Hollywood Temple

Our Hollywood location is home to a temple, monastery, convent, bookshop, library and the society’s administrative offices. Our minister, Swami Sarvadevananda, and other monks reside in the Hollywood monastery.

The temple is open daily to the public from morning meditation through evening classes. Daily puja, worship, is observed at 12:00 noon every day. Daily arati, vespers, is at 6:00 pm. We also host Sunday morning spiritual talks, Sunday School, scripture and chanting classes, kirtans, karma yoga days, and special pujas. The library is open before and after Sunday morning talks. Members may search for titles in our catalog and borrow books.

Contact Information

1946 Vedanta Place
Hollywood, CA 90068-3996
(323) 465-7114
hollywood@vedanta.org

Hours:

6:30am to 7:00pm daily

Puja (Worship) Noon daily

Arati (Vespers) 6:00pm daily

Bookstore:

Phone: (323) 465-7114
Hours: Mon-Sat 10:00am to 12:30pm
2:00pm to 5:00pm
Sunday 10:00am to 11:00am
Noon to 5:00pm
CLOSED WEDNESDAYS

Closed Wednesdays, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day.

Calendar of Events

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	August 2019
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1 Class: The Baghavad Gita Class: The Baghavad Gita August 1, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Swami Satyamayananda teaches this class in the Green House living room. The Bhagavad Gita is an essential text in Vedanta. This class uses the translation by Swami Chidbhavananda which is structured verse by verse with the Sanskrit in both devanagri and Roman transliteration, commentary by Chidbhavananda, as well as commentary from Sri Ramakrishna's teachings. The Swami will also refer to the Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood translation of the Gita. All are welcome to join this ongoing class at anytime. •	2 Class: Śvetāsvatara Upanishad… Class: Śvetāsvatara Upanishad August 2, 2019 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am Swami Satyamayananda meets with seekers on Wednesday & Friday mornings in the Green House living room to study scripture. The current text is the Śvetāsvatara Upanishad. All are welcome. •	3 Kirtan with Swami Nirvanananda Kirtan with Swami Nirvanananda August 3, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm 1946 Vedanta Place, Hollywood, California 90068 Call and response singing and chanting in a variety of languages and styles this month with our special guest Swami Nirvanananda. All are welcome. Followed by refreshments. •
4 Spiritual Talk: Swami Sarvadev… Spiritual Talk: Swami Sarvadevananda "Sri Krishna: Three Gunas" August 4, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Talks are in the temple and are often followed by a Q & A session in the Green House living room, adjacent to the bookshop. •	5	6 Class: Sri Upadesamrta Class: Sri Upadesamrta August 6, 2019 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Swami Sarvadevananda leads this class in the Green House Living every Tuesday afternoon. The class is streamed live on YouTube; past classes are archived there. Class: Nectar of Supreme Knowl… Class: Nectar of Supreme Knowledge August 6, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Swami Sarvadevananda leads this study of a popular text on advaita philosophy in 223 verses. It contains the essential philosophical conclusions of the much larger text, the Yoga Vashista. Original Bengali translation from Sanskrit by Swami Dhireshananda. Translated into English by Swami Sarvadevananda. • •	7 Class: Śvetāsvatara Upanishad… Class: Śvetāsvatara Upanishad August 7, 2019 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am Swami Satyamayananda meets with seekers on Wednesday & Friday mornings in the Green House living room to study scripture. The current text is the Śvetāsvatara Upanishad. All are welcome. Class: Gospel of Sri Ramakrish… Class: Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna August 7, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Read-aloud and discussion of The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, the words and stories of Sri Ramakrishna recorded with with an almost stenographic precision by one of his followers. A copy of the text is not necessary. • •	8	9 Class: Śvetāsvatara Upanishad… Class: Śvetāsvatara Upanishad August 9, 2019 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am Swami Satyamayananda meets with seekers on Wednesday & Friday mornings in the Green House living room to study scripture. The current text is the Śvetāsvatara Upanishad. All are welcome. •	10
11 Spiritual Talk: Pravrajika Bra… Spiritual Talk: Pravrajika Brahmaprana "A Universal Prescription for Well-Being" August 11, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Pravrajika Brahmaprana is resident minister of the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of North Texas. Talks are in the temple and are often followed by a Q & A session in the Green House living room, adjacent to the bookshop. •	12	13 Class: Sri Upadesamrta Class: Sri Upadesamrta August 13, 2019 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Swami Sarvadevananda leads this class in the Green House Living every Tuesday afternoon. The class is streamed live on YouTube; past classes are archived there. Class: Nectar of Supreme Knowl… Class: Nectar of Supreme Knowledge August 13, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Swami Saravdevananda leads this study of a popular text on advaita philosophy in 223 verses. It contains the essential philosophical conclusions of the much larger text, the Yoga Vashista. Original Bengali translation from Sanskrit by Swami Dhiresananda. Translated into English by Swami Sarvadevananda. • •	14 Class: Śvetāsvatara Upanishad… Class: Śvetāsvatara Upanishad August 14, 2019 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am Swami Satyamayananda meets with seekers on Wednesday & Friday mornings in the Green House living room to study scripture. The current text is the Śvetāsvatara Upanishad. All are welcome. Class: Gospel of Sri Ramakrish… Class: Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna August 14, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Read-aloud and discussion of The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, the words and stories of Sri Ramakrishna recorded with with an almost stenographic precision by one of his followers. A copy of the text is not necessary. • •	15 Class: The Baghavad Gita