General Questions

SRF OMC stands for the Self-Realization Fellowship Online Meditation Center – an official center of Self-Realization Fellowship. Officially launched by SRF/YSS President Brother Chidananda in October 2019, it was designed, built, and is maintained through the generosity and kindness of a devoted group of SRF/YSS lay members. As with all SRF centers and meditation groups, this online venue is overseen by monastics in the Center Department at our International Headquarters. Through the Online M...

The Online Meditation Center (OMC) is an official center of Self-Realization Fellowship. As with all SRF centers and meditation groups, the Online Meditation Center (https://onlinemeditation.yogananda.org/) is overseen by monastics in the Center Department at the SRF International Headquarters and run with the help of a managing council of lay-member volunteers.

A physical SRF temple, center, or meditation group is located in a local community where devotees can attend services in person. However, many members of our worldwide spiritual family live far from an SRF group or center or are unable for other reasons to attend in person. By virtue of being an online service, the SRF OMC ensures that all devotees, regardless of their location or circumstances, have the opportunity to join together in spiritual fellowship with other truth-seeking souls for grou...

Yes. Being a Kriyaban is a required qualification to usher or lead online meditation services. If you are interested in this opportunity we warmly welcome you to visit the SRF/YSS Volunteer Portal (https://volunteer.yogananda.org/) to review the available volunteer positions and to apply.

Wonderful! To learn more about Paramahansa Yogananda and Self-Realization Fellowship, please visit: yogananda.org (http://yogananda.org). If you live in India and the surrounding countries, please visit the Yogoda Satsanga Society of India website: yssofindia.org (http://yssofindia.org). To learn more about the SRF/YSS Lessons for home study, please visit: yogananda.org/lessons (http://yogananda.org/lessons) or yssi.org/lessons (http://yssi.org/lessons).