Special Services

In addition to weekly meditations and devotional services, special services and events are held throughout the year as indicated on the DFW Meditation Group Calendar.

These include Commemorative Services honoring the births and mahasamadhis of the SRF line of gurus. Paramahansa Yogananda said, “Celebration of the birthday of a God-realized soul should not be belittled as a merely social ceremony. It is a deeply spiritual occasion on which the vibrations of blessing from an illumined master are stronger than on other days in the year, because in the astral world, also, a celebration is taking place. Devotees who attend these birthday ceremonies with the right attitude will reap spiritual benefits and will find their high resolutions strengthened.” Mahasamadhi means “great ecstasy,” the union of the soul with the Infinite during a God-realized yogi’s final exit from the physical body.

We welcome and encourage everyone to attend these special services.

January 5, Birth of Paramahansa Yogananda, 1893
January (date varies), All-Day Paramahansa Yogananda Commemorative Meditation
March 7, Mahasamadhi of Paramahansa Yogananda, 1952
March 9, Mahasamadhi of Swami Sri Yukteswar, 1936
Spring (date varies), Good Friday Meditation
Spring (date varies), Easter Sunday Services
Spring (date varies), Spring All-Day Retreat
May 10, Birth of Sri Yukteswar, 1855
July 25, Mahavatar Babaji Commemoration Day. Babaji first appeared to Yogananda on July 25, 1920. Paramahansaji describes this even in Autobiography of a Yogi. Babaji’s birth date is unknown.
Late Summer (date varies), Janmashtami (birth of Bhagavan Krishna)
Late Summer (date varies), Guru Purnima All-Day Meditation
September 26, Mahasamadhi of Lahiri Mahasaya, 1895
September 30, Birth of Lahiri Mahasaya, 1828
Fall (date varies), Fall All-Day Retreat
December (date varies), All-Day Christmas Meditation
December 31, New Year’s Eve Meditation