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You should increase the strength of your body and then increase the strength of your mind. The best way to increase mental power is to try to accomplish something worthwhile every day. Choose some worthy task or project that you have been told you could not do, and try to do it. Each day strive to accomplish something that you have always thought you could not accomplish.
Paramahansa Yogananda
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The Los Gatos Center holds regular meditation and reading services during three days of the week and Sunday school activities for children ages 3 and up. All our meditation and lecture services are open to the public. All sincere seekers are invited to attend the services and special events and to bring their children to the Center's Sunday School program. Our Services include periods of silent meditation, devotional chanting and inspirational reading.

Paramahansa Yogananda insisted on group meditation and said "Group meditation is a castle that protects the new spiritual aspirants as well as the veteran meditators. Meditating together increases the degree of self-realization of each member of the group by the law of invisible vibratory exchange of group magnetism."

Weekly Schedule of Services:
Please refer to the current Events Calendar for specific topic and dates.
DayTimeService
Sunday09:00am - 09:45amSecond Coming of Christ Study Group
 10:00am - 10:45amSunday Morning Meditation Services
 11:00am - 12:00pmReading Service (Check Calendar for Specific Topic)
 11:00am - 12:00pmSunday School and Teen Group
 02:00pm - 02:15pmGroup Energization Exercises
 02:20pm - 08:00pmSunday Evening Meditation Services (3 Times/Month)
Tuesday07:00pm - 07:15pmGroup Energization Exercises
 07:15pm - 09:30pmTuesday Meditation Service
Thursday07:30pm - 08:30pmInspirational Service
 08:30pm - 09:30pmMeditation and Healing Service
 07:30pm - 09:30pmKirtan (Replaces regular service on the 2nd Thursday of each month.)


Commemorative Services:
The Los Gatos Center observes the following commemorative services designed to honor the gurus of Self Realization. The service usually begins with a meditation at 7:00 PM which is followed at 8:00 PM by the commemorative service. We also hold a long meditation on the closest Saturday to the commemorative service.
MonthDayService
January5thBirthday of Paramahansa Yogananda
March
7th
Mahasamadhi of Paramahansa Yogananda
 9th
Mahasamadhi of Sri Yukteswar
May
10thBirthday of Sri Yukteswar
July
25thMahavatar Babaji Commemoration Day
August
27thJanmashtami - Birthday of Bhagavan Krishna
September26thMahasamadhi of Lahiri Mahasaya
 30thBirthday of Lahiri Mahasaya


Special Services
The Los Gatos Center observes the following special services. Please refer to the Events Calendar for information on specific date and time of these services.
MonthDayService
March / AprilVariesEaster Sunday Morning Service
DecemberMid-MonthAll Day Christmas Meditation
 24Christmas Eve Meditation
 31New Year's Eve Meditation


Schedule of Services
The Los Gatos Center will have the following topics on the Sunday Reading Services. Please refer to the Events Calendar for information on specific date and time of these services.
MonthDayTopic
July4Kriya Yoga: The Spiritual Science of God-Realization
 11The Source of Lasting Happiness
 18The Spiritual Art of Getting Along With Others
 25

What Is the Soul?

August1How Devotion Reveals the Invisible God
 8Enjoying Life’s Challenges
 15Proof of the Existence of God
 22The Source of Unlimited Healing Power
  29The Soul’s Greatest Need
September5The True Meaning of Salvation
 12Life - A Cosmic Motion Picture
 19The Secret to Acquiring All Knowledge
 26Finding God in Family Life
 Brother Keshavananda
Brother Keshavananda, one of the visiting SRF monastics to Los Gatos Center delivering a lecture during India Night 2005