Hollywood Temple Hollywood Temple (cont.) Santa Barbara Temple Monastery 1946 Place 19961 Live Oak Canyon Road Sundays 9–10:35 AM 927 Ladera Lane PO Box 408 Hollywood, CA 90068 Santa Barbara, CA 93108 Trabuco Canyon, CA 92678 323 465 7114 Sanskrit Class 805 969 2903 949 858 0342 Dr. Sukirtha Alagarswamy Temple Hours 6:30 AM– 7 pm Temple Hours Daily Visiting Hours Bookshop Hours Sundays/Domingos 2:30 PM 6:30 AM– 7 pm 9–11 AM, 3–5 pm Mon–Sat 10 AM–12:30 pm Spanish Scripture Class Bookshop Hours Bookshop Hours 2–5 pm Mon–Fri 9 AM–11 AM, Sun 10–11 AM, Noon–5 pm Swami Dhyanayogananda Mon–Sat 11 AM–5 pm Sun 10 AM–1 pm 3 PM–5 PM; Hollywood Bookshop Closed Wednesdays (in person or live video) Santa barbara Sat & Sun 10 AM–5 PM Bookshop Closed Wednesdays Orange County Bookshop Closed Tuesdays NOVEMBER 2018 • Other Events • NOVEMBER 2018 Sunday Spiritual Talks 11 am NOVEMBER 2018 Children’s Class 11 AM–Noon, Ages 6–Teens 3 Saturday 6:30 PM Ram Nam Sunday Spiritual Talks 11 am Sunday Spiritual Talks 11 am 4 Muscling It Through 4 Unleashing the Power to Choose 4 Indian Mythology Swami Dhyanayogananda November 6, Tuesday Swami Mahayogananda Swami Harinamananda 11 the Mother KALI PUJA 11 Work For Work’s Sake 11 Less Is More Swami Sarvadevananda 10 PM–3 AM Swami Vedarupananda Swami Ishadhyanananda 18 Truth—Satya 10 Saturday 18 Blessings of the Season Asst Minister, of Sacramento Pravrajika Sevaprana KALI IMMERSION Pravrajika Vrajaprana 18 Kali the Mother 12 Noon 25 Kali the Mother Swami Sarvadevananda 25 Parliament of Religions Meet at Balboa, CA at 600 E. Bay Avenue. Swami Atmatattwananda Followed by Potluck Picnic, Beach Meditation. Swami Sarvadevananda 25 Evolution—The Drive From Within • Classes • Swami Brahmavidyananda 8 Thursday 7:30 PM Swami Ishadhyanananda Tuesday 7:30 PM Asst. Minister, Vedanta Society of Sacramento • Other Events • Nectar of Supreme Knowledge : Four Preliminary • Other Events • 13, 20, 27 Swami Sarvadevananda Questions Wednesday 7:30 PM 17 Saturday 9 AM–12:30 PM Day 3, 10, 17 Saturday 5:30 Pm Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna Reading from the Wednesdays 7:30 pm Scripture Class 7, 14, 21 Swami Sarvadevananda 30 Friday 7 AM Vigil Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna 28 Swami Atmatattwananda 6:30 pm Ramayana at the Convent Sundays/Domingos 2:30 PM Spanish Scripture Class Thursday 7:30 PM Vivekananda House 9 Friday 6:30 PM Swami Ishadhyanananda Swami Dhyanayogananda 1, 15 Sri and Her Divine Play Asst. Minister, Vedanta Society of Sacramento (in person or live video) Pravrajika Sevaprana 309 Monterey Road Mystical Worship South Pasadena, CA 91030 7:30 PM Potluck Supper 29 The Meaning of Life 323 254 1546 Swami Vedarupananda Visits by Appointment 24 Saturday 4:30 PM Class Fridays 7:30 PM NOVEMBER 2018 Nectar of Supreme Knowledge 2, 9, 16, 30 Living Inspiration Swami Sarvadevananda “Religion is not in doctrines, in dogmas, nor south pasadena of Swami Saradananda 11 Sunday 4 pm in intellectual augmentation; it is being and Saturday 2:30 PM Retreat with Swami Sarvadevananda becoming; it is realization.” 4 pm Meditation and Singing — 3, 17 Chanting for Beginners 6 pm Discuss Talks with Swami Viveka­nanda

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San Diego Center ABOUT VEDANTA “The Divine Mother reveals everything if the devotee cries to Her with a yearning heart.” —Sri Ramakrishna 1440 Upas Street Vedanta teaches that humanity’s real nature is di- San Diego, CA 92103 vine, that the true object of human life is to unfold 619 291 9377 and manifest this divinity, and that truth is univer- PAID

Visits by Appointment sal. Vedanta accepts all the religions of the world US POSTAGE Non-profit org. Non-profit Los Angeles, CA and reveres the great prophets, teachers, and in- No.Permit 18226 San diego carnations of God, because it recog­nizes the same NOVEMBER 2018 divine inspiration in all. Spiritual Talks 11 am Sunday or as noted The Vedanta Society of Southern was 4 Work For Work’s Sake founded in 1930 and incorporated as a non-profit Swami Vedarupananda religious corporation in 1934. The Society main- tains a tem­ple, convent, and monastery in both 11 Science of Meditation Dr. Sheila Patel Hollywood and Santa Barbara; a monastery and shrine each in San Diego and Trabuco Canyon; 17 SATURDAY 11 AM the Vivekananda House in South Pasadena, and a Kali the Mother Retreat in Pinon Hills. There are a number of offi- Swami Sarvadevananda cial Vedanta Societies in the United States, Europe, 25 Buddhism and Quantum Theory and South America. Although the societies are Karma Lekshe Tsomo under the spiritual guidance of the Ramakrishna Hollywood Temple Order of India, each is an independent, self-sup- • Other Events • porting unit. Membership is open to those who are seri­ously VEDANTA SOCIETY 13, 20 Tuesday 6:15 PM Bhagavad Gita Class in­terested in the teachings of Vedanta and have of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA attended lectures and classes for some time. Applications are available in the Society office and Ramakrishna Order of India Piñon Hills Retreat bookshop. Private instruction is available from Swami Sarva­­ 720 Sage Road NOVEMBER 2018 PO Box 720575 devananda to those who have attended classes Piñon Hills, CA 92372 and lectures for some time and want to deepen 949 326 3002 their spiritual life in the path of meditation. There Visits by Appointment is no charge for this instruction. Appointments SWAMI SARVADEVANANDA Minister NOVEMBER 2018 High desert may be made at the local centers. Information and books on Vedanta and other reli- 3, 10, 17 Saturday 10 AM Scripture Class gions are available at our bookshops and websites.

Meditation and Discussion California Southern of Society Vedanta Place Vedanta 1946 CA 90068 Hollywood, material dated Hollywood · Orange County 24 Saturday Retreat 9:30 AM–4 PM Santa Barbara · South Pasadena Kena Upanishad The Vedanta Society is Online San Diego · High Desert Pravrajika Dayaprana Vedanta Society · vedanta.org Vedanta Catalog (Books) · vedanta.com Books in Spanish · saradamapublishing.org Online at vedanta.org