San Diego Vedanta Monastery

6 days ago

"Indian spiritual teachings were not entirely unfamiliar to Americans when Yogananda arrived in 1920. The Bhagavad Gita was translated into English in 1785, and John Adams and Thomas Jefferson exchanged letters about reading Hindu philosophy.
Indian sacred texts informed the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-1800s, and in 1893 Swami Vivekananda, a Hindu monk from Calcutta, became a media sensation after delivering a talk to the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago. The following year he founded the Vedanta Society, the first teaching institution for Indian philosophy in the United States. . .
Yogananda arrived in the U.S. as the Spanish flu pandemic was finally receding. Now, in another time of fear and anxiety, interest in his teachings is at an all-time high.
With its temples and meditation centers shuttered, SRF officials say visits to the organization’s website have more than tripled during the pandemic compared with last year, while interest in online prayer requests has increased by a factor of six. Inquiries about guided meditation are up 77%. . .
The unshakable knowledge that within every person lies a wise, loving, joyful, eternal soul.
That direct connection with God is always possible, for those who seek it.
It’s the message Yogananda brought from India a century ago, since relayed innumerable times from Mount Washington." ...

San Diego Vedanta Monastery

1 week ago

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