Self-Realization Fellowship monks and nuns who take their final renunciant vows are members of the Swami Order. Paramahansa Yogananda established the first SRF monastic community in the early 1930s with the arrival of Sri Daya Mata (1914–2010) and other dedicated disciples who wished to renounce worldly life and give their lives completely to ...

The 2020 SRF World Convocation is a weeklong program of classes on Paramahansa Yogananda’s “how-to-live” teachings and meditation techniques, online guided group meditations and kirtans (devotional chanting), virtual pilgrimage tours to the ashrams where the great guru lived and communed with God, and more.

Join Self-Realization Fellowship nuns for a three-hour meditation with kirtan (devotional chanting) as part of the 2022 SRF World Convocation, a free weeklon...

SRF monks and nuns follow in Paramahansaji’s footsteps, living a life of balanced and joyful renunciation. Watch an introduction to the life of the monks of Self-Realization Fellowship: • Finding...

Monks and nuns of the Self-Realization Order embrace a four-fold vow of renunciation: simplicity, celibacy, obedience, and loyalty. Through these vows, the renunciant pledges himself to a way of life that will draw him, it is believed, to union with God.

2021年9月29日 · Financial Help for Ex-Monks and Nuns Katherine and I are administering a program that provides financial assistance to working SRF ex monks and nuns who were renunciants for at least ten years. This assistance is available during the first year of separation from the SRF order.

A video about the life of the SRF nuns. Paramahansa Yogananda founded SRF in 1920 to disseminate his teachings of Kriya Yoga. He established a monastic order to sustain the global growth of SRF and spread the science of yoga among all nations.

“What Are Some of Your Key Takeaways From Convocation?” “What do you hope to gain from this year’s Convocation?” “What Aspect of Paramahansa Yogananda’s Teachings is Most Meaningful to You?”

Join the Self-Realization Fellowship nuns’ kirtan group for a three-hour meditation with kirtan (devotional chanting) as part of the 2023 SRF World Convocation — a free weeklong program of...

Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) Nun, Spiritual Counselor Sister Usha has been a senior nun of the Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) monastic community since 1973. Born and raised in New York City, she had a desire to serve humankind early in life.