“The Divine Art of Music” — Global Streaming Event

Join us on Saturday, June 6, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) for a global streaming of “The Divine Art of Music.” This uplifting occasion of music and meditation was presented by Self-Realization Fellowship on April 18, 2026, at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall in New York City. “The Divine Art of Music” honors Paramahansa Yogananda’s legacy and the 100th anniversary of his introducing devotional chanting to audiences at this historic venue during his lecture series in 1926. On April 18, 1926, Paramahansa Yogananda opened a weeklong series of free lectures at Carnegie Hall and the 2,800-seat main concert hall filled to capacity, with more than a thousand people being turned away at the door. At the end of his talk, he invited the audience — who were at first unfamiliar with Indian devotional chanting — to join him in singing Guru Nanak’s “O God Beautiful.” For one hour and twenty-five minutes, thousands of voices rose together in an ethereal unity. Even after Yogananda left the stage, the audience continued chanting, moved by the deep spiritual transformation they had experienced. “The Divine Art of Music” program includes a short talk by SRF monk Brother Devananda on the art and science of chanting; periods of devotional kirtan chanting and meditation led by the SRF monks’ kirtan group, accompanied by an SRF lay member; and elevating Western classical music (similar to how Yogananda had included instrumental music in his original lecture series) performed by SRF members. Paramahansa Yogananda founded his international society, Self-Realization Fellowship, in 1920, to disseminate worldwide his Kriya Yoga teachings on the science of meditation and art of balanced spiritual living. You can learn more about Yogananda’s life and work by reading his spiritual classic “Autobiography of a Yogi”: https://bookstore.yogananda-srf.org/p... For those who wished to put the inspiration of Yogananda’s wisdom into practice in their own lives, he created the “Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons,” which present his personal instruction in the meditation techniques and way of balanced living he brought to the world: http://srflessons.org *** If you would like to support the spiritual and humanitarian work of SRF, please click on this link: https://donatesrf.org *** For the latest content from SRF:      https://yogananda.org https://yogananda.org/blog    / yoganandasrf     / selfrealizationfellowship   https://x.com/srfyogananda   / selfrealizationfellowship   https://bookstore.yogananda-srf.org/ #Yogananda #Kirtan #Chanting #SelfRealizationFellowship #KriyaYoga #Meditation #YogaMeditation #SRFLessons #SRF #ParamahansaYogananda