Yogoda Satsanga Society of 21, U. N. Mukherjee Road, Dakshineswar, Kolkata-700 076 `JANMOTSAV 2019 BULLETIN YEAR-END PROGRAMME 2018

Occasion Date Time Programme Christmas Long December 22-23, 2018 Saturday 22, 7:00 am — 36 hours* Meditation (Saturday to Sunday) Sunday 23, 7:00 pm (Christmas Long Meditation) at Dakshineswar Ashram December 25, 2018 02:30 pm — 03:30 pm Children’s Programme (Tuesday) at Dakshineswar Ashram December 25, 2018 10:00 am — 11:30 am Satsanga at Garpar Kendra (Tuesday and at Sri Sri Swami Christmas SriYukteswar Giri Smriti Mandir, Serampore December 31, 2018 10:00 pm — 12:15 am New Year Eve Meditation (Monday)

JANMOTSAV PROGRAMME 2019

Venue Date Time Programme January 1, 2019 09:30 am—11:00 am Opening Satsanga (Tuesday) 11:30 am—12:30 pm Energization Exercises Review Part-I 02:00 pm—03:30 pm Energization Exercises Review Part-II 05:00 pm—07:00 pm Energization Exercises and Meditation 08:00 pm—09:00 pm Video Show January 2, 2019 07:00 am—08:15 am Energization Exercises and Meditation (Wednesday) 10:00 am—11:00 am Hong-Sau Technique Review 11:30 am—12:30 pm Aum Technique Review 02:30 pm—03:30 pm Satsanga Yogoda Satsanga Math, 05:00 pm—07:00 pm Energization Exercises and Meditation 21, U. N. Mukherjee Road, 08:00 pm—09:00 pm Bhajan Dakshineswar, January 3, 2019 10:00 am—4:00 pm Long Meditation Kolkata 700 076 (Thursday) 06:00 pm—7:00 pm Video Show Phone Nos: 2564-5931/ 2564-6208 January 4, 2019 08:30 am Kriya Yoga Diksha (Friday) 10:30 am—12:00 noon Programme for non-Kriyabans 02:00 pm—04:00 pm Kriya Yoga Review 05:00 pm—07:00 pm Energization Exercises and Meditation 07:00 am—09:00 am Prabhat Pheri January 5, 2019 09:30 am—11:30 am Bhajan, Satsanga, Pushpanjali (Saturday) 11:30 am onwards Prasad Bhandara 05:00 pm—07:00 pm Energization Exercises, Meditation, Pushpanjali Yogoda Satsanga Dhyana January 6, 2019 07:00 am—09:00 am Prabhat Pheri Kendra—Dihika (Sunday) 10:15 am—11:30 am Satsanga, Pushpanjali and Prasad Near Damodar Rail Gate, Damodar, 11:30 am Bhandara Post: Surjanagar, Pin: 713 361 01:00 pm—3:30 pm Bhajan/Kirtan Dist.: Burdwan, 04:00 pm—05:30 pm Energization Exercises, Meditation, Pushpanjali Phone Nos: (0341) 2014542, 9163146566 Yogoda Satsanga Sakha January 12, 2019 07:30 am—08:30 am Prabhat Pheri Kendra—Garpar (Saturday) 09:30 am—11:00 am Satsanga 17/1, Pitambar Bhattacharjee Lane, 04:00 pm—07:30 pm Energization Exercises, Meditation,Satsanga, Kolkata–700 009 Pushpanjali and Prasad Phone Nos: 2350-5380 Sri Sri Swami Sri Yukteswar January 13, 2019 08:00 am—09:00 am Prabhat Pheri Giri Smriti Mandir (Sunday) 10:00 am—12 noon Satsanga 3A, Buro Bibi Lane, 12 noon onwards Bhandara Serampore–712 201 04:00 pm—07:30 pm Energization Exercises, Meditation, Pushpanjali Phone Nos: 2664-6615 Yogoda Math January 19, 2019 08:00 am onwards Medical Camp Dakshineswar (Saturday) January 18, 2019 08:00 am onwards Medical and Eye Camp (Friday)

