To those looking to make progress on the spiritual path, Paramahansa Yogananda often stressed, “Environment is stronger than will power” — we need the support and encouragement of positive places and friends. But he would also emphasize the supreme importance of our inner environment. At the close of the 2025 SRF World Convocation, this class by Self-Realization Fellowship monk Brother Ritananda focused on how we can build a sacred inner environment of positive thinking, spiritual enthusiasm, and constant awareness of the Divine.
This talk was part of the 2025 SRF World Convocation, a weeklong program of classes on Paramahansa Yogananda’s “how-to-live” teachings and meditation techniques, guided group meditations and kirtans (devotional chanting), virtual pilgrimage tours to the ashrams where Paramahansaji lived and communed with the Divine, and more.
