Hollywood Temple Santa Barbara Temple Monastery Fridays 7:30 PM 1946 Place 19961 Live Oak Canyon Road Eternal Words of Sw. Adbhutananda 927 Ladera Lane PO Box 408 Hollywood, CA 90068 Santa Barbara, CA 93108 Trabuco Canyon, CA 92678 323 465 7114 Saturday 2:30 PM 805 969 2903 949 858 0342 6:30 AM– 7 pm Temple Hours 26 Chanting for Beginners Temple Hours Daily Visiting Hours Bookshop Hours 6:30 AM– 7 pm 9–11 AM, 3–5 pm Mon–Sat 10 AM–12:30 pm Sundays 9–10:35 AM Bookshop Hours 2–5 pm Bookshop Hours Mon–Fri 9 AM–11 AM, Sun 10–11 AM, Noon–5 pm Sanskrit Class Mon–Sat 11 AM–5 pm 3 PM–5 PM; Sun 10 AM–1 pm Hollywood Bookshop Closed Wednesdays Sukirtha Alagarswamy Santa barbara Sat & Sun 10 AM–5 PM Bookshop Closed Wednesdays Orange County Bookshop Closed Tuesdays OCTOBER 2019 Sundays/Domingos 2:30 PM OCTOBER 2019 OCTOBER 2019 Sunday Spiritual Talks 11 am Spanish Scripture Class Sunday Spiritual Talks 11 am Swami Dhyanayogananda Sunday Spiritual Talks 11 am 6 Chanting of “Jai Sri Durga” (in person or live video) 6 Chanting of “Jai Sri Durga” 6 The Emotional Me 10:30–11:18 AM 10:30–11:18 AM Swami Dhyanayogananda

Fighting the Demon Within • Other Events • 13 Fighting the Demon Within The Serpent Power Swami Sarvadevananda Swami Sarvadevananda Swami Vedarupananda September 28 – October 8 20 The Philosopy of Inspiration 13 The Voice of the Mother “Jai Sri Durga” Chanting 13 Bondage and Freedom Swami Brahmavidyananda Swami Mahayogananda Swami Satyamayananda 6 Sunday 10:30 –11:18 AM Sandhi Puja 27 Bondage and Freedom 20 Bondage and Freedom Chanting of “Jai Sri Durga” 20 Fighting the Demon Within Swami Satyamayananda Swami Satyamayananda Swami Sarvadevananda 12 Saturday 9 AM–12:30 PM Day 27 The Serpent Power • Other Events • 12 Saturday 2–4 PM at Hollywood Temple 27 Outside/Inside Swami Vedarupananda Pravrajika Krishnaprana Guibord Center Presents Wednesdays 7:30 pm Scripture Class • Classes • Sacred Stories of Animals, Faith, and Compassion • Other Events • Sundays/Domingos 2:30 PM Tuesday 7:30 PM With Jan Creamer and Tom Phillips Spanish Scripture Class of Animal Defense International Swami Dhyanayogananda 1 the Mother and leaders from various faith traditions 5 Saturday 11 AM (in person or live video) Swami Satyamayananda Followed by reception DURGA PUJA Nectar of Supreme Knowledge 12 Saturday 6:30 PM Ram Nam Vivekananda House 8, 15, 22, 29 Swami Sarvadevananda 25 Friday 7 AM Vigil 6 Sunday 10:30–11:18 AM Sandhi Puja Wednesday 7:30 PM 309 Monterey Road Chanting of “Jai Sri Durga” South Pasadena, CA 91030 Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna October 27, Sunday 12 Saturday 5 PM Class 323 254 1546 2 Swami Satyamayananda KALI PUJA 9, 16, 30 Swami Sarvadevananda Katha Upanishad Visits by Appointment 23 Swami Atmatattwananda 10 PM–3 AM Swami Satyamayananda November 2, Saturday 19 Saturday 4:30 PM Class OCTOBER 2019 Thursday 7:30 PM south pasadena Nectar of Supreme Knowledge 6 Sunday 4 pm KALI IMMERSION Swami Sarvadevananda 3, 17, 31 Swami Satyamayananda 12 Noon  Retreat with Swami Sarvadevananda meet in Balboa, CA at 26 Saturday 5:30 Pm Reading from 4 pm Meditation and Singing 10 Who Are the Gods? 600 East Bay Avenue the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna 6 pm Talks with Swami Viveka­nanda 24 Face the Brutes Potluck Picnic and Beach Meditation Follow 6:30 pm Ramayana at the Convent Swami Vedarupananda Reading and Discussion FRONT COVER 8.5 × 14 Accordion Fold

San Diego Center ABOUT VEDANTA “Every manifestation of power in the universe is Mother. She is Life.” 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 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- carnations of God, because it recog­nizes the same OCTOBER 2019 divine inspiration in all. Spiritual Talks 11 AM SATURDAY or as noted The of Southern California was 5 Kali the Divine Mother founded in 1930 and incorporated as a non-profit Sthaneshwar Timalsina religious corporation in 1934. The Society main- 12 Faith, Religion, Realization tains a tem­ple, convent, and monastery in both Swami Sarvadevananda Hollywood and Santa Barbara; a monastery and shrine each in San Diego and Trabuco Canyon; 19 The Serpent Power the Vivekananda House in South Pasadena, and a Swami Vedarupananda Retreat in Pinon Hills. There are a number of offi- 26 Bondage and Freedom cial Vedanta Societies in the United States, Europe, Swami Satyamayananda and South America. Although the societies are under the spiritual guidance of the Ramakrishna Santa Barbara Temple Order of India, each is an independent, self-sup- porting unit. Membership is open to those who are seri­ously VEDANTA SOCIETY in­terested in the teachings of Vedanta and have of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Piñon Hills Retreat attended lectures and classes for some time. Applications are available in the Society office and Ramakrishna Order of India 720 Sage Road bookshop. PO Box 720575 Piñon Hills, CA 92372 Private instruction is available from Swami Sarva­­ OCTOBER 2019 949 326 3002 devananda to those who have attended classes Visits by Appointment and lectures for some time and want to deepen SWAMI SARVADEVANANDA High desert their spiritual life in the path of meditation. There Minister is no charge for this instruction. Appointments OCTOBER 2019 SWAMI SATYAMAYANANDA may be made at the local centers. Assistant Minister Information and books on Vedanta and other reli- 12, 26 Saturday 10 AM Scripture Class gions are available at our bookshops and websites. Swami Arupeshananda Vedanta Society of Southern California California Southern of Society Vedanta Place Vedanta 1946 CA 90068 Hollywood, material dated Hollywood · Orange County 19 Saturday Retreat 9:30 AM–4 PM Santa Barbara · South Pasadena Devi Mahatmyam for the Divine Mother San Diego · High Desert Pravrajika Dayaprana The Vedanta Society is Online Vedanta Society · vedanta.org Vedanta Catalog (Books) · vedanta.com Books in Spanish · saradamapublishing.org Online at vedanta.org