Hollywood Temple Fridays 7:30 PM Santa Barbara Temple Monastery 1946 Place 10, 17, 24, 31 Eternal Words of Sw. Adbhutananda 19961 Live Oak Canyon Road 927 Ladera Lane PO Box 408, Trabuco Canyon, Hollywood, CA 90068 Santa Barbara, CA 93108 CA 92678 949 858 0342 323 465 7114 Saturday 2:30 PM 805 969 2903 4, 11 Daily Visiting Hours Temple Hours 6:30 AM– 7 pm Chanting for Beginners Temple Hours 9–11 AM, 3–5 pm Bookshop Hours 6:30 AM– 7 pm Bookshop Hours Mon–Sat 10 AM–12:30 pm Sundays 9–10:35 AM Bookshop Hours Mon–Fri 9 AM–11 AM, 2–5 pm Sanskrit Class Mon–Sat 11 AM–5 pm 3 PM–5 PM; Sun 10 AM–1 pm Sat & Sun 10 AM–5 PM Sun 10–11 AM, Noon–5 pm Sukirtha Alagarswamy Santa barbara Orange County Hollywood Bookshop Closed Wednesdays Bookshop Closed Tuesdays Bookshop Closed Wednesdays MAY 2019 MAY 2019 MAY 2019 Sundays/Domingos 2:30 PM Sunday Spiritual Talks 11 am Sunday Spiritual Talks 11 am Sunday Spiritual Talks 11 am Spanish Scripture Class Swami Dhyanayogananda 5 Spiritual Talk 5 Vedanta for Mental Wellness 5 Two Drops of Nectar (in person or live video) Swami Atmapriyananda Swami Tadananda, , Fiji Swami Sarvadevananda Vivekananda University, India 12 The Nature of Nirvana • Other Events • Swami Satyamayananda 12 The Narcissus Complex 12 Two Drops of Nectar Swami Vedarupananda Swami Sarvadevananda 19 Seeking Fellowship vs Seeking Solitude 1 Wed. 7:30 PM Jaya Row, Vedanta Vision 19 Lifelong Learning Swami Dhyanayogananda 19 The Nature of Nirvana Ancient Indian Wisdom—Modern Perspective Pravrajika Vrajaprana Swami Satyamayananda 26 Two Drops of Nectar 2 Thursday 7:30 PM Swami Tadananda, Fiji 26 The Nature of Nirvana Swami Sarvadevananda 26 The Cultivation of Dexterity Maya Swami Satyamayananda in our Daily Life • Other Events • 3 Friday 7:30 PM Swami Atmapriyananda Swami Chandrashekharananda Vivekananda University, India • Other Events • 2 Thursday 7:30 PM Swami Atmapriyananda Vedanta Society of Portland Spiritual Talk Vivekananda University, India Spiritual Talk 8 Wed. 7:30 PM Swami Ishtananda 4 Saturday 6:30 PM Ram Nam 3 Friday 6:30 PM Swami Tadananda • Classes • Ramakrishna Mission, Fiji Vedanta Center of St. Petersburg, Florida 7 Tuesday 7:30 PM Swami Ishtananda Immanent God “Sun Rises out of Fear” Tuesday 7:30 PM Vedanta Center of St. Petersburg, Florida 7:30 pm Potluck Supper 15, 22 Wed. 7:30 pm Scripture Class The and Its Writer Nectar of Supreme Knowledge Gospel 4 Saturday 5 Pm Swami Atmapriyananda 29 Wed. 7:30 PM Sw. Chandrashekharananda Vedanta Society of Portland 14, 28 Swami Sarvadevananda 18 Saturday 9 AM–12:30 PM Day Class Orienting the Mind for Contemplation Worship: Its Benefits 18 Saturday 7:30 PM Buddha Birthday Program 9 Thursday 6:30 Pm Swami Ishtananda Sundays 2:30 PM Spanish Scripture Class 21 Swami Satyamayananda Vedanta Center of St. Petersburg, Florida Swami Dhyanayogananda The Gospel and Its Writer (in person or live video) MAY 27, Monday 7:30 pm Potluck Supper Wednesday 7:30 PM Vivekananda House MEMORIAL DAY RETREAT 11 Saturday 4:30 PM Class Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna Nectar of Supreme Knowledge 309 Monterey Road 8, 22, 29 Swami Sarvadevananda 10 AM Reading Vivekananda’s Works Swami Sarvadevananda South Pasadena, CA 91030 15 Swami Satyamayananda 323 254 1546 1:30 PM Lunch 18 Saturday 10 AM-2:30 PM Retreat 2:30 PM Special Program Creating in a Sacred Space Visits by Appointment Thursday 7:30 PM 4 PM Swami Chandrashekharananda Pravrajika Krishnaprana 9 Creation from the Word Vedanta Society of Portland Bring own materials and bag lunch MAY 2019 south pasadena 16 Who Is a Saint? What We Should Remind Ourselves 25 Sat. 6:30 PM Swami Chandrashekharananda 5 Sunday 4 pm Swami Vedarupananda Vedanta Society of Portland  Retreat with Swami Sarvadevananda & Srimad Bhagavad Gita 4 pm and Singing 23, 30 Bhagavad Gita 31 Friday 7 AM Vigil Swami Satyamayananda 7:30 pm Potluck Supper 6 pm Talks with Swami Viveka­nanda Reading and Discussion

