Upcoming Events

Coronavirus Covid-19 Update: Sunday Services and Weekday Classes Are Suspended, Bookshops Closed

Online Streaming of Services at the Hollywood Temple on our YouTube channel

Our monthly bulletin, which includes all six centers, in pdf format:

August 2020 · September 2020

Our annual Puja Calendar, updated for 2020–2021 may be found here, or see the official calendar from Belur Math here.

ALL EVENTS LIVE ONLINE NOT IN PERSON

HOLLYWOOD TEMPLE
youtube.com/vedantaorg
SUNDAY SPIRITUAL TALKS 11 am

DAILY EVENING PRAYER (Arati) 6 pm
(followed by silent meditation)
Link to texts

CLASSES

Tuesdays
4:30 pm Narada’s Way of Divine Love
Swami Sarvadevananda
7:30 pm Nectar of Supreme Knowledge
Swami Sarvadevananda

Wednesdays
10:30 am Katha Upanishad
Swami Satyamayananda
7:30 pm Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

Thursdays
7:30 pm Bhagavad Gita
Swami Satyamayananda

Fridays
7:30 pm Readings from the Direct Disciples

Sundays
9–10:35 am Sanskrit Class
Sukirtha Alagarswamy
On Google Meet

2:30 pm Spanish Scripture Class
Swami Dhyanayogananda
On Google Meet

SANTA BARBARA TEMPLE
SUNDAY SPIRITUAL TALKS 11 am, every other week
Talks streamed on Zoom and YouTube

CLASSES
Wednesdays 4:30 pm Gospel of Holy Mother
Pravrajika Krishnaprana
On Zoom & YouTube
Meeting ID: 856 2229 3052, Password: 354749

Saturdays 5 pm Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
On Zoom & YouTube
Meeting ID: 678 830 603, Password: 2xTyyx

This week at the Hollywood Temple

For this location’s full calendar click here

  • Class: Narada's Way of Divine Love from Swami Sarvadevananda (Livestream)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2020 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

    This class will be livestreamed at www.youtube.com/vedantaorg AND www.youtube.com/voiceofvedanta (If one stream is not working, please check the other.) 

    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: The Nectar of Supreme Knowledge (Livestream) from Swami Sarvadevananda

    Tuesday, 29 September 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

    This class will be livestreamed at www.youtube.com/vedantaorg  AND www.youtube.com/voiceofvedanta (If one stream is not working, please check the other.) 

    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.

  • Class: Katha Upanishad (Livestream) from Swami Satyamayananda

    Wednesday, 30 September 2020 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am

    This class will be livestreamed at www.youtube.com/vedantaorg  AND
    Swamis Youtube Channel (If one stream is down, please try the other)
     
    A class on the Katha Upanishad given by Swami Satyamayananda in the Green House living room. The legendary Katha Upanishad is the recorded dialog between Nachiketa and Yama (the God of death).

  • Class: Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna from Swami Satyamayananda(Livestream)

    Wednesday, 30 September 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

    This class will be livestreamed at www.youtube.com/vedantaorg  

    This class will be given by Swami Satyamayananda. A 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.

  • Class: The Bhagavad Gita (Livestream)

    Thursday, 01 October 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

    This class will be livestreamed at www.youtube.com/vedantaorg

    Swami Satyamayananda teaches this class in the temple. 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 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.

  • Ram Nam (Livestream)

    Saturday, 03 October 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

    We will be streaming this event at www.youtube.com/vedantaorg
    We will be conducting our monthly Ram Nam. We first perform a puja for Lord Rama followed by devotional chanting and singing.

  • Spiritual Talk

    Sunday, 04 October 2020 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

    All classes/ lectures will be livestreamed at www.youtube.com/vedantaorg

This week at the San Diego Monastery

For this location’s full calendar click here

Talks and classes are suspended during July and August.

This week at the Santa Barbara Temple

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  • via Zoom*: Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

    Saturday, 03 October 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm

    Speaker: Pravrajika Krishnaprana

    Join Zoom Meeting
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/678830603?pwd=eGJUQnJEZVNMQ04zMHJOb1phMjVkdz09

    Meeting ID: 678 830 603
    Password: 2xTyyx

    *All zoom classes and lectures are limited to the first 100 participants.

  • Tea & Chat with Krishnaprana

    Monday, 05 October 2020 @ 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

    For details contact sbnews@vedanta.org.

This week at the Trabuco Canyon Monastery

For this location’s full calendar click here

  • All activities are temporarily canceled

    Wednesday, 30 September 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

    All activities are temporarily canceled. We invite everyone to participate in our Hollywood Temple Programs.  NOTE: IN PERSON ATTENDANCE CANCELED DUE TO CORONA VIRUS REGULATIONS - all classes/ lectures will be live-streamed at www.youtube.com/vedantaorg  

    OR

     https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY_HqTiFjx9knq2PyFjZlyQ (If one stream is down, please try the other)

  • Vida Espiritual Según Escrituras Hindúes

    Sunday, 04 October 2020 @ 2:45 pm - 4:30 pm

    Class in Spanish led by Swami Dhyanayogananda (a native Spanish speaker) in person or via live video conference. Via Google Meet.

    http://meet.google.com/fqe-ntph-svx

This week at the Vivekananda House

For this location’s full calendar click here

We host afternoon retreats on select Sundays once or twice a month.

This week at the Piñon Hills Retreat

For this location’s full calendar click here

We host retreats on select weekend days once a month or so.