San Diego Vedanta Monastery

Important announcement: the Saturday Morning Services have begun again. Evening arati remains suspended until further notice.

The San Diego Vedanta Monastery holds Saturday talks, evening classes, and meditation and vesper services. Regular visitors are welcome to borrow books and tapes from the monastery library. In addition, a selection of spiritual books and other items are available for purchase from the bookstore.

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Visitors are welcome for scheduled activities. For all other visits, please call ahead.

Arati (Vespers) suspended till further notice.

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Dear Friends,In honor of Kalpataru Day and New Years Day, the monastery will be open Thursday, January 1st, from 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM. We will celebrate this day with a puja from 10:00 to 11:00 AM including Arati. All are welcome to attend.The first day of January, besides being the New Year day, is of special significance to a Ramakrishna devotee. This is the day of the Self-revelation of the Great Master Sri Ramakrishna when he became, what is now popularly called, the Kalpataru `the wish-fulfilling tree.’It happened in 1886 at the Cossipur Garden House where the Master had been undergoing treatment for his throat cancer. On January 1st, he felt particularly better and came down from his room for a stroll on the spacious lawns of the garden-house. About thirty devotees were present and were scattered here and there in the garden. As soon as they saw the Master, they all came near him and bowed down. To Girish Chandra Ghosh, the Master said, `Girish, what have you seen that makes you glorify me publicly before one and all?’ Girish at once fell at the Master’s feet and said with folded hands and choked voice, `What more can I say of Him, even a fraction of whose glory Vyasa and Valmiki miserably failed to express in their immortal epics and Puranas?’ Hearing these words of Girish, the Master was deeply charmed and his mind soared to a high plane. Seeing the divinely illumined countenance of the Master, Girish was thrilled and he cried out in great joy, `Glory unto Ramakrishna! Glory unto Ramakrishna!’ and began taking the dust of his feet again and again. The Master looked at all present and said smilingly, `What more shall 1 say to you? May you all be spiritually awakened!’ No sooner had he said these few words than he went into Samadhi. What followed is best described in the words of Swami Saradananda, in his magnum opus ‘Sri Ramakrishna – the Great Master’, who had seen the whole episode from a distance: “When the devotees heard those words of blessings and protection from fear, they raised repeated cries of joy, exclaiming, `Glory to Ramakrishna.’ some of them saluted him, some showered flowers, some again came and touched his feet.” The Master touched the devotees in that state of Samadhi and blessed them all. The effect was instantaneous.Yours in the Lord,Swami Harinamananda and the San Diego Vedanta Monastery team ... See MoreSee Less
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Please join us in-house or online. Topic: Vedanta Society's Christmas Eve worshipTime: Dec 24, 2025 04:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)Join Zoom Meetingus02web.zoom.us/j/81089207050?pwd=Dt65U1qaNtIgc6JqbojNfYZanlg73A.1Meeting ID: 810 8920 7050Passcode: 216868Jai Ma ... See MoreSee Less
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