The Los Gatos Center is a branch of Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF), founded in 1920 by our Guru, Paramahansa Yogananda, to disseminate the universal teachings of Kriya Yoga, a sacred spiritual science originating millenniums ago in India. The international headquarters for SRF is located in Los Angeles, CA. In India and surrounding countries, Paramahansa Yogananda’s work is known as Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS), which has more than 100 centers, retreats, and ashrams. The Los Gatos Center serves families and friends throughout Silicon Valley, including Santa Clara County and the neighboring counties of Santa Cruz, San Mateo and Alameda. The Center is open to the public during our services which are held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Sunday morning.
Services
The Los Gatos Center holds regular meditation and reading services on Tuesday and Thursday evenings
When man becomes a little enlightened he compares his experiences relating to the material creation, gathered in the wakeful state, with his experiences in dream; and, understanding the latter to be merely ideas, begins to entertain doubts as to the substantial existence of the former. His heart then becomes propelled to know the real nature of the universe and, struggling to clear his doubts, he seeks for evidence to determine what is truth. In this state man is called ‘Kshattriya’, or one of the military classes; and to struggle in the manner aforesaid becomes his natural duty, by whose performance he may get an insight into the nature of creation and attain the real knowledge of it.
Swami Sri Yukteswar
"The Holy Science"
