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- Swami Vivekananda Essay Contest
- Sri Ramakrishna Birthday Celebrations
- Swami Gautamananda visits August 18 to 21
- Swami Ishtananda visits August 25 to 29
- Santa Barbara Temple Retreat: “Mantra and Japa” with Swami Sarvadevananda
- Sept 15 – Antaryoga Retreat Pinon Hills
- October 19, 2012 – Revered Swami Swahanandaji has passed away
- October 27, 2012 – Final Viewing for Swami Swahanadaji at Forest Lawn
- Memorial service update for Swami Swahanandaji
- Santa Barbara Memorial – special hotel rate
- December 15 – Antaryoga Retreat Pinon Hills
- January 26 – Antaryoga Retreat Pt. 3 Pinon Hills
- April 25 – VSSC Annual Members Meeting, 8pm – Hollywood Temple
- April 27th – come Celebrate Hanuman’s Birthday at the Hollywood Temple
- May 18 – Antaryoga Retreat for Inner Communion – Pinon Hills
Hollywood Temple News
- Join the Hollywood Vedanta Choir
- Saturday Night Kirtan · August 11, 2012, 7:30 pm
- Lecture topic change – Sunday, September 16 11am
- Saturday Night Kirtan – September 22, 2012, 7:30pm
- October 13 – 4:30-5:30pm “Mahalaya”
- October 21 – 12-1:30pm Durga Puja Video & Slide Show
- October 15-24 – Navaratri Chanting & sign up
- Rescheduled: 10.27 Antaryoga Retreat to 11.24 -”Swami Vivekananda His Experiences & Wisdom (Part 1)”
- Volunteer needed – knowledge of Quickbooks
- Saturday Night Kirtan – October 27, 2012, 7:30pm
- Memorial Service for Swami Swahananda: December 1, 2012
- Saturday Night Kirtan – December 8, 2012, 7pm
- Saturday Night Kirtan – January 26, 2013, 7-9pm
- Sunday February 3, 2013 – Vivekananda – Brahmananda Puja
- Saturday Night Kirtan – February 23, 2013, 7-9pm
- Puja Kitchen Karma Yoga Day – Saturday March 2, 2013
- March 23 – Antaryoga Retreat for Inner Communion – Pinon Hills
- Sri Ramakrishna Puja: March 17, 2013
- Saturday Night Kirtan – March 23, 2013, 7-9pm
- April 27 – Antaryoga Retreat for Inner Communion – Pinon Hills
- April 16 – “Exploring India through the Six Schools of Indian Philosophy” 7:30pm
- April 23 – Part II “Exploring India through the Six Schools of Indian Philosophy and Beyond” 7:30pm
- April 27 – Come celebrate Hanuman’s Birthday 4am-5pm!
- May 5 – Annual Public Dinner, Hollywood Center
- Saturday Night Kirtan – May 18, 2013, 7:30-9pm
- May 25 – Buddha’s birthday celebration – 7pm
Monthly Readings
- The Art of Building Shrines: A Lesson in Karma Yoga
- Meditation and Concentration – Part 1
- Meditation and Concentration – Part 2
- Meditation and Concentration – Part 3
- Meditation and Concentration – Part 4
- Meditation and Concentration – Part 5
- Types of Meditation – Part 1
- Types of Meditation – Part 2
- Harmony of Religions
- Vedanta in America: Where We’ve Been and Where We Are
- Is Vedanta for the West?
- Spirituality in an Age of Science
- Religion in the Twenty-First Century
- What Christ Means to Me
- A Spiritual Resolution
- A Vedanta Way of Life
- Who is Ramakrishna?
- A Fruitful Search for God
- The Ideal of Service in Buddhism
- Some Sayings of Swami Prabhavananda
- Be the Master of Your Mind
- Respect as Service
- Vivekananda and Thoreau
- The Mother Goddess
- Meditation Through Word-Symbols
- The Beautitudes
- The Undivided Life – Part 1
- The Undivided Life – Part 2
- Transformation and Transcendence – Part 1
- Transformation and Transcendence – Part 2
- The Psalms of David
- Knowledge and Understanding – Part 1
- Knowledge and Understanding – Part 2
- Knowledge and Understanding – Part 3
- Yoga—True and False
- Teachings of Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother – Part 1
- Teachings of Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother – Part 2
- Reflections on Some Teachings of Christ
- Fruits of Spiritual Practice
- The Message of the Chandi
- The Healing Power of Silence
- Sri Ramakrishna the Unknown
- Our Immortal Self
- Overcoming Obstacles in Spiritual Life – Part 1
- Overcoming Obstacles in Spiritual Life – Part 2
- The Ego and the Self
- Conversations with Swami Turiyananda – Part 1
- Conversations with Swami Turiyananda – Part 2
- Conversations with Swami Turiyananda – Part 3
- Christ the Messenger – Part 1
- Christ the Messenger – Part 2
- Conversations with Swami Turiyananda – Part 4
- Conversations with Swami Turiyananda – Part 5
- The Holy Mother
- Sarada Devi: The Holy Mother
- My Experience with the Compassionate Mother
- Holy Mother: The Ideal of Womanhood
- The Holy Mother as a Disciple Saw Her
- Reminiscences of Holy Mother
- Two Reminiscences of Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother
- I am Your Daughter
- Holy Mother’s Two Gifts
- Holy Mother’s Prescription for Peace
- Swami Vivekananda’s Message to the Ordinary Person
- Talks with Swami Shivananda
- Memories of Swami Brahmananda
- Spiritual Talks of Swami Adbhutananda
- Letters of Swami Turiyananda
- Rediscovering Vivekananda in the East and the West
- My Reminiscences of Sri Ramakrishna
- The Purpose of a Vedanta Society
- Ashtavakra Samhita: Study notes of Swami Shraddhananda
- Native American Spirituality: A Vedantic View
- A Holy Woman of Modern India
- Inner Light
- The Yoga of Meditation
- Religion of Love – Part 1
- Religion of Love – Part 2
- After Sri Ramakrishna’s Passing Away – Part 1
- After Sri Ramakrishna’s Passing Away – Part 2
- Experiences in Correctional Homes – Part 1
- Experiences in Correctional Homes – Part 2
- Three Aspects of the Ramakrishna Ideal – Part 1
- Three Aspects of the Ramakrishna Ideal – Part 2
- Three Aspects of the Ramakrishna Ideal – Part 3
- Three Aspects of the Ramakrishna Ideal – Part 4
- The Hindu Tradition
- Yoga and Self-Realization – Part 1
- Yoga and Self-Realization – Part 2
- “Dive Deep,” Said Ramakrishna
- Ethics in Our Human Relationships
- Knowledge, Love, and Union: A Glimpse into the Christian Contemplative Tradition
- Spiritualizing Human Relationships
- Reminiscences of Swami Vivekananda: Part 1
- Reminiscences of Swami Vivekananda: Part 2
- Reminiscences of Swami Vivekananda: Part 3
- Reminiscences of Swami Vivekananda: Part 4
- Reminiscences of Swami Vivekananda: Part 5
- Reminiscences of Swami Vivekananda: Part 6
- Philosophy of Religion: From East to West and Back Again
- Self-Control: Forcible or Gradual?
