Dear Friends
You are invited to join our Devotee2Devotee Facebook Group’s 8-day event commemorating Swami Sri Yukteswar’s Birthday! The event will take place from MAY 3th – MAY 10th. Please Note: ♥ WE ARE USING PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA’S SRF/YSS TEACHINGS ONLY ♥
Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/196285241167802/
♥ PLEASE READ PURPOSE AND GUIDELINES ♥ ~~ During this Guru commemoration event, we may each choose from all the SRF/YSS sources that talk about Sri Yukteswar whatever appeals to us at any time during the event. SEE SUGGESTED READINGS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS MESSAGE.
♥ SPIRITUAL PURPOSES OF THIS EVENT and TYPES OF POSTS TO SHARE
Our teachings say that the commemoration dates of our Gurus “ARE PARTICULARLY AUSPICIOUS; THEN, SPECIAL BLESSINGS FLOW FROM THE GREAT ONES INTO RECEPTIVE HEARTS.” One way we can make our hearts more receptive is to READ about the Guru from our SRF/YSS teachings during the days leading up to these special dates. On this event page we may want to share quotes, photos, SRF/YSS related chants and videos, etc. We may also share photos of our personal altars, or video of chants we have made.
Also, Swami Smarananandaji suggests bringing in the Gurus into our MEDITATIONS around their commemoration dates; for instance, he says before the dates for Christ, he brings in Christ for those few weeks, and for Janmashtami, Bhagavan Krishna. So we may want to bring in Sri Yukteswar into our personal meditations—another way to tune in to the holy vibrations!
♥ SRF/YSS quotes only, please ♥
When you share posts PLEASE USE SRF/YSS QUOTES ONLY from our Gurus and the monastics. Posts from other sources will be removed since, for our SRF/YSS Guru events, we want to honor our Guru lineage through the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda and his organization, Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India.
BELOVED GURU said, “When I am gone the TEACHINGS will be the Guru. You will be in tune with me and those Great Ones who sent me. You are not connected to a printing press, but you are connected directly with God through the great link of the living Masters.”
♥ INVITE FRIENDS ~~This is a public event, meaning it is open to all members and friends of our Gurus and SRF/YSS outside the D2D group as well. So feel free to invite others. Just click on the ‘Invite’ button under the event page banner to invite friends or to share this event!
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God and Gurus bless us all through this celebration of our beloved Paramguru Sri Yukteswar!
Jai Gurus!
Your Guru Commemoration Hosts ♥
♥ SUGGESTED SOURCES FOR OUR SRI YUKTESWAR EVENT ♥
~~ AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOGI, (Orange-cover, Complete Edition published by Self-Realization Fellowship)
~~ GOD TALKS WITH ARJUNA; THE BHAGAVAD GITA—see INDEX under ‘Sri Yukteswar’
~~ THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST—see INDEX under ‘Sri Yukteswar’
~~ MEJDA: The Family and the Early Life of Paramahansa Yogananda
~~ References to Sri Yukteswar are found in Paramahansaji’s books: DIVINE ROMANCE; MAN’S ETERNAL QUEST; JOURNEY TO SELF-REALIZATION
~~ SRF magazines; Convocation/Monastic lecture notes; CDs and DVDs of Monastics; there may be references in other SRF/YSS publications also.