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“The Buddhists do not depend upon God; but San Diego Center ABOUT VEDANTA the whole force of their religion is directed to the great central truth in every religion, to evolve a God out of man.” 1440 Upas Street Vedanta teaches that humanity’s real nature is di- — San Diego, CA 92103 619 291 9377 vine, that the true object of human life is to unfold PAID Visits by Appointment and manifest this divinity, and that truth is univer- 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- carnations of God, because it recog­nizes the same MAY 2019 divine inspiration in all. Spiritual Talks 11 am Sunday or as noted was 4 Saturday 11 AM The Vedanta Society of Southern California Mantra, and Their Efficacy founded in 1930 and incorporated as a non-profit Swami Tadananda, Ramakrishna Mission Fiji religious corporation in 1934. The Society main- 10 FRIday 6:15 PM tains a tem­ple, convent, and monastery in both “Sun Rises out of Fear” Hollywood and Santa Barbara; a monastery and Swami Ishtananda, Ved. Ctr. St. Petersburg, FL shrine each in San Diego and Trabuco Canyon; 19 The Voice of the Mother the Vivekananda House in South Pasadena, and a Swami Mahayogananda Retreat in Pinon Hills. There are a number of offi- 25 Saturday 11 AM cial Vedanta Societies in the United States, Europe, Two Drops of Nectar and South America. Although the societies are Swami Sarvadevananda under the spiritual guidance of the Ramakrishna Piñon Hills Retreat Order of India, each is an independent, self-sup- High Desert • Other Events • porting unit. APRIL 30 - ThursDAY 6:15 pm Spiritual Talk Membership is open to those who are seri­ously VEDANTA SOCIETY Swami Atmapriyananda in­terested in the teachings of Vedanta and have Vivekananda University, India attended lectures and classes for some time. of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 7 Tuesday 5:15 PM Bhagavad Gita Class Applications are available in the Society office and Ramakrishna Order of India 28 Tues. 6:15 PM Sw. Chandrashekharananda bookshop. Vedanta Society of Portland Private instruction is available from Swami Sarva­­ 2019 Brahman Laments When in the Snare MAY of Five Elements devananda to those who have attended classes and lectures for some time and want to deepen SWAMI SARVADEVANANDA Piñon Hills Retreat their spiritual life in the path of meditation. There Minister is no charge for this instruction. Appointments 720 Sage Road SWAMI SATYAMAYANANDA PO Box 720575 may be made at the local centers. Assistant Minister Piñon Hills, CA 92372 Information and books on Vedanta and other reli- 949 326 3002 Visits by Appointment 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 MAY 2019 High desert Santa Barbara · South Pasadena 4, 11, 18 Saturday 10 AM Scripture Class The Vedanta Society is Online San Diego · High Desert 25 Saturday Retreat 9:30 AM-4 PM Vedanta Society · vedanta.org Prasna Upanishad Vedanta Catalog (Books) · vedanta.com Pravrajika Dayaprana Books in Spanish · saradamapublishing.org Online at vedanta.org