Yogoda Satsanga Dhyana January 19, 2019 11:00 am—12:30 pm Energization Exercises Review Kendra—Telary (Saturday) 01:00 pm—03:00 pm Hong-Sau and Aum Technique Review At—Telary, 03:00 pm—05:00 pm Quiz competition on Autobiography of a Yogi P.O. Bahirkunja, 05:30 pm—7:00 pm Energization Exercises and Meditation Dist.: Dakshin 24 Parganas January 20, 2019 07:00 am—09:00 am Prabhat Pheri Pin–743 318 (Sunday) 10:15 am—11:30 am Satsanga, Pushpanjali and Prasad Phone Nos: 9874799584 11:30 am—01:00 pm Bhandara 01:00 pm—3:00 pm Bhajan/Kirtan 03:30 pm—5:00 pm Energization Exercises, Meditation, Pushpanjali 05:30 pm—7:00 pm Cultural Programme January 27, 2019 07:00 am—09:00 am Prabhat Pheri Dhyana Mandir—Payradanga (Sunday) 10:15 am—11:30 am Satsanga, Pushpanjali and Prasad P.O. Priti Nagar, Dist. Nadia 11:30 am—01:00 pm Bhandara P.S. Ranaghat, West Bengal 01:00 pm—3:00 pm Bhajan/Kirtan Phone Nos: 9433287032 03:30 pm—5:00 pm Energization Exercises, Meditation, Pushpanjali 05:30 pm—7:00 pm Cultural Programme SPECIAL DAYS OF COMMEMORATION The programme on these occasions will comprise of Meditation, Satsanga, Pushpanjali and Prasad

Commemoration of Date Time Place & Address Sri Sri Paramahansa Yoganandaji’s March 7, 2019 5:30 pm—8:00 pm Mahasamadhi Divas (Thursday) YOGODA SATSANGA MATH 21, U. N. Mukherjee Road, Sri Sri Swami SriYukteswar Giriji’s March 9, 2019 5:30 pm—8:00 pm Dakshineswar, Mahasamadhi Divas (Saturday) Kolkata-700 076 Phone: 2564-5931, 2564-6208 Sri Sri Swami SriYukteswar Giriji’s May 10, 2019 5:30 pm—8:00 pm Avirbhava Divas (Friday) Mahasamadhi Divas of Gurudeva & March 10, 2019 10:00 am—12 noon Sri Sri Swami SriYukteswar Giri Parama Gurudeva (Sunday) Smriti Mandir 3A, Buro Bibi Lane, Serampore–712 201 Phone Nos: 2662-6615

Please Note: Similar programmes will be conducted at the Garpar, Dihika and Telary Kendras on these commemoration days too. Please contact Dakshineswar ashram for details of programmes.

WEEKEND SPIRITUAL RETREAT At Yogoda Satsanga Math, Dakshineswar “Be with people in silence; don’t spend precious time and energy in idle talk. Eat in silence; work in silence. God loves silence.” — Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda.

Retreat at Day & Date Place & Address Telary Friday to Sunday Yogoda Satsanga Dhyana Kendra—Telary December 14–16, 2018 P.O. Bahirkunja, Dist.: Dakshin 24 Parganas Pin–743 318 (Bengali) Phone Nos: 9874799584

Dakshineswar Friday to Sunday YOGODA SATSANGA MATH February 15–17, 2019 21, U. N. Mukherjee Road, (English) Dakshineswar, Kolkata-700 076 Phone: 2564-5931, 2564-6208

These retreats include group meditations, satsanga, review of meditation techniques by YSS sannyasis. The participants are requested to maintain silence during the retreat to deepen their attunement with God and Gurus and to build their inner environ- ment. If you are interested in participating in any of these retreat programmes, please register at least one week in advance at the date and time. For the retreat at Telary participants have to reach directly at our Telary ashram on the evening before the starting Ashramdate. Reception Office, giving your full name, address, Lesson Registration Number, age, phone no(s) and arrival and departure We would like to inform devotees that the retreat centres at Dihika, Telary and Serampore are available round the year. As we know, Dihika is the site where Gurudeva sowed the seeds of his sacred worldwide mission.

LONG MEDITATION PROGRAMMES At Yogoda Satsanga Math, Dakshineswar “Remember that the longer you practice meditation with intensity, the nearer you will be to joyous contact with the silent God. Intensity consists in making every today’s meditation deeper than yesterday’s and every tomorrow’s meditation deeper than today’s.” — Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda.

Note: The programmes will comprise of prayer, reading, chanting, and meditation. There will be a break of half-an-hour in between. Devotees with cough and cold are requested to please abstain from attending the long meditation. It is extremely important that during the entire session, each devotee makes an extra effort to sit completely still. In this group endeavour, restless movements and any sound could disturb the devotees present. If you are interested in participating in these programmes, you are requested to please register at least one week in advance

date of your attendance. at the Ashram Reception Office, giving your full name, address, Lesson Registration No., age, phone no(s), and specifying the Date Duration Time February 23, 2019 6 hours 10:00 a.m. — 04:00 p.m. March 30, 2019 6 hours 10:00 a.m. — 04:00 p.m. April 27, 2019 6 hours 10:00 a.m. — 04:00 p.m. May 25, 2019 6 hours 10:00 a.m. — 04:00 p.m. June 29, 2019 6 hours 10:00 a.m. — 04:00 p.m.

Please also note that, with a view to make Gurudeva’s life-transforming teachings available to the interested souls YSS will be participating, as in the years past, in the forthcoming Kolkata Book Fair to be held from January 30 to February 10, 2019.

We wish you a joyous and a happy New Year.