Yogoda Satsanga Society of 21, U. N. Mukherjee Road, Dakshineswar, Kolkata 700 076 JANMOTSAV 2020 BULLETIN

YEAR-END PROGRAMME 2019

Occasion Date Time Programme Christmas Long December 21, 2019 8 hours Meditation (Saturday) 10:00 am – 6:00 pm Long Meditation December 25, 2019 Prayer, Chanting, meditation and (Wednesday) 5:30 am – 8:00 pm Pushpanjali Christmas and New Year Eve December 31, 2019 10:00 pm – 12:15 am New Year Eve Meditation (Tuesday)

JANMOTSAV PROGRAMME 2020

Venue Date Time Programme 9:30 am – 11:00 am Opening Satsanga 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Energization Exercises Review Part-I January 1, 2020 (Wednesday) 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Energization Exercises Review Part-II 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Energization Exercises and Meditation 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Video Show 7:00 am – 8:15 am Energization Exercises and Meditation 10:00 am – 11:00 am Hong-Sau Technique Review January 2, 2020 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Aum Technique Review (Thursday) 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Satsanga Yogoda Satsanga Math, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Energization Exercises and Meditation 21, U. N. Mukherjee Road, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Dakshineswar, Kolkata 700 076 January 3, 2020 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Long Meditation Phone Nos: 2564-5931/2564-6208 (Friday) 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Video Show 8:30 am Kriya Diksha January 4, 2020 10:30 am – 12:00 noon Programme for non-Kriyabans (Saturday) 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Kriya Yoga Review 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Energization Exercises and Meditation 7:00 am – 9:00 am Prabhat Pheri January 5, 2020 9:30 am – 11:30 am Bhajan, Satsanga, Pushpanjali (Sunday) 11:30 am onwards Prasad Bhandara 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Energization Exercises, Meditation, Pushpanjali

Yogoda Satsanga Sakha Kendra—Garpar 7:30 am – 8:30 am Prabhat Pheri 9:30 am – 11:00 am Satsanga 17/1, Pitambar Bhattacharjee Lane, January 11, 2020 (Saturday) 4:00 pm – 7:30 pm Energization Exercises, Meditation,Satsanga, Kolkata 700 009, Phone Nos: 2350-5380 Pushpanjali and Prasad

Yogoda Satsanga Dhyana Kendra— 7:00 am – 9:00 am Prabhat Pheri Dihika, Near: Damodar Rail Gate, Damodar, 10:15 am – 11:30 am Satsanga, Pushpanjali and Prasad 11:30 am Bhandara Post: Surjanagar, Pin: 713 361 January 12, 2020 (Sunday) 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm Bhajan/ Dist.: Burdwan, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Energization Exercises, Meditation, Phone Nos: (0341) 2014542, 9163146566 Pushpanjali 8:00 am – 9:00 am Prabhat Pheri Sri Sri Sri Yukteswar Giri Smriti Mandir 10:00 am – 12 noon Satsanga January 12, 2020 3A, Buro Bibi Lane, Serampore 712 201 12 noon onwards Bhandara (Sunday) Phone Nos: 2664-6615 4:00 pm – 7:30 pm Energization Exercises, Meditation, Pushpanjali 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Energization Exercises Review January 18, 2020 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Hong-Sau and Aum Technique Review (Saturday) 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Quiz competition on Autobiography of a Yogoda Satsanga Dhyana Kendra— 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Energization Exercises and Meditation Telary, At—Telary, P.O. Bahirkunja, 7:00 am – 9:00 am Prabhat Pheri Dist.: Dakshin 24 Parganas 743 318 10:15 am – 11:30 am Satsanga, Pushpanjali and Prasad Phone No: 9874799584 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Bhandara January 19, 2020 Bhajan/Kirtan (Sunday) 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Energization Exercises, Meditation, Pushpanjali 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Cultural Programme 7:00 am – 9:00 am PrabhatPheri 10:15 am – 11:30 am Satsanga, Pushpanjali and Prasad Dhyana Mandir—Payradanga 11:30 am Bhandara January 26, 2019 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm Bhajan/Kirtan P.O. Priti Nagar, Dist. Nadia (Sunday) P.S. Ranaghat, West Bengal Phone Nos: 9433287032 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Energization Exercises, Meditation, Pushpanjali 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, 2020 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Mahasamadhi Divas (Saturday) YOGODA SATSANGA MATH Sri Sri Swami Sri Yukteswar Giriji’s March 9, 2020 21, U. N. Mukherjee Road, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Mahasamadhi Divas (Monday) Dakshineswar, Kolkata 700 076 Sri Sri Swami SriYukteswar Giriji’s May 10, 2020 10:00 am – 12 noon Phone: 2564-5931, 2564-6208 Avirbhava Divas (Sunday)

Please Note: Similar programmes will be conducted at the Garpar, Serampore, Telari, and Dihika Kendras on these commemoration days too. Please contact Dakshineswar 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 Yogoda Satsanga Dhyana Kendra—Dihika Saturday to Sunday Near Damodar Rail Gate, Damodar, Dihika December 14 – 15, 2019 (Bengali) Post: Surjanagar, Pin: 713 361 Dist.: Burdwan, West Bengal Phone Nos: (0341) 2014542, 9163146566 YOGODA SATSANGA MATH Friday to Sunday 21, U. N. Mukherjee Road, Dakshineswar February 21 – 23, 2020 (English) Dakshineswar, Kolkata-700 076 Phone: 2564-5931, 2564-6208

These retreats include group meditations, satsanga, and review of meditation techniques by YSS sannyasis. The participants are re- quested to maintain silence during the retreat to deepen their attunement with God and and to build their inner environment. If you are interested in participating in any of these retreat programmes, please register at least one week in advance at the Ashram Re- retreat at Dihika participants have to reach directly at our Dihika ashram on the evening before the starting date. ceptionWe Office, would giving like to your inform full name,devotees address, that the Lesson retreat Registration centres at Number, Dihika, Telary, age, phone and no(s),Serampore and arrival are available and departure round thedate year. and Astime. we For know, the 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 practise 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 endeav- our, 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 at the - tendance. Ashram Reception Office, giving your full name, address, Lesson Registration No., age, phone no(s), and specifying the date of your at Date Duration Time February 29, 2020 (Saturday) 6 hours 10:00 am – 4:00 pm March 28, 2020 (Saturday) 6 hours 10:00 am – 4:00 pm April 25, 2020 (Saturday) 6 hours 10:00 am – 4:00 pm May 30, 2020 (Saturday) 6 hours 10:00 am – 4:00 pm June 27, 2020 (Saturday) 6 hours 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

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 29 to February 9, 2020.

We wish you a joyous and a happy New Year.