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Resurrect your calmness from beneath the soil of restlessness; resurrect
your wisdom from the enshrouding earthliness of ignorance; resurrect your
love from beneath the sod of mundane human attachment − with its
limited love for family, society, and country − to divine love for
all. – Paramahansa Yogananda, “Second
Coming of Christ”
News & Upcoming Events
Thank You
for Supporting the Monastics’ Visit to Toronto, March 2011
We would like to thank all our volunteers and members who so generously
served and made contributions in support of the Monastics’ Visit to
Toronto last month. We were deeply blessed to have
Brother Jayananda and Brahmachari Augusto lead meditations, a workshop
for us, and Paramahansa Yogananda’s Mahasamadhi commemoration
service, as well as share in fellowship at the Pot Luck Social. Thanks to your kind donations, we
were more than able to cover all expenses, and we have a surplus, which
we will put toward future Monastics’ Visits
India Night Social – April 16
Members, family, and friends are all warmly invited to
our annual “India Night Social” on Saturday, April 16 at 7
pm. Enjoy a catered Indian meal,
fellowship, and special entertainment. Come in traditional Indian dress
if you wish! Tickets are on
sale in the bookroom ($14 for adults, $7 for children ages 5-9, free for
children under 5 years of age).
Please be sure to buy your tickets by April 10 to allow us to
place our order with the caterer.
Our regular Saturday evening meditation will be cancelled for this
event.
Good Friday Meditation &
Easter Service
The Centre will be commemorating Good Friday on
April 22, with a 3-hour meditation from 12:00 noon to 3:00 pm. And on April 24, we will hold our
Easter Sunday Service at 11:00 am. All members, family, and friends
are welcome.
Swami Sri
Yukteswar's Birthday Commemorative Service – May 10
On Tuesday, May 10, at 7:30 pm, we will hold a commemoration
service to honour the birthday of Swami Sri Yukteswar, our
Paramguru. The chapel will
open at 7:00 pm for private meditation. Special services are open to
everyone well enough acquainted with the SRF teachings to appreciate the
significance of the Guru-disciple relationship and to participate with
sincerity and reverence. Please bring a flower to offer as a symbol of
devotion to God and the SRF Gurus. Remember not to smell the flower, and
thereby take for yourself a part of the gift meant for God. Please also
bring a donation, as a symbol of loyalty and faithfulness to the cause of
SRF. The collection will be sent to SRF International Headquarters where
it will be used for sharing these sacred teachings with other
truth-seeking souls.
General
Membership Meeting – May 29
On Sunday,
May 29 after the 11 am service, the
Centre will hold a 20-minute General Membership Meeting. An agenda will be posted on the
bulletin board in our bookroom two weeks before the meeting. Your comments and questions about
the Centre are greatly appreciated.
We hope you can join us!
Spring Weekend
Retreat – June 17 to 19
The Toronto Centre is pleased to announce its
2011 spring self-conducted weekend retreat at the Mount Carmel Spiritual
Centre in Niagara Falls on June 17 to 19. A retreat registration form and
brochure is attached, and will also be available at the Toronto Centre,
and at our website listed below.
The retreat is intended primarily for SRF members and will be
self-conducted by the Toronto Centre of SRF.
Annual Picnic
– June 26
Everyone is warmly invited to the Toronto
Centre's annual picnic on Sunday, June 26 after our 11
am
service. Please bring your
favorite vegetarian dish, dessert or juice. We’re looking forward
to an afternoon of outdoor fun in Serena Gundy Park, including games and a
delicious potluck meal.
Family and friends are welcome. Maps will be available on the
Centre’s free literature table showing parking lot locations and
the closest TTC bus stop.
SRF
Monastics’ visit and Kriya Ceremony, May 11 – 13th, 2012
The Toronto Centre of SRF is pleased to
announce an upcoming SRF Monastics’ Visit and Kriya Ceremony
from May 11 to 13th, 2012. The monastics will be conducting classes
on the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, in addition to an introductory
lecture for newcomers, which will be open to the public. More
details on the venue, schedule of events and the fund raising for the
visit, will be published separately as soon as they are available. We ask
for any donations that you might be able to make towards the same and for
your prayers for the success of this event.
You may place your donations in the
Monastic’s Visit Fund box placed in our bookroom, alternatively,
you can also speak with our Treasurer directly, if you wish at (647)
435-9946. Jai Guru!
You are receiving this special e-mail announcement
because you requested it, either via the Toronto Centre's sign-up sheet
or via the mailing address form enclosed with one of our previous
newsletters. If by any chance you have received this e-mail in error or
if you decide you do not wish to receive our newsletters any longer,
please reply to this e-mail and let us know. We will remove your address
from our mailing list immediately.
Sincerely,
The Toronto Centre of Self-Realization Fellowship
TORONTO CENTRE OF SELF-REALIZATION FELLOWSHIP
2510 YONGE STREET, SUITE 207, TORONTO, ONTARIO M4P 2H7
(647) 435-9946
www.srftorontocentre.org
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