Temple Day of Service/Fellowship
Saturday, July 24 | 9:00 am – 1:30 pm
Sign-Up
In preparation for the upcoming Day of Service & Fellowship, we are asking everyone to register so we can anticipate how many people will be attending.
The Registration link have been sent via the temple newsletter.
MASKS
Regarding the wearing of masks, per Los Angeles County guidelines:
July 16, 2021
Masks are now required in all indoor Public Spaces regardless of vaccine status. Please stay home if you are not feeling well and join us a later date.
The Meditation and Fellowship talk with Brother Jayananda will take place outdoors in the temple garden area under the Oak trees. The garden area ground has yet to be leveled so there is some degree of unevenness throughout the garden area. Please wear shoes that are appropriate for the environment.
Schedule:
9:00 am Welcome & Meditation
9:30 am Temple Maintenance Projects
11:30 am Break
11:45 am Fellowship with Brother Jayananda
12:30 pm Brown Bag Lunch
1:15 pm Cleanup
Brown Bag Lunch
The temple will provide bottle water and packaged snacks. Due to Covid 19 guidelines, lunch will not be provided.
Clothing
The temperature prediction is for mid-morning is 60’s with an afternoon high of 81. The opening meditation may be cool in the shade with gusty winds as the coastal fog moves out, which is typical this time of year. Be prepared for the changing temperatures by bringing layers.
The temple’s supply of garden tools is limited as are brooms and cleaning supplies. It would be helpful to bring items from home to use for the day.
Friday Fellowship – Recorded
Friday, July 16, 2021 | Recorded
Past Sessions
Past sessions can be viewed on YouTube and our website
Donate to Bay Area Temple
All donations are needed and are very much appreciated! Thank You! We deeply appreciate and welcome your support of the Bay Area Temple.
Your gift enables us to fund the vital services and activities that we offer to our members and larger community, and to maintain our sacred facilities.
General Operating Fund
Your gift helps meet the day-to-day and highest priority general operating needs of the Bay Area Temple.
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.
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 / YSS NEWS ___________________
Mahavatar Babaji Commemoration Online Services
Saturday, July 24
8:00 am – 2:00 pm
Mahavatar Babaji SRF Monastic-Led 6-hour Commemorative Meditation
5:40 pm – 9:00 pm
Mahavatar Babaji Smriti Divas- YSS Monastic-Led Commemorative Meditation in English
Sunday, July 25
5:30 am – 7:00 am
YSS: Commemorative Meditation in Hindi
8:00 am – 1:00 pm (Hourly – Various Languages)
SRF: Commemorative Meditations
Online Inspirational Services
“Receiving God’s Response in the Silence of Meditation”
by Brother Saralananda
Self-Realization Fellowship monk Brother Saralananda speaks of some ways Paramahansa Yogananda gives to expand our human consciousness into the omnipresent consciousness of God.
He affirms that we can experience aspects of this higher consciousness in our relationships with others, and that we receive the most personal response of God’s presence and love for us in those moments of stillness and surrender in meditation.
This talk was recorded at the SRF Lake Shrine Temple.
YSS Online Dhyana Kendra
YSS Healing Prayer Session Daily | 9:10 – 9:30 am (English & Hindi – alternate days)
Donate to YSS Covid 19 Relief Fund and Other Causes
Upcoming Calendar of Online Meditations and Special Programs
Online Meditation Center
SRF – Yogananda Seva | YSS – Dhyana Kendra
Meditating together increases the degree of Self-realization of each member of the group by
the law of invisible vibratory exchange of group magnetism.”
– Paramahansa Yogananda
Meditations and Study Groups | Monday – Saturday
Join devotees around the globe for daily online group Meditations and Scripture Studies via the newly established online SRF Meditation Center.
Daily group meditations, SRF Lessons and Scripture Study groups are now available for SRF members and friends around the world.
All sessions are scheduled in Pacific Time.
SRF / YSS Sign-Up
To participate in the online group meditations, sign-up is available with the international community of SRF/YSS members via the following links:
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“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
To read the full article: → Read more
Prayer Requests
Monks and nuns of the Self-Realization Fellowship Prayer Council pray daily for all those who request prayers for physical, mental, and spiritual healing and for world peace.
They are joined by SRF members and friends around the globe who are part of our Worldwide Prayer Circle.
All prayer requests are confidential and will remain with our Prayer Council for a period of 3 months.
