SPECIAL SERVICES
In addition to weekly meditations and devotional services, special services and events are held throughout the year as indicated on the DFW Meditation Group Calendar.
These include Commemorative Services honoring the births and mahasamadhis of the SRF line of gurus. Paramahansa Yogananda said, “Celebration of the birthday of a God-realized soul should not be belittled as a merely social ceremony. It is a deeply spiritual occasion on which the vibrations of blessing from an illumined master are stronger than on other days in the year, because in the astral world, also, a celebration is taking place. Devotees who attend these birthday ceremonies with the right attitude will reap spiritual benefits and will find their high resolutions strengthened.” Mahasamadhi means “great ecstasy,” the union of the soul with the Infinite during a God-realized yogi’s final exit from the physical body.
We welcome and encourage everyone to attend these special services.
| Date |
Service |
| January 5 | Birth of Paramahansa Yogananda, 1893 |
| January (date varies) | All-Day Paramahansa Yogananda Commemorative Meditation |
| March 7 | Mahasamadhi of Paramahansa Yogananda, 1952 |
| March 9 | Mahasamadhi of Swami Sri Yukteswar, 1936 |
| Spring (date varies) | Good Friday Meditation |
| Spring (date varies) | Easter Sunday Services |
| Spring (date varies) | Spring All-Day Retreat |
| May 10 | Birth of Sri Yukteswar, 1855 |
| July 25 | Mahavatar Babaji Commemoration Day. Babaji first appeared to Yogananda on July 25, 1920. Paramahansaji describes this even in Autobiography of a Yogi. Babaji’s birth date is unknown. |
| Late Summer (date varies) | Janmashtami (birth of Bhagavan Krishna) |
| Late Summer (date varies) | Guru Purnima All-Day Meditation |
| September 26 | Mahasamadhi of Lahiri Mahasaya, 1895 |
| September 30 | Birth of Lahiri Mahasaya, 1828 |
| Fall (date varies) | Fall All-Day Retreat |
| December (date varies) | All-Day Christmas Meditation |
| December 31 | New Year’s Eve Meditation |