Self-Realization Fellowship

This inspired talk was delivered at the 2017 Yogoda Satsanga Society of India Sharad Sangam in Ranchi, as part of the YSS Centenary celebrations. In it, Brother Chidananda elucidates three core concepts of yoga — sadhana, satsanga, and darshan — in light of Paramahansa Yogananda’s teachings, brin...

In this talk, given at the 1994 SRF World Convocation, Brother Bhaktananda explains how to perfect the guru-disciple relationship: God’s eternal plan to free each soul.

Topics Include:

Obedience and loyalty: divine laws that lead to real freedom and happiness
The spiritual benefits of simp...

Sister Bhakti, a nun of the Self-Realization Fellowship order for more than 25 years, speaks on how we can put the teachings of Yogananda into practice in the various situations and challenges that arise in our daily lives.

Topics Include
• Developing dynamic will power to overcome life’s c...

In this talk recorded at the 2012 SRF World Convocation, Brother Vishwananda offers many helpful and motivating tips for achieving the greatest goal of human life: Self-realization. Sharing several inspiring stories, he reminds us that that Divine is omnipresent – always with us guiding and suppo...

On August 9, 1991, Sri Daya Mata held a satsanga for members from many countries who had attended the recently completed Self-Realization Fellowship Convocation. The gathering was held in the main chapel at the SRF International Headquarters in Los Angeles.

This video features her warm welcome...

Sri Mrinalini Mata is one of the close disciples of Paramahansa Yogananda personally chosen and trained by him to help guide his society after his passing. She has dedicated more than sixty years to selflessly serving the Guru’s work. In 2011, Sri Mrinalini Mata became president and spiritual hea...

AWAKE: The Life of Yogananda is an unconventional biography about Paramahansa Yogananda, who brought yoga and meditation to the West in the 1920s. Paramahansa Yogananda authored the spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi, which has sold millions of copies worldwide and is a go-to book for seek...

Brother Anandamoy, a member of the Board of Directors and a senior minister of Self-Realization Fellowship, shares inspiration from his more than sixty years of discipleship and his years of training with Paramahansa Yogananda. He speaks of God’s love for the devotee and how you can experience th...

An excellent introduction to the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, this is an ideal gift for those who want to know more about the timeless teachings of Self-Realization Fellowship. In the talk, given in Washington, D.C., Brother Anandamoy identifies the universal needs that lie at the core of ...

Paramahansa Yogananda’s dispensation for the ages covers every aspect of life and spiritual living. In this video recording, Brother Anandamoy—a direct disciple of the great Guru for more than fifty years and a widely acclaimed international lecturer for Self-Realization Fellowship — focuses on t...

On August 20, 2000, Self-Realization Fellowship held a day-long celebration to honor the 50th anniversary of the Lake Shrine’s dedication. As part of the festivities, six monastic disciples of Paramahansa Yogananda shared informal reminiscences of their years with him and of events related to th...

This talk, given in 1982, was one of the early video recordings made at SRF’s annual Convocations in Los Angeles. Answering many questions frequently asked on the spiritual path, Brother Anandamoy shows why the law of karma is a just and necessary part of creation. In this serious yet compassiona...

Thousands of people from all over the world have cherished the experience of attending a satsanga with Self-Realization Fellowship’s third president, Sri Daya Mata. By the God-love and tangible divine realization she radiated, Daya Mataji uplifted those present into a higher state of consciousnes...

Sri Daya Mata was president and spiritual head of Paramahansa Yogananda’s worldwide society for more than fifty-five years until her passing in 2010. In this talk, given at the 1996 Self-Realization Fellowship Convocation in Los Angeles, she conveys a joyous and uplifting spirit of hope and encou...

If we want to get God’s attention, we have to cultivate the habit of remembering Him with love all day long. Taking this lesson of Paramahansa Yogananda’s to heart, Brother Bhaktananda — a direct disciple of the spiritual Master and deeply revered by all those who knew him — shares his own person...

Brother Anandamoy sets the tone for this talk with a powerful quote from Autobiography of a Yogi, which explains that although God as the Infinite Absolute is beyond all qualities, “human thought and yearning have ever personalized It as the Universal Mother.” Expanding on this theme, Brother Ana...

