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Loving greetings from the ashrams of Self-Realization Fellowship! thank you for your continued support of this blessed work. Together, we are building the foundation for SRF’s next 100 years—spreading the light of divine awakening throughout the world.Â
As we prepare for the future, we pause with deep gratitude to reflect on the sacred mission entrusted to Self-Realization Fellowship by our revered Guru, Paramahansa Yogananda. Since 1920, SRF has served as a beacon of timeless spiritual wisdom—sharing the ancient science of Kriya Yoga and offering a universal path to God-realization.
We will carry the light of Paramahansaji’s teachings farther than ever before—touching hearts across languages, cultures, and generations. We are translating the SRF Lessons into 16 additional languages, continuing the publication of Paramahansa Yogananda’s remaining unpublished talks and writings and planning memoirs about his life (including a new biography), as well as expanding global distribution to reach more truth-seekers everywhere.
We will ensure a vibrant, spiritually connected global community—reaching seekers of all ages, in every corner of the world. We are enhancing digital platforms and support services, expanding online offerings, and creating new programs for youth and families, including children’s content, teen and young adult outreach, and exploring pilot SRF schools and lay-disciple communities.
We will protect and sustain the monastic order central to Paramahansaji’s work—ensuring that it continues to thrive, serve, and inspire for generations to come. We are supporting the monastic order which Paramahansaji made the nucleus of his work—through recruitment and training, immersive spiritual programs, upgrading and modernizing current ashram facilities, developing new ashram facilities, and establishing a sustainable senior care program with dedicated facilities for elderly monastics.
We will preserve the holy places sanctified by Paramahansaji’s presence—ensuring they remain centers of pilgrimage, inspiration, and divine communion for future seekers. We are supporting the monastic order which Paramahansaji made the nucleus of his work—through recruitment and training, immersive spiritual programs, upgrading and modernizing current ashram facilities, developing new ashram facilities, and establishing a sustainable senior care program with dedicated facilities for elderly monastics.
We will strengthen the administrative foundation of Paramahansaji’s worldwide mission—ensuring SRF is prepared to serve a rapidly expanding global spiritual family, now and into the future. We are strengthening SRF’s long-term financial resilience, expanding annual fundraising support, engaging more lay members in mission-critical roles, and building robust systems to sustain and grow the work for decades to come.
SRF launched the Online Meditation Center (OMC) in late 2019 prior to the Covid-19 lockdown. The OMC has made a significant positive impact on our global community.Â
• 4+ million total visits since 2019Â
• 550,000+ daily visits each yearÂ
• Weekday mediations held: 11 out of 24 hours dailyÂ
• Attendees from 147 countriesÂ
• 6 languages: English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and JapaneseÂ
• Nearly 300 dedicated volunteers
The International Help Desk was founded in 2020 and provides vital support to SRF’s members and spiritual seekers worldwide.Â
• Live, personalized assistance provided in eight languages: English, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, German, French, PortugueseÂ
• 4,300: average number of inquiries per monthÂ
• Several hundred one-on-one orientations given to new Lessons students per month • 71 International Help Desk volunteers
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More than 90% of SRF’s operating revenue comes from philanthropy—from the generosity of donors like you. Your support directly funds the services, programs, monastic care, publications, youth outreach, translations, and sacred properties that bring light to the lives of seekers around the world. Your support matters deeply. Our goal is to grow in a sustainable manner. Without an expansion of philanthropic giving to Self-Realization Fellowship, we will need to reduce our operating budget, and many of the initiatives introduced in the past few years may need to be scaled back or placed on hold.
Today, we face an extraordinary opportunity and responsibility. Interest in meditation and Paramahansaji’s teachings is growing around the world, even as humanity faces intensifying challenges—an epidemic of spiritual hunger, loss of connection with the sacred in daily life and growing social division. Now more than ever, people everywhere are seeking the peace, meaning, and direct experience of the Divine that Paramahansaji’s teachings offer. To meet this moment and prepare for the next 100 years of our sacred mission, SRF must continue to strengthen its spiritual foundation and operational capacity in alignment with the vision and growth Brother Chidananda has already set in motion.
“The truths and techniques that Paramahansa Yogananda gives, are a spiritual dynamo. They are a powerhouse that will infuse every aspect of our lives with joy, success, peace—and maybe most importantly—a sense of deep inner reassurance that we are living according to the Divine Plan and fulfilling the purpose for which we are here on earth.”
As many of you know, in October 2024 numerous SRF members participated in a feasibility study and survey regarding SRF’s plans to undertake a large multi-year campaign to fund the long-term sustainable growth of Paramahansa Yogananda’s worldwide work. We are happy to let you know that we have embarked on the next steps of this campaign, in which the groundwork is being laid for achieving a multimillion-dollar goal. Our working title for this campaign is “Light for the Ages,” and its theme will be funding the fulfillment of Paramahansaji’s vision of spreading a universal spirituality for the emerging global civilization. The present appeal is one step in this initiative; and we look forward to sharing more details in the months to come.
Today, we face an extraordinary opportunity and responsibility. Interest in meditation and Paramahansaji’s teachings is growing around the world, even as humanity faces intensifying challenges — an epidemic of spiritual hunger, loss of connection with the sacred in daily life, and growing social division. Now more than ever, people everywhere are seeking the peace, meaning, and direct experience of the Divine that Paramahansaji’s teachings offer. To meet this moment and prepare for the next 100 years of our sacred mission, SRF must continue to strengthen its spiritual foundation and operational capacity in alignment with the vision and growth Brother Chidananda has already set in motion.