Donate to Bay Area Temple

We deeply appreciate and welcome your needed monetary support of the Bay Area Temple which allows us to progress with the upgrades and renovations to the temple buildings and grounds required for opening once the Covid 19 restrictions are lifted.

All donations are needed and are very much appreciated!  Thank You!

Building Fund
Your gift will help support the care of our Bay Area Temple property, including costs associated with acquiring and maintaining the facilities, grounds, equipment, furniture, and vehicles, and those associated with related capital campaigns.

General Operating Fund
Your gift will help us to meet the day-to-day and highest priority general operating needs of the Bay Area Temple.

Year End Donations

Thank you to all who have contributed throughout this past year. Donations can be given at temple, via mail and online. Our last service for 2021 is December 19.

Checks mailed to the temple dated before December 31, 2021 will be counted as a tax deduction for 2021.

If leaving checks at temple or mailing please make checks payable to Self-Realization Fellowship or SRF.

Mailing address:
Self-Realization Fellowship Bay Area Temple
2317 Buena Vista Avenue
Walnut Creek, CA 94597

All online donations can be given by clicking the buttons above.

SRF is a non-profit religious organization recognized by the IRS and the California franchise tax board as a public charity.

Temple Outreach Committee

The isolation felt by everyone and especially those who live alone during this time of pandemic restrictions remains an ongoing concern to our community.

The Temple Outreach Committee has suggested we all participate in connecting to our fellow devotees and friends by making phone calls. Hearing each other’s voices can be uplifting and change the course of one’s day in a more positive direction. In this age of technology when social communication has been abbreviated into texts, emails, and other medias, the human voice, our most powerful tool of communication is being silenced. 

Gail Jarocki, Chairperson for the Outreach Committee, is helping to coordinate community members who are available to help in phoning others.

SRF ONLINE INSPIRATIONAL SERVIVCES

“Seeing God in Everyone” by Sister Namita

Self-Realization Fellowship nun Sister Namita gives a satsanga (“questions and answers” session) at the 2007 SRF World Convocation in Los Angeles.

Drawing from the wisdom legacy of Paramahansa Yogananda, Sister Namita addresses concerns about how to deal with our past mistakes, and to adopt the right attitude toward others and ourselves as we progress on the spiritual path.

With wit and understanding, Sister Namita encourages us to bring in the light and unconditional love of the Divine.

YSS Online Dhyana Kendra

Donate to YSS Covid 19 Relief Fund and Other Causes

Upcoming Calendar of Online Meditations and Special Programs

SRF WORLD CONVOCATION

AUGUST 8 – 14, 2021

The full program of events are available on the SRF website.

“Spiritual Light for These Challenging Times” Resources Page

As our world continues to go through difficult times, we would like to call your attention to a valuable resource for encouraging and practical guidance to help you gain perspective. There you will find counsel from Paramahansa Yogananda and the SRF presidents to give you a renewed faith in God’s protection — and your own ability to move forward with strength, understanding, and compassion for all.

Affirmation for Fearlessness
I am fearless
I am made of the substance of God
I am a spark of the fire of spirit
I am an atom of the cosmic flame
I am a cell of the vast universal body of the Father
I and my Father are one

Joining Worldwide to Pray Throughout the Day

SRF has announced a new worldwide prayer initiative. In the Self-Realization Fellowship and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India ashrams of Paramahansa Yogananda, all the monastics will be praying for the world and all those in need at specific times of the day, and we invite those who wish to do so to join in this collective effort — at those times or any other time that fits into your daily routine.

Following are the times that the monks and nuns at the SRF International Headquarters and other locations in California will be offering these healing prayers: (All times in PDT)

  7:50 – 8:00 am     12:50 – 1:00 pm        6:50 – 7:00 6 pm 

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