The sustainer of this universe is knocking at the gates of your heart, trying to enter through the portals of silence and make within you a garden of happiness.
— Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda
On Janmotsav, the birth anniversary of our beloved Guru Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda, a five-day programme was organized at YSS Dakshineshwar ashram. It was an opportunity to review the YSS meditation techniques and to receive guidance on incorporating Gurudeva’s teachings into daily life. This event also included Kriya Yoga Diksha, in which eligible YSS/SRF devotees received initiation into the sacred technique of Kriya Yoga.
This programme offered a blessed opportunity for newcomers who wished to introduce themselves to the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, in which YSS Lessons students received an in-depth guidance in the YSS meditation techniques.
The programme schedule was as given below:
Schedule - Day I
09:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Opening satsanga
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Energization Exercises Review Part-I
(YSS Lessons students only)
02:00 p.m. to 03:30 p.m.
Energization Exercises Review Part-II
(YSS Lessons students only)
05:00 p.m. to 07:00 p.m.
Energization Exercises and meditation
08:00 p.m. to 09:00 p.m.
Video Show
Schedule - Day II
07:00 a.m. to 08:15 a.m.
Energization Exercises and meditation
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Review of Hong-Sau Technique
(YSS Lessons students only)
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Review of Aum technique
(YSS Lessons students only)
02:30 p.m. to 03:30 p.m.
Satsanga
05:00 p.m. to 07:00 p.m.
Energization Exercises and meditation
08:00 p.m. to 09:00 p.m.
Bhajan
Schedule - Day III
10:00 a.m. to 04:00 p.m.
Long Meditation
06:00 p.m. to 07:00 p.m.
Video Show
Schedule - Day IV
08:30 a.m. onwards
Kriya Yoga diksha
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Programme for non-Kriyabans
02:00 p.m. to 04:00 p.m.
Kriya Yoga review and check-up
(YSS Kriyabans only)
05:00 p.m. to 07:00 p.m.
Energization Exercises and meditation
Schedule - Day V
07:00 a.m. to 09:00 a.m.
Prabhat Pheri
09:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Bhajan, Satsanga
11:30 a.m. onwards
Prasad Bhandara
05:00 p.m. to 07:00 p.m.
Energization Exercises, Meditation, Pushpanjali
Receiving Kriya Yoga Diksha:
YSS sannaysis will conduct Kriya Yoga diksha ceremony to initiate eligible devotees. Details regarding eligibility and participation is mentioned below:
Eligibility to receive Kriya Yoga:
- Eligibility for receiving the Kriya Yoga diksha is dependent upon submission of satisfactory answers to the questionnaire enclosed with the YSS Lessons.
- As you will note in the questionnaire, to be eligible for receiving Kriya Yoga, the devotee must have been regularly practising the first three basic Yogoda techniques for several months.
- You must also submit the signed Kriya Yoga Pledge of devotion and loyalty to the YSS line of Gurus and the Yogoda Satsanga path.
