Hollywood Temple Hollywood Temple (cont.) Santa Barbara Temple Monastery 1946 Place 19961 Live Oak Canyon Road Thursday 7:30 PM 927 Ladera Lane PO Box 408 Hollywood, CA 90068 Santa Barbara, CA 93108 Trabuco Canyon, CA 92678 323 465 7114 7, 21 805 969 2903 Swami Satyamayananda 949 858 0342 Temple Hours 6:30 AM– 7 pm Temple Hours Daily Visiting Hours Bookshop Hours 14 Plato and Vedanta 6:30 AM– 7 pm 9–11 AM, 3–5 pm 28 Mon–Sat 10 AM–12:30 pm The Sword of Discrimination Bookshop Hours 2–5 pm Swami Vedarupananda Bookshop Hours Mon–Fri 9 AM–11 AM, Sun 10–11 AM, Noon–5 pm Mon–Sat 11 AM–5 pm 3 PM–5 PM; Sun 10 AM–1 pm Hollywood Bookshop Closed Wednesdays Fridays 7:30 PM Santa barbara Sat & Sun 10 AM–5 PM Bookshop Closed Wednesdays Orange County Bookshop Closed Tuesdays Living Wisdom of Swami MARCH 2019 Trigunatitananda MARCH 2019 MARCH 2019 Sunday Spiritual Talks 11 am Sunday Spiritual Talks 11 am Sunday Spiritual Talks 11 am Saturday 2:30 PM 3 The Paramahamsa’s Promise 3 Ramakrishna—Shiva 16, 30 Chanting for Beginners 3 Ramakrishna: Our Goal Swami Sarvadevananda Swami Satyamayananda Swami Mahayogananda Sundays 9–10:35 AM 10 What Is Maya? 10 SRI RAMAKRISHNA PUJA 10 Why Ramakrishna Matters Swami Vedarupananda 10:30 AM Worship, Homa Fire, Luncheon Sanskrit Class Pravrajika Vrajaprana 2:30 PM Special Program Sukirtha Alagarswamy 17 Ramakrishna—Shiva 17 What Is Maya? Swami Sarvadevananda 5:15 PM Talks by Sw. Sarvadevananda Sundays/Domingos 2:30 PM Swami Vedarupananda and Swami Satyamayananda 24 Ramakrishna: Our Goal

6 PM Special Arati Spanish Scripture Class 24 Ramakrishna—Shiva Swami Satyamayananda Swami Dhyanayogananda Swami Sarvadevananda (in person or live video) 31 Vedic Spirituality: New Beginnings 17 Wondrous Water Swami Brahmavidyananda Pravrajika Vidyaprana 31 Decoding the Chandi Swami Harinamananda • Other Events • 24 Decoding the Chandi • Other Events • Swami Harinamananda Wednesdays 7:30 pm Scripture Class • Other Events • 31 Ramakrishna: Our Goal Sundays/Domingos 2:30 PM Swami Satyamayananda 2 Saturday 6:30 PM Ram Nam Spanish Scripture Class 4 Monday 6 PM-1:30 AM SHIVA RATRI 4 Monday 6 PM–11 PM SHIVA RATRI Swami Dhyanayogananda 8 Friday 11 AM SRI RAMAKRISHNA PUJA (in person or live video) • Classes • 16 Saturday 9 AM–12:30 PM Karma Yoga Day 16 Sat. 10 AM–2:30 PM Cooking for God II Vivekananda House 29 Friday 7 AM Vigil Limit 10. Call 805 969 5697 to reserve. Tuesday 7:30 PM 2, 16, 30 Saturday 5:30 Pm 309 Monterey Road Nectar of Supreme Knowledge • Reading from the South Pasadena, CA 91030 5, 12, 19 Swami Sarvadevananda Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna 323 254 1546 Limits of the Mind “If there has been anything achieved by me, by 6:30 pm Ramayana at the Convent Visits by Appointment 26 Swami Satyamayananda thought or words or deeds, if from my lips has 23 Saturday 4:30 PM Class MARCH 2019 Wednesday 7:30 PM Nectar of Supreme Knowledge south pasadena Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna ever fallen one word that has ever helped anyone Swami Sarvadevananda 3 Sunday 4 pm  Retreat with Swami Sarvadevananda 6, 13, 20 Swami Sarvadevananda in the world, I lay no claim to it; it was his.” 27 Swami Atmatattwananda 4 pm Meditation and Singing — on Sri Ramakrishna 6 pm Talks with Swami Viveka­nanda Reading and Discussion

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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 MARCH 2019 divine inspiration in all. Spiritual Talks 11 am Sunday or as noted The Vedanta Society of Southern was 3 The Perennial Philosophy founded in 1930 and incorporated as a non-profit Peter Bolland, Professor religious corporation in 1934. The Society main- Religious Studies, Southwestern College tains a tem­ple, convent, and monastery in both 10 SRI RAMAKRISHNA PUJA Hollywood and Santa Barbara; a monastery and shrine each in San Diego and Trabuco Canyon; 16 Saturday 11 AM Ramakrishna—Shiva the Vivekananda House in South Pasadena, and a Swami Sarvadevananda Retreat in Pinon Hills. There are a number of offi- cial Vedanta Societies in the United States, Europe, 23 Saturday 11 AM Ramakrishna: Our Goal and South America. Although the societies are Swami Satyamayananda under the spiritual guidance of the Ramakrishna Santa Barbara Temple Order of India, each is an independent, self-sup- 31 What Is Maya? Swami Vedarupananda porting unit. • Other Events • Membership is open to those who are seri­ously VEDANTA SOCIETY in­terested in the teachings of Vedanta and have of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 12 Tuesday 5:15 PM Bhagavad Gita Class attended lectures and classes for some time. Applications are available in the Society office and of India Piñon Hills Retreat bookshop. Private instruction is available from Swami Sarva­­ MARCH 2019 720 Sage Road PO Box 720575 devananda to those who have attended classes Piñon Hills, CA 92372 and lectures for some time and want to deepen SWAMI SARVADEVANANDA 949 326 3002 their spiritual life in the path of meditation. There Minister Visits by Appointment is no charge for this instruction. Appointments SWAMI SATYAMAYANANDA High desert may be made at the local centers. MARCH 2019 Assistant Minister Information and books on Vedanta and other reli- gions are available at our bookshops and websites. 2, 16, 30 Saturday 10 AM

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