.org (602) 279 - 6140
(Closed on Mondays)
SUNDAY
Meditation
9:00 a.m.
**Lecture
10:00 a.m.
*Sunday School
10:00 a.m.
Energization Exercises
5:40 p.m.
Meditation
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
TUESDAY
Lessons Study Group7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Bhagavad Gita
Study Group
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
Lecture & Prayer Circle
8:00 p.m.
FRIDAY
Energization Exercises
6:40 p.m.
Meditation
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
SRF LAKE SHRINE RETREAT
17190 Sunset Blvd., Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
[email protected] (310) 459-4740
NOTE: Retreats will be closed Aug. 4 – 11 and Dec. 15 – 27, 2013.
SRF HIDDEN VALLEY ASHRAM
16455 Old Guejito Grade Road, Escondido, CA 92027
[email protected] (760) 749-3399
www.hvashram.org
SELF-REALIZATION FELLOWSHIP RETREATS
Conducted How-to-Live Retreat Programs
Our How-to-Live Retreat programs in southern California are
open to all who wish to get away from the pressures of daily
life for a few days in order to renew body, mind, and soul. Two
types of retreat programs are offered:
— Schedule for 2013 —
ENCINITAS
RETREATS
LAKE SHRINE
RETREATS
HIDDEN VALLEY
GUEST
PROGRAMS
— General retreats are loosely structured, with classes and
inspirational programs, and opportunities for spiritual counseling. Participants join SRF monastics in their morning and
evening periods of meditation.
MEN & WOMEN
WOMEN
MEN & WOMEN
MEN
Jan. 18 – 20
(Kriyaban)
Jan. 25 – 27
Jan. 18 – 20
Jan. 18 – 20
— Conducted weekend retreats, in addition to the above,
offer a concentrated program of classes on the SRF teachings
and meditation techniques.
Feb. 8 – 10
Feb. 1 – 3
(Kriyaban)
Please contact the retreat offices for more information, or
visit us online at www.yogananda-srf.org.
Feb. 22 – 24
March 1 – 3
March 22 – 24
(Kriyaban)
Feb. 15 – 17
March 15 – 17
(Kriyaban)
April 12 – 14
How-to-Live Retreat Programs — Encinitas
April 5 – 7
The Encinitas Retreat, with scenic pathways and meditation gardens overlooking the Pacific Ocean, is located on the
grounds of the SRF Ashram Center and Hermitage, 100 miles
south of Los Angeles.
May 31 – June 2
April 19 – 21
(Spanish)
Feb. 1 – 3
Feb. 16
(One-Day Women’s
Retreat — Spanish)
March 1 – 3
March 22 – 24
April 5 – 7
April 19 – 21
May 3 – 5
May 17 – 19
(Kriyaban)
May 31 – June 2
June 7 – 9
June 21 – 23
Feb. 15 – 17
March 8 – 10
(Kriyaban)
April 12 – 14
June 21 – 23
How-to-Live Retreat Programs — Lake Shrine
The Lake Shrine Retreat is located on the serene grounds
of our Temple in Pacific Palisades, which features a spring-fed
lake, beautiful foliage, meditation nooks, and the rustic Windmill Chapel.
Aug. 23 – 31
(Kriyaban — Weeklong
Intensive)
Guest Programs for Men — Hidden Valley
Resident programs and guest programs for men are offered
at our Hidden Valley Monks’ Ashram Center, located on more
than 100 acres in the scenic hill country near Escondido, 30
miles east of Encinitas.
Sept. 6 – 8
Sept. 13 – 15
Sept. 27 – 29
(Kriyaban)
Oct. 11 – 13
Oct. 25 – 27
Sept. 27 – 29
Sept. 20 – 22
(Kriyaban)
Oct. 4 – 6
Oct. 18 – 20
(Kriyaban)
Nov. 8 – 10
Oct. 11 – 13
At 11:00 a.m. in all temples except Phoenix (10:00 a.m.).
The same lecture is also given at 9:00 a.m. in our Pacific Palisades
temple, and at 9:30 a.m. in our Hollywood, Encinitas, and San
Diego temples.