Class: The Baghavad Gita August 15, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Swami Satyamayananda teaches this class in the Green House living room. The Bhagavad Gita is an essential text in Vedanta. This class uses the translation by Swami Chidbhavananda which is structured verse by verse with the Sanskrit in both devanagri and Roman transliteration, commentary by Chidbhavananda, as well as commentary from Sri Ramakrishna's teachings. The Swami will also refer to the Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood translation of the Gita. All are welcome to join this ongoing class at anytime. •	16 Class: Śvetāsvatara Upanishad… Class: Śvetāsvatara Upanishad August 16, 2019 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am Swami Satyamayananda meets with seekers on Wednesday & Friday mornings in the Green House living room to study scripture. The current text is the Śvetāsvatara Upanishad. All are welcome. •	17 Karma Yoga day Karma Yoga day August 17, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 12:30 pm This is a day of selfless service to maintain and improve our grounds and services. Range of work varies and might be indoors or out involving physical or mental tasks. We meet in front of the bookshop at 9 am, break for noon meditation in the temple before enjoying lunch in the monastery with the monks and nuns. Chanting for Beginners Chanting for Beginners August 17, 2019 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Pravrajika Dayaprana teaches Sanskrit chanting in the Green House living room, adjacent to the bookstore. • •
18 Spiritual Talk: Pravrajika Sev… Spiritual Talk: Pravrajika Sevaprana "Self-Sacrifice" August 18, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Talks are in the temple and are often followed by a Q & A session in the Green House living room, adjacent to the bookshop. •	19	20 Class: Sri Upadesamrta Class: Sri Upadesamrta August 20, 2019 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Swami Sarvadevananda leads this class in the Green House Living every Tuesday afternoon. The class is streamed live on YouTube; past classes are archived there. Spiritual Talk: Swami Prapanna… Spiritual Talk: Swami Prapannananda August 20, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Swami Prapannananda is visiting from the Vedanta Society, Sacramento. • •	21 Class: Śvetāsvatara Upanishad… Class: Śvetāsvatara Upanishad August 21, 2019 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am Swami Satyamayananda meets with seekers on Wednesday & Friday mornings in the Green House living room to study scripture. The current text is the Śvetāsvatara Upanishad. All are welcome. Spiritual Talk: Swami Satyalok… Spiritual Talk: Swami Satyalokananda August 21, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Swami Satyalokananda is visiting from Singapore Vedanta. • •	22	23 Class: Śvetāsvatara Upanishad… Class: Śvetāsvatara Upanishad August 23, 2019 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am Swami Satyamayananda meets with seekers on Wednesday & Friday mornings in the Green House living room to study scripture. The current text is the Śvetāsvatara Upanishad. All are welcome. Vigil Vigil August 23, 2019 @ 7:00 am - August 24, 2019 @ 7:00 am During Vigil, members take turns in scheduled shifts to sit in the inner shrine chanting "Jai Sri Ramakrishna" continuously for 24 hours. • •	24
25 Sanskrit Class Sanskrit Class August 25, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 10:40 am Led by senior Sanskrit students Spiritual Talk: Swami Satyamay… Spiritual Talk: Swami Satyamayananda "Understanding Oneself Through the Divine Mother" August 25, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Talks are in the temple and are often followed by a Q & A session in the Green House living room, adjacent to the bookshop. • •	26	27 Class: Sri Upadesamrta Class: Sri Upadesamrta August 27, 2019 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Swami Sarvadevananda leads this class in the Green House Living every Tuesday afternoon. The class is streamed live on YouTube; past classes are archived there. Class: Transformation of Aware… Class: Transformation of Awareness August 27, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Swami Sarvadevananda leads this study of a popular text on advaita philosophy in 223 verses. It contains the essential philosophical conclusions of the much larger text, the Yoga Vashista. Original Bengali translation from Sanskrit by Swami Dhireshananda. Translated into English by Swami Sarvadevananda. • •	28 Class: Śvetāsvatara Upanishad… Class: Śvetāsvatara Upanishad August 28, 2019 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am Swami Satyamayananda meets with seekers on Wednesday & Friday mornings in the Green House living room to study scripture. The current text is the Śvetāsvatara Upanishad. All are welcome. Class: Gospel of Sri Ramakrish… Class: Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna August 28, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Read-aloud and discussion of The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, the words and stories of Sri Ramakrishna recorded with with an almost stenographic precision by one of his followers. A copy of the text is not necessary. • •	29 Class: The Baghavad Gita Class: The Baghavad Gita August 29, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Swami Satyamayananda teaches this class in the Green House living room. The Bhagavad Gita is an essential text in Vedanta. This class uses the translation by Swami Chidbhavananda which is structured verse by verse with the Sanskrit in both devanagri and Roman transliteration, commentary by Chidbhavananda, as well as commentary from Sri Ramakrishna's teachings. The Swami will also refer to the Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood translation of the Gita. All are welcome to join this ongoing class at anytime. •	30 Class: Śvetāsvatara Upanishad… Class: Śvetāsvatara Upanishad August 30, 2019 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am Swami Satyamayananda meets with seekers on Wednesday & Friday mornings in the Green House living room to study scripture. The current text is the Śvetāsvatara Upanishad. All are welcome. •	31 Chanting for Beginners Chanting for Beginners August 31, 2019 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Pravrajika Dayaprana teaches Sanskrit chanting in the Green House living room, adjacent to the bookstore. •