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Join others — from all around the world — as we come together to dive deep into Paramahansa Yogananda’s life-transforming teachings and the tangible feeling of Divine Presence — blessings that are the hallmark of Convocation.
We are very pleased to announce that registration is now open for this year’s Self-Realization Fellowship World Convocation.
Join us — online or in person at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles — for this weeklong program of classes on Paramahansa Yogananda’s “how-to-live” teachings and meditation techniques, guided group meditations and kirtans (devotional chanting), pilgrimage tours to the ashrams where the great Guru lived and communed with the Divine, and more. During the week of Convocation, SRF monastics will also be visiting SRF centers and groups in Asia, Europe, Oceania, North America, and South America.
We will be offering attendance at this year’s Convocation free of charge to ensure that all who wish to participate can do so.
While the costs associated with hosting Convocation are not insignificant, we are confident that, through the generosity of those SRF members and friends who are able to help, there will be sufficient support to make this possible. We welcome and are deeply grateful for all donations, which can be made at the time of registration and during the event.
Several hotels in Downtown Los Angeles are offering reduced rates for those attending the 2024 SRF Convocation.
Each year thousands of SRF/YSS members and spiritual seekers from countries around the world, ranging from Australia to Zambia, gather for a powerful week of spiritual renewal and rejuvenation at Self-Realization Fellowship's World Convocation. We hope that you can join us this year.
For all who attend — in person or online — the SRF World Convocation will include:
The SRF World Convocation is open to all. However, the three classes on the SRF Energization Exercises, Hong-Sau Technique of Concentration, and the Aum Technique of Meditation are available only to those who are current or past students of the Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons (or the Yogoda Satsanga Lessons).
If you are not a current or past student, we invite you to apply now for the SRF Lessons so that you may participate in the classes on these powerful techniques, which are integral to the science of Kriya Yoga taught by Paramahansa Yogananda.
Join others — from all around the world — as we come together to dive deep into Paramahansa Yogananda’s life-transforming teachings and the tangible feeling of Divine Presence — blessings that are the hallmark of Convocation.
Strengthen your ability to meditate more deeply by joining with thousands of seekers as SRF monastics lead all gathered in practicing this universal science of the soul.
Our monks and nuns will offer talks on Paramahansa Yogananda’s Kriya Yoga teachings, giving his helpful counsel on how to navigate life’s challenges, as they share their own heartwarming anecdotes about journeying on the spiritual path.
We are pleased to share that we will again be offering attendance at this year’s Convocation free of charge to ensure that all who wish to participate can do so.
While the costs associated with hosting Convocation are not insignificant, we are confident that, through the generosity of those SRF members and friends who are able to help, there will be sufficient support to make this possible. We welcome and are deeply grateful for all donations.
If you would like to make a gift in support of Convocation and the other spiritual and humanitarian services offered by Self-Realization Fellowship, please use the link below. You also will have the opportunity to donate at registration and during the event.
The first Self-Realization Fellowship World Convocation was held by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1950 at the SRF headquarters (Mother Center) atop Mt. Washington in Los Angeles. Foreseeing the ever-increasing number of truth-seekers who would participate in this uplifting spiritual event as the years passed, he predicted to those who were present at that occasion:
They shall come from all parts of the world, thousands and thousands of them, just as you have, for Self-Realization is bringing the original Christianity of Christ and the original Yoga of India's Krishna so that all people of all religions can follow one highway to the Infinite.
Registration for the 2024 World Convocation will open in the spring. To get notified when registration opens, please subscribe to our email newsletter.
Check out our Convocation playlists on YouTube, which present many classes, kirtans,
and daily meditations from the events.