Beholding God in the Temple of All Life is one of the earliest video recordings made of Daya Mata’s satsangas. Recorded at the SRF Mother Center in 1982 it allows all to experience the uplifting atmosphere of joy, wisdom, and devotion that flowed as a tangible presence from Sri Daya Mata to all w...

This talk was given at Self-Realization Fellowship’s 2003 World Convocation in Los Angeles. The title comes from Paramahansa Yogananda’s statement about the power of Kriya Yoga to bring complete spiritual liberation, spoken personally to Brother Anandamoy in 1950: “Kriya Yoga plus devotion — it w...

A Scripture of Love features archival footage of the first complete filming of a public satsanga by Sri Daya Mata, sanghamata and president of Self-Realization Fellowship from 1955 until her passing in 2010. Captured on this film is a joyous and heartwarming exchange of divine love. The occasion ...

The teachings of the saints and sages down the ages have ultimately had one purpose: to help us rediscover our relationship with God—with the infinite love, knowledge, and joy that is our divine essence. In this talk from the 2004 SRF Convocation, Brother Anandamoy shares beautiful experiences fr...

Among the most cherished experiences of the annual weeklong Self-Realization Fellowship Convocations in Los Angeles were the satsangas with past SRF President Sri Daya Mata. By the God-love and tangible divine realization she radiated, Daya Mataji uplifted into a higher state of consciousness the...

This illuminating and profound talk is a perfect companion to Paramahansa Yogananda’s landmark translation of and commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, God Talks With Arjuna—imparting a renewed fervor for the spiritual life and a deeply encouraging vision of its ultimate goal: union with God.

This illuminating and profound talk is a perfect companion to Paramahansa Yogananda’s landmark translation of and commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, God Talks With Arjuna—imparting a renewed fervor for the spiritual life and a deeply encouraging vision of its ultimate goal: union with God.

In this very moving and in-depth talk, SRF/YSS President Sri Mrinalini Mata recounts uplifting and instructive reminiscences, many never before related in public, of her years with Paramahansa Yogananda. She shares unique experiences of the Guru’s blessings for his disciples then and now, and his...

Brother Achalananda, a senior minister and member of the Board of Directors of Self-Realization Fellowship, draws on over fifty years of experience on the spiritual path, discussing how we can discover and express the divine potential of will power within ourselves.

Topics include:
• The rela...

This talk recorded at the 1989 Self-Realization Fellowship Convocation in Los Angeles, beautifully captures Brother Anandamoy’s compassionate understanding, profound insight, and humor, as he reminds us of the transforming power of our own thoughts and shows us how to use that power to connect wi...

This inspiring program provides a firsthand glimpse of Paramahansa Yogananda’s groundbreaking commentary on the Gospels — through reminiscences of two of his foremost disciples, Sri Daya Mata and Sri Mrinalini Mata. Interspersed throughout are archival photos of the Guru accompanied by rare recor...

On August 19, 1989, following the annual Convocation gathering of Self-Realization Fellowship members from around the world, Sri Daya Mata met with some of the attendees in the main chapel at the SRF International Headquarters in Los Angeles. This video features her informal talk with the devotee...

On August 1, 2004, at the opening program of Self-Realization Fellowship’s World Convocation, Sri Mrinalini Mata conducted the official release of Paramahansa Yogananda’s monumental commentary on the four Gospels: The Second Coming of Christ: The Resurrection of the Christ Within You. This reco...

In this talk, Sri Daya Mata offers a positive sense of direction for resolving the difficult problems we face in an increasingly complex world. Her wise and practical guidance shows how each of us can anchor our lives in an unshakable inner peace and security, and thus be an active force for good...

Speaking to an audience of thousands from all over the world at the 1989 Self-Realization Fellowship Convocation in Los Angeles, Self-Realization Fellowship’s third president Sri Daya Mata conveys a powerful and inspiring message of the reality of God’s love in our daily lives. This deeply encour...

In this talk, filmed at an outdoor gathering at the SRF International Headquarters, Sri Daya Mata shares many wonderful stories of her years with Paramahansa Yogananda. Culminating with an inspiring account of Paramahansaji’s final days, the video offers a memorable encounter with this beloved wo...