Swami Vedaswarupananda to Visit Santa Barbara May 9-10
Swami Vedaswarupananda, assistant head of the Vedanta Society of Western Washington, will be visiting Santa Barbara on May 9th and 10th. On Saturday, May 9, he will read the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna...
View ArticleRetreat: Touching the Divine
The May retreat will be held in the Pavilion (next to the Temple) on Saturday, May 23, from 10:00am to 2:30pm. The retreat will be on “Touching the Divine”, and will be led by Swami Mahayogananda from...
View ArticleSwami Sridharananda to Visit Santa Barbara
Swami Sridharananda, the head of the Vedanta Centre in Sydney, Austrailia, will be visiting Santa Barbara on Thursday, August 13. He will give a lecture at 6:30pm in the Temple, following Vespers. We...
View ArticleKirtan Fest
We are having our Kirtan Fest on Saturday, August 29. We’ll begin at 3:30pm, and end with Vespers at 6:00pm. Singers and musicians from Hollywood will also be joining us. The Kirtan will be followed...
View ArticleSwami Suhitananda to Visit Santa Barbara
Swami Suhitananda, the General Secretary of the Ramakrishna Order of India, will visit Santa Barbara on Friday, October 2. He will give a talk after Vespers in the Temple at 6:30pm, which will be...
View ArticleDurga Puja
DURGA PUJA Where: Santa Barbara Temple When: Saturday, October 24, 2015 Schedule of Events: 11:00am—Puja 12:45pm—Flower offering 1:00pm—Prasad Lunch 6:00pm—Vespers Other Durga Puja Events: Navaratri...
View ArticleRetreat: Death Cafe Retreat
The November retreat will be held in the Pavilion (next to the Temple) on Saturday, November 21, from 10:30am to 12:30pm. The retreat will be led by Swami Harinamananda from our San Diego center....
View ArticleDon’t Miss These Events in December
December 13, 2015 Swami Sarvadevananda and our new assistant Swami Sarvapriyananda will speak on “The Light of Christ in Our Spiritual Life”. December 15, 2015 Swami Atmajnanananda from the Vedanta...
View ArticlePravrajika Gitaprana to Visit Santa Barbara
Pravrajika Gitaprana, a former Hollywood nun, and now head of our Vivekananda Retreat in Ridgely, New York, will be visiting Santa Barbara on January 12. While here, she’ll give a talk on “Every Day is...
View ArticleSwami Tyagananda to Visit Santa Barbara
Swami Tyagananda, the head of the Vedanta Society in Boston, will be visiting Santa Barbara on January 22, Friday at 6:30pm. The subject of his talk will be “Learning How to Learn”. After the talk,...
View ArticleInterfaith Retreat, Santa Barbara Saturday May 7, 2016, 10 am–3:30 pm Moving...
Santa Barbara’s Vedanta Society is hosting an interfaith retreat on May 7th, from 10 am to 3:30 pm. Lunch will be provided by the convent. (See the flyer here.) The morning’s topic of discussion will...
View ArticleOctober 19, 2012 – Revered Swami Swahanandaji has passed away
REVERED SWAMI SWAHANANDAJI, a disciple of Swami Vijnananandaji,passed away peacefully on October 19, 2012 at 2:52pm, PST. He suffered a brain stem stroke on Wednesday morning. After several tests...
View ArticleNew DVD: A Celebration of Swami Swahananda’s Life
In celebration of Swami Swahananda’s life, we are offering a DVD set of his Funeral Service, Hollywood Memorial Service, and Santa Barbara Memorial Service. The double-disk set includes a 30-minute...
View ArticlePravrajika Varadaprana Passes Away
Pravrajika Varadaprana (Doris Ludwig) 4/22/23—1/4/14 Varadaprana was born Doris Ludwig in Los Angeles in 1923. She was born with an innate musical talent, which she used and enjoyed her entire life....
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