Meditation - Guru Purnima
July 6
Guru Purnima Chanting with Kirtan – Guru Purnima is an annual celebration to honor the blessings of the Guru. This celebration takes place at the time of the full moon in the Hindu month of Aashaadha (June / July). We will commemorate this event on Sunday, July 6 from 6-9 pm with a special evening of meditation and devotional chanting dedicated to the Guru.
Technique Review - AUM Technique
July 13
The Aum Technique is an important spiritual practice taught in the Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons. Lesson students benefit greatly from an occasional review, and for new students who have just started taking the Lessons, this is a great opportunity to see how they are practiced.
The Phoenix Temple will host a class on the Aum Technique on Sunday, July 13 from 11:05 am to 12:00 pm for students of the SRF Lessons. Please bring your student card for admission.
Healing Service
July 20
There will be a healing service on Sunday, July 20 at 11:20 am in the Temple. The service will last approximately 20 minutes and will include meditation and prayer for those in need of healing. Everyone is welcome.
Mahavatar Babaji Commemoration Service
July 25
On Friday, July 25 at 7:30 pm we will have a special service celebrating the momentous occasion when in 1920, Mahavatar Babaji appeared to Paramahansa Yogananda. Babaji blessed Yogananda and reassured him with these historic words: “You are the one I have chosen to spread the message of Kriya Yoga in the West.” As symbols of your devotion, please bring a flower and a freewill offering in an envelope. Everyone is welcome.
Bookroom
The Phoenix Temple's Bookroom contains publications from Self-Realization International Headquarters at Mount Washington, including books, magazines, audio and video recordings, photographs and devotional items. Our Bookroom is open after the Sunday service. The Bookroom is located along the walkway to the parking lot.
Sunday: |
11:00 am to 11:30 am |
Lending Library
Please visit our Lending Library located next to the Bookroom along the walkway to the parking lot where you will find Self-Realization Fellowship publications, recordings and children’s books. The Library is open after the Sunday service from 11-11:45 am. The Book Return is located on the east side of the Fellowship Hall next to the entrance.
Sunday: |
11:00 am to 11:45 am |
"Every person needs a retreat, 'a dynamo of silence' where he may go for the exclusive purpose of being newly recharged by the Infinite."
- Paramahansa Yogananda
Retreats in Southern California
Self-Realization Fellowship's How-to-Live Retreat programs in Southern California are open to Self-Realization Fellowship members and friends seeking spiritual renewal and who desires to leave behind the pressures of everyday life - if only for a few days - to deepen their awareness of the Divine. The daily Retreat programs provide, in the words of Paramahansa Yogananda, "a dynamo of silence where [you] may go for the exclusive purpose of being recharged by the Infinite."
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Phoenix Temple Recent Events
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50th Anniversary Event Videos
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