- Lessons of Life
- Mother’s Grace
- Sri Ramakrishna: Patron Saint of the Bengali Stage
- Bodhisattva of Compassion
- Can We Not Give Too?
- Spirituality in Daily Life
- Time and Eternity
- Jung and Indian Thought
- Vivekananda’s Vision of Vedanta
- The Gita’s Message for Self-transformation
- Swami Brahmananda: A Spiritual Dynamo
- Swami Trigunatita: A Saint of Our City
- To Encounter Karma
- Mahapurush Maharaj: Swami Shivananda
- There Is Fear from the Second
- Sri Ramakrishna and Rta
- Facing the Restless Mind – Part 1
- Facing the Restless Mind – Part 2
- Miracle in Brazil
- Teachers All Around – Part 1
- Teachers All Around – Part 2
- Self-Development According to Vedanta
- In Praise of Japa
- The Mahavidyas: The Powers of Consciousness Conceptualized – Part 1
- The Mahavidyas: The Powers of Consciousness Conceptualized – Part 2
- Prayer as a Spiritual Discipline
- Swami Prabhavananda on the Life of Holy Mother – Part 1
- Swami Prabhavananda on the Life of Holy Mother – Part 2
- In Praise of Prayer
- REVIEW ARTICLE: Toward a True Kinship of Faiths
- Religion vs. Spirituality: In the Light of Sri Ramakrishna
- Emulating Holy Mother
- Dimensions of Inner Freedom
- Faith
- Appraising Sri Ramakrishna
- Understanding Human Relationships in the Light of the Upanishads
- Living Inwardly
- Regaining the Lost Kingdom: Purity and Meditation in the Hindu Spiritual Tradition – Part 1
- Regaining the Lost Kingdom: Purity and Meditation in the Hindu Spiritual Tradition – Part 2
- Regaining the Lost Kingdom: Purity and Meditation in the Hindu Spiritual Tradition – Part 3
- Regaining the Lost Kingdom: Purity and Meditation in the Hindu Spiritual Tradition – Part 4
- Regaining the Lost Kingdom: Purity and Meditation in the Hindu Spiritual Tradition – Part 5
- Olive Wings
- Spiritual Life: Its Conditions and Pitfalls
- Absence of Jealousy – The Test of Non-Violence
- Freedom
- Is the Soul Immortal?
- The Healing Power of Silence
- Sri Ramakrishna as Achine Gach: “The Tree Without a Name”: Part 1
- Sri Ramakrishna as Achine Gach: “The Tree Without a Name”: Part 2
- Sri Ramakrishna as Achine Gach: “The Tree Without a Name”: Part 3
- Sri Ramakrishna as Achine Gach: “The Tree Without a Name”: Part 4
- Swami Vivekananda—The Next 100 Years
- Living Inwardly
- God as Guest: Hospitality in Hindu Culture
- Guru, Mantra and Initiation
- The Inspiration That Was Vivekananda
- Symbols in Hindu Spirituality
- Global Ecology and Vedanta: Part 1
News
San Diego Monastery News
- Krishna Puja – Sunday, August 12
- Lectures Resume at the San Diego Monastery
- Upcoming Special Events
- Retreats with Swami Yogatmananda to be Webcast
Santa Barbara Temple News
- Swami Swahananda’s Birthday Celebration
- Santa Barbara Bookstore Now Online
- Swami Gautamananda Visits Monday, August 20
- Family Day for Children and Parents
- Retreat: The Divine Mother: Faces of Grace—October 6
- Durga Puja—October 20
- Retreat: Theory and Practice of Devotional Singing
- Memorial Service for Swami Swahananda: December 8
- Swami Yogatmananda to Visit Santa Barbara
- Shiva Ratri: Sunday, March 10
- Sri Ramakrishna Puja: Sunday, March 17
- New DVD: A Celebration of Swami Swahananda’s Life
- Swami Veetamohananda to Visit Santa Barbara
- Easter Sunday Services: March 31
- Retreat: Cultivating Happiness
- Swami Ishatmananda to Visit Santa Barbara
- Memorial Day Inter-religious Panel Discussion