Hollywood Temple Santa Barbara Temple Monastery 1 See Other Events 1946 Vedanta Place 19961 Live Oak Canyon Road 927 Ladera Lane PO Box 408 Hollywood, CA 90068 Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna Santa Barbara, CA 93108 Trabuco Canyon, CA 92678 323 465 7114 8, 29 Swami Sarvadevananda 805 969 2903 949 858 0342 Temple Hours 6:30 AM– 7 pm 15 Swami Satyamayananda Temple Hours Daily Visiting Hours Bookshop Hours 22 Swami Atmatattwananda 6:30 AM– 7 pm 9–11 AM, 3–5 pm Mon–Sat Bookshop Hours Bookshop Hours 10 AM–12:30 pm & 2–5 pm Thursday 7:30 PM Mon–Fri 9 AM–11 AM & 3 PM–5 PM Sun 10–11 AM, Noon–5 pm Mon–Sat 11 AM–5 pm The Story of Creation Sun 10 AM–1 pm Sat & Sun 10 AM–5 PM Hollywood Bookshop Closed Wednesdays 2 Santa barbara 16 Prana and Pranayama Bookshop Closed Wednesdays Orange County Bookshop Closed Tuesdays JANUARY 2020 30 The Spiritual Significance JANUARY 2020 JANUARY 2020 of the Three States Sunday Spiritual Talks 11 am Swami Vedarupananda Sunday Spiritual Talks 11 am Sunday Spiritual Talks 11 am 5 The Sun and Its Rays 9, 23 5 Seven Stages of Knowledge 5 Searching for Reality Swami Sarvadevananda Swami Satyamayananda Swami Satyamayananda Leads to Oneness Swami Atmavidyananda 12 Seven Stages of Knowledge Fridays 7:30 PM 12 Everything Within Time Is Story Swami Satyamayananda Swami Atmarupananda 12 The Sun and Its Rays Eternal Words of Sw. Adbhutananda Swami Sarvadevananda 19 VIVEKANANDA PUJA Saturday 2:30 PM 19 The United States of Vivekananda 6:30 AM Breakfast Offering, Reading Pravrajika Vrajaprana 19 Vivekananda, a Divine Personality 10 AM Worship, Homa Fire, Prasad 4, 11 Chanting for Beginners Beyond Frontiers 26 BRAHMANANDA PUJA 11 AM Swami Dhyanayogananda 2:30 PM Special Program Sundays 9–10:35 AM 5 PM Talks by Swami Sarvadevananda Sanskrit Class 26 Truth Alone Triumphs and Swami Satyamayananda Sukirtha Alagarswamy • Other Events • Swami Vedarupananda 6 PM Special Arati Sundays/Domingos 2:30 PM • Other Events • 26 BRAHMANANDA PUJA Spanish Scripture Class 4 Saturday 5 PM Class 10 AM Worship, Homa Fire, Prasad Swami Dhyanayogananda Katha Upanishad 8, 15, 22,29 Wed. 7:30 pm Scripture Class 2:30 PM Special Program (in person or live video) Swami Satyamayananda Sundays 2:30 PM Spanish Scripture Class 5 PM Talk by Swami Satyamayananda 11 Saturday 10 AM - 3 Pm Retreat: Yoga Swami Dhyanayogananda 6 PM Special Arati • Other Events • with Swami Atmarupananda (in person or live video) Bring Your Own Lunch 1 Wednesday 6:30 PM New Year’s Reading Vivekananda House • Classes • 17 Friday 11 AM VIVEKANANDA PUJA 4 Saturday 6:30 PM Ram Nam 18 Saturday 5:30 Pm Reading from 309 Monterey Road 11 Saturday 9 AM–12:30 PM Day South Pasadena, CA 91030 Tuesday 7:30 PM the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna 323 254 1546 31 Friday 7 AM Vigil 6:30 pm Ramayana at the Convent Nectar of Supreme Knowledge Visits by Appointment 7, 14, 21 Swami Sarvadevananda JANUARY 2020 28 Mystery of Mandalas “When you were in the presence of Maharaj (Swami Brahmananda) you completely forgot south pasadena Swami Satyamayananda 5 Sunday 4 pm yourself. You felt you were in another world where there was no worry or grief, and where  Retreat with Swami Sarvadevananda man was not man, but divine. You were filled with a peculiar joy which you could neither explain nor understand.” 4 pm Meditation and Singing — 6 pm The Letters of Swami Viveka­nanda Wednesday 7:30 PM Reading and Discussion FRONT COVER 8.5 × 14 Accordion Fold

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619 291 9377 PAID and manifest this divinity, and that truth is univer- Visits by Appointment sal. Vedanta accepts all the religions of the world US POSTAGE Non-profit org. Non-profit Los Angeles, CA Permit No.Permit 18226 San diego and reveres the great prophets, teachers, and in- JANUARY 2020 carnations of God, because it recog­nizes the same divine inspiration in all. Spiritual Talks 11 AM SATURDAY or as noted The Vedanta Society of Southern was 4 Truth Alone Triumphs 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 The Sun and Its Rays Swami Sarvadevananda Hollywood and Santa Barbara; a monastery and shrine each in San Diego and Trabuco Canyon; 19 SUNDAY 10 AM VIVEKANANDA PUJA the Vivekananda House in South Pasadena, and a 25 Imagination and Maya Retreat in Pinon Hills. There are a number of offi- Sthaneshwar Timalsina cial Vedanta Societies in the United States, Europe, and South America. Although the societies are under the spiritual guidance of the Ramakrishna Order of India, each is an independent, self-sup- Vivekananda House porting unit. South Pasadena Membership is open to those who are seri­ously Piñon Hills Retreat in­terested in the teachings of Vedanta and have VEDANTA SOCIETY 720 Sage Road attended lectures and classes for some time. of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PO Box 720575 Applications are available in the Society office and Ramakrishna Order of India Piñon Hills, CA 92372 bookshop. 949 326 3002 Private instruction is available from Swami Sarva­­ High desert JANUARY 2020 devananda to those who have attended classes JANUARY 2020 and lectures for some time and want to deepen 25 Saturday 10 AM Scripture Class their spiritual life in the path of meditation. There SWAMI SARVADEVANANDA is no charge for this instruction. Appointments Minister NO RETREAT IN JANUARY may be made at the local centers. SWAMI SATYAMAYANANDA Information and books on Vedanta and other reli- Assistant Minister gions are available at our bookshops and websites. Vedanta Society of Southern California California Southern of Society Vedanta Place Vedanta 1946 CA 90068 Hollywood, material dated Hollywood · Orange County Santa Barbara · South Pasadena The Vedanta Society is Online San Diego · High Desert Vedanta Society · vedanta.org Vedanta Catalog (Books) · vedanta.com Books in Spanish · saradamapublishing.org Online at vedanta.org