JANUARY
6
13
20
27
Kriya Yoga: Universal Science of God-Realization
Awakening Divine Memory
How to Be Stronger Than Life’s Trials and Tests
Making the Most of Sundays
FEBRUARY
3
10
17
24
Uniting Your Will With God’s Infinite Power
Does Satan Really Exist?
The True Meaning of Self-Realization
The Way to Mental Freedom
MARCH
3
10
17
24
31
The Eternal Blessings of a True Guru
Choosing to Be Happy
Do We Live One or Many Lives?
The Deeper Teachings of Jesus Christ
The Resurrection of Christ Within You
APRIL
7 Getting Acquainted With God
14 Healing Through Understanding the Nature of
Consciousness and Matter
21 What Is Your Role in Life?
28 Concentration: Key to Communion With God
May 17 – 19
July 12 – 14
Sept. 20 – 22
(Kriyaban)
Sunday Services
Oct. 18 – 20
Nov. 8 – 10
MAY
5 Behind the Physical Cosmos: A World of Light and
Energy
12 God’s Nature in the Mother
19 God-Mindedness: Key to Freedom
26 Understanding Life and Death
JUNE
2
9
16
23
30
Success Through Attunement With God
Creating World Unity Through Yoga Meditation
God’s Nature in the Father
How Evenmindedness Leads to God-Awareness
Is Peace Possible in Today’s World?
JULY
7
14
21
28
Kriya Yoga: The Spiritual Science of God-Realization
The Source of Lasting Happiness
The Spiritual Art of Getting Along With Others
What Is the Soul?
AUGUST
4
11
18
25
How Devotion Reveals the Invisible God
Enjoying Life’s Challenges
Proof of the Existence of God
The Source of Unlimited Healing Power
Self-Realization
Fellowship Temples & Retreats
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
SEPTEMBER
1
8
15
22
29
The Soul’s Greatest Need
The True Meaning of Salvation
Life: A Cosmic Motion Picture
The Secret to Acquiring All Knowledge
Finding God in Family Life
OCTOBER
6
13
20
27
The Most Tempting Temptation
Seeking God in Today’s World
Reincarnation: The Soul’s Journey to Perfection
Experiencing the Eternal Light of God-Perception
Through Meditation
2013
NOVEMBER
3
10
17
24
The Art of Balanced Living
Gaining the Wealth of Inner Happiness
Practical Methods for Healing Body, Mind, and Soul
Giving Thanks for Life’s Blessings
DECEMBER
1
8
15
22
29
The True Nature of the Soul
Receiving God’s Answers to Your Prayers
Yoga: Personal Experience of God
Attunement With the Christ Consciousness
The Purpose of Life
Please note: Recording of services is not permitted.
SELF-REALIZATION FELLOWSHIP
3880 San Rafael Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90065-3219
Telephone: (323) 225-2471 • FAX: (323) 225-5088
www.yogananda-srf.org
10050-J2619
“Giving love to all, feeling the love of God,
seeing His presence in everyone…
that is the way to live in this world.”
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Dear Friend,
We welcome you to this Self-Realization Fellowship
temple, and sincerely hope that you will enjoy your visit.
Whether you have come to attend a service or just to “get
acquainted,” we hope that you will find in this sanctuary
of peace a deeper inspiration and inner guidance for your
life’s journey, and that you will feel free to return as often
as you wish.
Inspirational services are held each Sunday morning
and Thursday evening, and there are also Sunday morning
Thursday Services
instruction in the spiritual way of life and the methods of
meditation that he taught. These center around the practice
of Kriya Yoga, a highly effective system of yoga meditation
whose goal is direct, personal experience of God.
If you have any questions about the Self-Realization
Fellowship teachings, one of our ministers will be happy to
speak with you. You are also welcome to visit our temple
bookroom, where books and recordings by Paramahansa
Yogananda, other Self-Realization publications, and free
literature are available.
children’s services at all our temples. Following the Thursday evening inspirational service, a special prayer and
healing service is held. We would be pleased to have you
join us and the other members of our Worldwide Prayer
Circle in praying for those in need and for our world family
groups throughout the world. Please check our website for
locations: www. yogananda-srf.org
yourself or your family or friends, you are welcome to leave
their names in the box marked “Prayer Requests,” or enter
rational quotes, articles, and tips for daily living as well as
Self-Realization Fellowship is an international non-profit
Paramahansa Yogananda, as well as a period of meditation
and chanting.
