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Fire ceremony and meditation 9am, Sunday service — 10-11:30 am

Services at Ananda are joyful, music-filled, and thoughtful. They explore meaningful answers to challenging questions about life. There is often laughter, and sometimes heartfelt tears.

Service is inspired by the spiritual teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda (Autobiography of a Yogi) and his lifelong disciple, Swami Kriyananda. It begins with a short period of chanting and meditation, followed by readings from the Bhagavad Gita and Bible, a 30-minute sermon, and a ceremony afterward, called the Festival of Light.

Asha Nayaswami delivers the sermon on this Sunday morning at the Ananda Temple in Palo Alto, CA. The reading for today is: "Faith Is a Call to Prayer; Prayer...