Hollywood Temple Thursday 7:30 PM Santa Barbara Temple Monastery 1946 Vedanta Place 19961 Live Oak Canyon Road 6 What Is Reason? 927 Ladera Lane PO Box 408 Hollywood, CA 90068 Swami Vedarupananda Santa Barbara, CA 93108 Trabuco Canyon, CA 92678 323 465 7114 805 969 2903 949 858 0342 Temple Hours 6:30 AM– 7 pm 13, 20 Bhagavad Gita Temple Hours Daily Visiting Hours Bookshop Hours Swami Satyamayananda 6:30 AM– 7 pm 9–11 AM, 3–5 pm Mon–Sat 10 AM–12:30 pm Bookshop Hours 2–5 pm Fridays 7:30 PM 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; Eternal Words of Swami Sun 10 AM–1 pm Hollywood Bookshop Closed Wednesdays Santa barbara Sat & Sun 10 AM–5 PM Adbhutananda Bookshop Closed Wednesdays Orange County Bookshop Closed Tuesdays JUNE 2019 JUNE 2019 JUNE 2019 Saturday 2:30 PM Sunday Spiritual Talks 11 am Sunday Spiritual Talks 11 am 8, 29 Chanting for Beginners Sunday Spiritual Talks 11 am 2 The Voice of the Mother 2 Freedom Sundays 9–10:35 AM 2 Building a Foundation Swami Sarvadevananda David Nelson Swami Mahayogananda Sanskrit Class 9 Freedom 9 The Power of Prayers Sukirtha Alagarswamy 9 Moral Philosophy Swami Sarvadevananda Swami Satyamayananda Swami Vedarupananda Sundays/Domingos 2:30 PM 16 The Power of Prayers 16 Moral Philosophy Spanish Scripture Class 16 Everyday Spirituality Swami Satyamayananda Pravrajika Krishnaprana Swami Vedarupananda Swami Dhyanayogananda 23 Attitude Is Everything (in person or live video) 23 The Power of Prayers Swami Dhyanayogananda 23 The Diamond Heart Swami Satyamayananda Swami Mahayogananda 30 Work and Its Secret • Other Events • 30 Freedom Swami Brahmavidyananda 30 Spiritual Humanism Swami Sarvadevananda Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna 1 Saturday 6:30 PM Ram Nam Swami Kripamayananda • Other Events • Swami Baneshananda Vedanta Society of Toronto, Canada Wednesdays 7:30 pm Scripture Class Vedanta Society, Germany 15 Saturday 9 AM–12:30 PM Karma Yoga Day Sundays/Domingos 2:30 PM

26 Wednesday 7:30 PM Swami Kripamayananda • Other Events • Spanish Scripture Class Swami Dhyanayogananda • Classes • Vedanta Society of Toronto, Canada (in person or live video) Spiritual Talk 1, 8, 15 Saturday 5:30 Pm Reading from the 28 Friday 7 AM Vigil Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna Vivekananda House Tuesday 7:30 PM 6:30 pm Ramayana at the Convent 309 Monterey Road Nectar of Supreme Knowledge 22 4, 25 Swami Sarvadevananda Saturday 10 AM-2 PM Retreat South Pasadena, CA 91030 Music and Spiritual Life 323 254 1546 11 Beyond Illusion “The Self is not known through with Pravrajika Vrajaprana Visits by Appointment 18 Deliverance From Evil study of the scriptures, nor through sub- Bring bag lunch. Swami Satyamayananda tlety of the intellect, nor through much Sign up: 805 969 5697 or email: [email protected] JUNE 2019 Wednesday 7:30 PM learning; but by him who longs for him is 2 Sunday 4 pm south pasadena Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna 5 PM Class Katha Upanishad 5 Swami Sarvadevananda he known. Verily unto him does the Self Swami Satyamayananda  Retreat with Swami Sarvadevananda 12, 19 Swami Satyamayananda reveal his true being.” 29 Saturday 4:30 PM Class 4 pm Meditation and Singing — Katha Upanishad Nectar of Supreme Knowledge 6 pm Talks with Swami Viveka­nanda Swami Sarvadevananda 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 JUNE 2019 divine inspiration in all. Spiritual Talks 11 am Sunday or as noted The Vedanta Society of Southern was 2 Why Ramakrishna Matters founded in 1930 and incorporated as a non-profit Pravrajika Vrajaprana religious corporation in 1934. The Society main- 8 Saturday 11 AM tains a tem­ple, convent, and monastery in both Freedom Hollywood and Santa Barbara; a monastery and Swami Sarvadevananda shrine each in San Diego and Trabuco Canyon; 15 Saturday 11 AM the Vivekananda House in South Pasadena, and a The Power of Prayers Retreat in Pinon Hills. There are a number of offi- Swami Satyamayananda cial Vedanta Societies in the United States, Europe, 23 Moral Philosophy and South America. Although the societies are Swami Vedarupananda under the spiritual guidance of the Ramakrishna Vivekananda House 30 Lesson for Living a Spiritual Life Order of India, each is an independent, self-sup- Dr. Sheila Patel porting unit. Medical Director, Chopra Center Membership is open to those who are seri­ously VEDANTA SOCIETY • Other Events • in­terested in the teachings of Vedanta and have of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 4, 11, 18 Tuesday 5:15 PM Bhagavad Gita Class attended lectures and classes for some time. Applications are available in the Society office and Ramakrishna Order of India bookshop. Piñon Hills Retreat Private instruction is available from Swami Sarva­­ JUNE 2019 720 Sage Road devananda to those who have attended classes PO Box 720575 and lectures for some time and want to deepen Piñon Hills, CA 92372 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 may be made at the local centers. High desert Assistant Minister JUNE 2019 Information and books on Vedanta and other reli- gions are available at our bookshops and websites.

1, 22 Saturday 10 AM California Southern of Society Vedanta Place Vedanta 1946 CA 90068 Hollywood, material dated Hollywood · Orange County Scripture Class Santa Barbara · South Pasadena 15 Saturday Retreat 9:30 AM–4 PM San Diego · High Desert Prasna Upanishad The Vedanta Society is Online Pravrajika Dayaprana Vedanta Society · vedanta.org Vedanta Catalog (Books) · vedanta.com Books in Spanish · saradamapublishing.org Online at vedanta.org