On the third Thursday of each month, instead of a lecture
service, the minister leads a satsanga (literally, “fellowship
with Truth”). During each satsanga the minister answers
questions previously submitted in writing. If you have a
question, please write it on a piece of paper and place in the
box designated for this purpose.
Commemorative Services
At our Self-Realization Fellowship temples, we observe
a number of anniversaries each year with a special commemorative ceremony. The exact times of these commemo-
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religious society founded in 1920 by Paramahansa Yoga-
SUNDAY
Meditation
10:00 a.m.
*Sunday School
10:50 a.m.
**Lecture
11:00 a.m.
Energization Exercises
6:00 p.m.
Meditation
6:15 – 8:00 p.m.
MONDAY
Lessons Study Group7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Bhagavad Gita
Study Group
8:00 – 9:00 p.m.
SUNDAY
Lessons Study Group7:00­ – 9:00 p.m.
5 Birthday of Paramahansa Yogananda (1893)
Mar. 29 Good Friday
May 10 Birthday of Sri Yukteswar (1855)
greater harmony and understanding among those of all
we do not have to pray that it come to us, that we are not
July 25 Mahavatar Babaji Commemoration Day
races, religions, and nationalities, and introducing to truth-
merely near it at all times, but that God’s omnipresence is our
Aug. 28 Janmashtami (birth of Bhagavan Krishna)
seekers all over the world his universal teachings on the
omnipresence: that we are just as much a part of Him now as
Sept.26 Mahasamadhi of Lahiri Mahasaya (1895)
ancient science of yoga.
we ever will be. All we have to do is improve our knowing.”
4:45 – 6:30 p.m.
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
MONDAY
Mar. 31 Easter Sunday
THURSDAY
Energization Exercises
5:40 p.m.
Meditation
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
SATURDAY
Women’s Hatha Yoga
Men’s Hatha Yoga
Meditation
7:00 – 7:45 p.m.
Inspirational Service
8:00 p.m.
MONDAY
THURSDAY
Lecture & Prayer Circle
7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
The Second Coming of
Christ Study Group 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
SATURDAY
Energization Exercises
6:00 a.m.
Meditation
6:15 – 8:50 a.m.
Meditation
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Sept. 30 Birthday of Lahiri Mahasaya (1828)
Dec. 14 All-Day Christmas Meditation
— Paramahansa Yogananda
SUNDAY
MONDAY
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Women’s Hatha Yoga
7:30 p.m.
SUNDAY
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
Intro. to Meditation12:00 –12:30 p.m.
Lecture & Prayer Circle 8:00 p.m.
FRIDAY
Energization Exercises
6:40 p.m.
Meditation
7:00 –10:00 p.m.
SATURDAY
9:00 a.m.
1:30 p.m.
PACIFIC PALISADES
Lake Shrine and Gandhi World Peace Memorial
17190 Sunset Blvd., Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
www.lakeshrinetemple.org (310) 454 - 4114
Temple: 17080 Sunset Boulevard
(Closed on Mondays and holidays)
SUNDAY
**Lecture
9:00 a.m.
*Sunday School
9:00 a.m.
**Lecture
11:00 a.m.
*Sunday School
11:00 a.m.
Energization Exercises
6:10 p.m.
Meditation
6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
Guided Meditation
for Beginners
12:00 –12:30 p.m.
(Windmill Chapel)
Lecture & Prayer Circle
8:00 p.m.
FRIDAY
Energization Exercises
7:10 p.m.
Meditation
7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Parking lot is open 45 ­minutes prior to services.
SAN DIEGO
3072 First Ave., San Diego, CA 92103
www.sandiegotemple.org (619) 295 - 0170
SUNDAY
THURSDAY
Lecture & Prayer Circle
8:00 p.m.
SATURDAY
Energization Exercises
7:00 p.m.
Meditation
7:15 – 10:00 p.m.
GLENDALE
Meditation
**Lecture
*Sunday School
Meditation
7:30 p.m.
