Welcome to the
San Francisco Meditation Group
Jesus said: “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
~ Matthew 18:20
We hope you will attend a group meditation at SFMG soon!
Paramahansa Yogananda said:
“Why shouldn’t you strengthen your own vibrations through fellowship with people seeking Self-realization, and by group meditation with them? This practice will fortify your own spiritual convictions; you will find that many seemingly insuperable barriers in your life will crumble and dissolve in the waters of meditation. Your devotion and love for God will commingle with the devotion and love of others. Divine bliss will radiate from you, helping all persons you meet.
If your spiritual progress is at a standstill, or is ebbing, the practice of meditation on God or on any of the Great Ones, in the company of other devotees, will uplift you from your precarious state. The proximity of others’ spiritual vibrations has the power of raising your own. Meditating with other devotees thus helps you to quicken your evolution. They inspire you on your climb up the ladder of Self-realization; and you, by your example, can also be helpful to them.”
Jai Guru!
As Paramahansa Yogananda first came to San Francisco in 1924, we begin to celebrate this blessed 100-year Anniversary
SFMG Sunday Readings Services
11:00am – 1:00pm
at SFMG Chapel
Meditation – 11am
Readings Service – 12pm
Tuesday Meditation Service
7:00pm – 9:00pm
at SFMG Chapel
Come early for self-led Energization Exercises at 6:40pm
SRF Lessons Study Group
Wednesdays
6:30 – 7:30pm
at SFMG Chapel
(Open to SRF Lessons Students Only)
Upcoming Services
January-February Reading Services
Sunday, January 5
Kriya Yoga – The Royal Science of Realization
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Sunday, January 12
Video Service
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Sunday, January 19
Why Life’s Tests are Thrust Upon Us
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Sunday, January 26
Making the Most of Sundays
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Sunday, February 2
Video Service
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Sunday, February 9
Satan — The Cosmic Magician
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Sunday, February 16
The Inner Meaning of Self-Realization
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Sunday, February 23
The Way to Mental Freedom
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Special Services and Events
Sunday, January 5
Commemorative service honoring the
birthday of Paramahansa Yogananda
(birthday cake afterwards)
7:00pm – 9:30pm
Saturday, January 11
Six-Hour Meditation honoring the
birthday of Paramahansa Yogananda
10:00am – 4:00pm
Sunday, January 26
Six-Hour Meditation
1:30pm — 7:30pm
Sunday, February 2
General Business Meeting and Election
1:30pm — 3:00pm
Saturday, February 8
Monastic Retreat Streamed to SFMG
8:00am — 4:00pm
Sunday, February 16
Convocation Revisited: Sr. Ranjana,
“Forging a Personal Connection with the Divine”
9:00am — 10:00am
Sunday, February 23
Six-Hour Meditation
1:30 – 7:30pm
If you are interested in learning more about the SRF Lessons from Self-Realization Fellowship, read the introductory Lesson here
(click on the image)
Six Hour Meditation
Time: 1:30pm – 7:30pm
1:30pm
Energization Exercises
Opening Prayer
Inspirational Reading
Chant
2:30pm to 6:30pm
Chanting hourly at the half hour
7:15pm to 7:30pm
Healing Prayers and Closing
All are invited to join the meditation for as long as they wish.
*If you cannot stay for the whole meditation, it is fine to leave quietly during the chanting at the top of the hour.
Commemorative Services
January 5
Birthday of Paramahansa Yogananda (1893)
January 13
Paramahansa Yogananda Commemorative Meditation
March 7
Mahasamadhi of Paramahansa Yogananda (1952)
March 9
Mahasamadhi of Sri Yukteswar (1936)
March 29
Good Friday
March 31
Easter Sunday
May 10
Birthday of Sri Yukteswar (1855)
July 25
Mahavatar Babaji Commemoration Day
August 26
Janmashtami (Birth of Bhagavan Krishna)
September 26
Mahasamadhi of Lahiri Mahasaya (1895)
September 30
Birthday of Lahiri Mahasaya (1828)