NEWS
Annual General Meeting, 18 January, 2009
Kriya Yoga Initiation Cermony Reminder
Download November–February Schedule
Monastic Visit – April 10 – 13, 2009
All-day Meditation to Honor the Birthday of Paramahansa Yogananda
Saturday 10 January, 10:00 am till 4:00 pm
Please bring a piece of fruit as a devotional offering. more...
Annual General Meeting, 18 January, 2009, 12:30 pm
Dear Devotees of Sydney Centre,
You are warmly invited to attend Sydney Centre AGM. The agenda includes the Coordinator’s and Treasurer’s Reports for 2008. And you are welcome to take part in the election process if you are eligible (please see guidelines for eligibility). more...
All-Day Christmas Meditation
All-day Christmas Meditation at Sydney Centre on 20 December was well attended, with more than 50 devotees turning up to participate in what for many is the highlight of the SRF year. The hours did indeed speed by like minutes, with devotion and concentration, turning our gaze inwards, as we all left the world behind for one sacred day.
Monastic Visit 2009
If you are an SRF Lessons student, you should have already received a letter from the Mother Centre with the proposed schedule of events for the Monastic Visit being held on the Easter weekend (April 10–13, 2009) at the Masonic Centre.
KRIYA YOGA INITIATION CEREMONY REMINDER
Your letter has important information about attending the Kriya Yoga Initiation Ceremony. Please note these deadlines:
1. If you have not previously applied for Kriya, your application for Kriya must be received at Mother Centre by January 11, 2009, along with the registration form to attend the ceremony.
2. If you have already received Kriya but not yet attended a ceremony, your registration to attend the ceremony must be received at Mother Centre by January 11, 2009.
3. If you have already attended a ceremony, you do not need to register. However, you will need your Kriyaban card to be admitted. If you have lost your card, your application for a replacement must be received at the Mother Centre by February 28, 2009. more...
Silent Retreat
55th Anniversary of Sydney Centre, September 14th, 2008
All who came to our anniversary celebration enjoyed viewing many displays of photographs and artefacts from 55 years of the Sydney Group of Self-Realization Fellowship. On display were some treasured original letters from Paramahansa Yogananda to Sydney devotees which were of special interest.
Everyone enjoyed listening to many anecdotes from the early days of our Centre. Some of those stories revealed the many challenges faced by the fledgling group. Being so far from SRF Headquarters, without any of today’s instant communication methods, meant they had to rely on their own intuitive guidance somewhat, without the spiritual guidance and counselling from the monastics in America that we so easily enjoy today. But the way the early members led by example, strength of character and will, and dedication to Master’s teachings were inspirational.
We spoke of the future, and the vision of purchasing premises for our Centre when the time is right. We have a building fund which is growing slowly but surely from members' special donations and bequests. We are confident that the collective determination and will of our group will manifest a “hive” to hold our spiritual honey when the time comes.
We completed the day with joyous chanting and meditation as we gave thanks as one heart to God and our Guru for helping us find our spiritual home in Self-Realization Fellowship.
“We all come from God. Once we were strangers, but when we love God we become brothers and sisters. That divine relationship is the strongest of bonds; it holds now and in the hereafter.” |
Brief History of Sydney Centre
Schedule of Services
Download November–February Schedule.
Monastic Visit – April 10 – 13, 2009 (Easter Weekend)
Self-Realization Fellowship monks, Brother Satyananda and Brahmachari David, will visit Sydney in 2009. For more information follow this link.
Jai Guru!