(1st Wed. each month)
Lay Disciple Group
(4th Wed. each month)
(4th Sat. each month)
(with kirtan 1st Sat. each month)
2146 E. Chevy Chase Dr., Glendale, CA 91206
www.glendaletemple.org (818) 543 - 0800
abroad and at our annual Convocation held each summer in
WEDNESDAY
‡Sadhana Sangha
Women’s Hatha Yoga
Senior Devotees’ Group
(with kirtan 2nd Sat. each month)
FULLERTON
Meditation
**Lecture
*Sunday School
6:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Energization Exercises
6:00 p.m.
Meditation
6:15 – 9:00 p.m.
142 East Chapman Ave., Fullerton, CA 92832
www.fullertontemple.org (714) 525 -1291
well as during visits to major cities in the United States and
and writings, the Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons give
(4th Sun. each month)
Meditation
7:30­ – 9:30 p.m.
Kirtan (1st, 3rd & 5th Wed. each month)
soul — that we are one with the omnipresence of God; that
able. Compiled from Paramahansa Yogananda’s lectures
8:00 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
WEDNESDAY
and humanitarian work that he began — seeking to foster
Los Angeles. A series of les­sons for home study is also avail-
Energization Exercises
7:00 p.m.
Meditation
7:15 – 9:00 p.m.
SUNDAY
Meditation
8:30 a.m.
**Lecture
9:30 a.m.
*Sunday School
9:30 a.m.
**Lecture
11:00 a.m.
Meditation Basics Class 12:10 p.m.
ENCINITAS
Mar. 9 Mahasamadhi of Sri Yukteswar (1936)
Jan.
TUESDAY
HOLLYWOOD
4860 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027
www.hollywoodtemple.org (323) 661- 8006
Temple open daily for meditation: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
TEMPLE: 939 Second St., Encinitas, CA 92024
www.encinitastemple.org (760) 436 -7220
RETREAT: 215 K St. (760) 753 -1811
Temple open for meditation: Tues. – Sun., 12:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Mar.7
Mahasamadhi of Paramahansa Yogananda (1952)
announced at the temples in advance.
“Self-realization is the knowing — in body, mind, and
Realization teachings and techniques at our SRF temples, as
(Temporary location of the former SRF Richmond Temple)
3201 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705
www.berkeleytemple.org (510) 984 - 0084
Meditation
**Lecture
*Sunday School
**Lecture
Bhagavad Gita
Study Group
Meditation
ration services and the other events listed below will be
nanda. The society is dedicated to carrying on the spiritual
Our ministers periodically conduct classes in the Self-
BERKELEY
talk by the minister on various aspects of the teachings of
Self-Realization Fellowship has centers and meditation
as a whole. And if you would like to request prayers for
their names online at www.yogananda-srf.org.
Our Thursday evening inspirational services include a
SELF-REALIZATION FELLOWSHIP TEMPLES
CALIFORNIA
THURSDAY
Open Meditation
6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Lecture & Prayer Circle 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
Energization Exercises
7:00 p.m.
Meditation
7:15 – 9:00 p.m.
Meditation
8:30 a.m.
**Lecture
9:30 a.m.
*Sunday School
10:45 a.m.
**Lecture
11:00 a.m.
Energization Exercises
5:10 p.m.
Meditation
5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Kirtan (1st & 3rd Sun. each month)
WEDNESDAY
Energization Exercises
6:40 a.m.
Meditation
7:00 – 9:00 a.m.
THURSDAY
Energization Exercises
6:40 a.m.
Meditation
7:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Lecture & Prayer Circle 7:00 p.m.
FRIDAY
MONDAY
Energization Exercises
6:40 a.m.
Energization Exercises
6:40 a.m. Meditation
7:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Meditation
7:00 – 9:00 a.m. Energization Exercises
6:40 p.m.
TUESDAY
Meditation
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Energization Exercises
6:40 a.m.
Meditation
7:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Energization Exercises
6:40 p.m.
Meditation
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
*Minimum age is 3 years.
**Parents with children under 3 years of age may hear service in Family Room.
‡Young Adults’ Group, ages 20 – 40