Dear devotees and friends,

We are pleased to announce that Swami Dhyanayogananda, lead monk at the Ramakrishna Monastery in Trabuco Canyon, California, will visit with us from September 22 through 25. The Swami will lead a Saturday Retreat, and give a talk on Sunday (full schedule and details below).

Friday, September 22, 6 p.m.
Evening Arati in the Chapel

Friday, September 22, 7:30 p.m.
Reception and potluck supper for the Swami
In the monastery at the Center

Saturday, September 23, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Retreat: “Vedantic Meditation”
In the Chapel.
Potluck lunch in the monastery.

Saturday, September 23, 6 p.m.
Evening Arati in the Chapel

Sunday, September 24, 11 a.m. 
Talk: “The Way We Want to Live.”

Sunday, September 24, 6 p.m.
Evening Arati in the Chapel 

Swami Dhyanayogananda has been part of the Trabuco Canyon monastery since 2016 and is currently the lead monk there. He was born in Argentina and raised Catholic but when he was 19 he discovered a Ramakrishna ashram in Buenos Aires and became part of that community. He joined the order in 2001 and spent seven years in India. 

Every July Fourth, the Trabuco Canyon monastery, situated on 40 acres of rolling hills, is the venue for the Southern California Vedanta Society’s celebration of Swami Vivekananda’s Mahasamadhi with a puja in the Chapel and great food. Hundreds of devotees attend each year. It’s also the monastery where Swami Yogeshananda, founder of the Vedanta Center of Atlanta, spent his last years teaching devotees and brahmacharis.

Dear devotees and friends,

We are pleased to announce that Swami Dhyanayogananda, lead monk at the Ramakrishna Monastery in Trabuco Canyon, California, will visit with us from September 22 through 25. The Swami will lead a Saturday Retreat, and give a talk on Sunday (full schedule and details below).

Friday, September 22, 6 p.m.
Evening Arati in the Chapel

Friday, September 22, 7:30 p.m.
Reception and potluck supper for the Swami
In the monastery at the Center

Saturday, September 23, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Retreat: “Vedantic Meditation”
In the Chapel.
Potluck lunch in the monastery.

Saturday, September 23, 6 p.m.
Evening Arati in the Chapel

Sunday, September 24, 11 a.m. 
Talk: “The Way We Want to Live.”

Sunday, September 24, 6 p.m.
Evening Arati in the Chapel 

Swami Dhyanayogananda has been part of the Trabuco Canyon monastery since 2016 and is currently the lead monk there. He was born in Argentina and raised Catholic but when he was 19 he discovered a Ramakrishna ashram in Buenos Aires and became part of that community. He joined the order in 2001 and spent seven years in India. 

Every July Fourth, the Trabuco Canyon monastery, situated on 40 acres of rolling hills, is the venue for the Southern California Vedanta Society’s celebration of Swami Vivekananda’s Mahasamadhi with a puja in the Chapel and great food. Hundreds of devotees attend each year. It’s also the monastery where Swami Yogeshananda, founder of the Vedanta Center of Atlanta, spent his last years teaching devotees and brahmacharis.

Dear devotees and friends,

We are pleased to announce that Swami Dhyanayogananda, lead monk at the Ramakrishna Monastery in Trabuco Canyon, California, will visit with us from September 22 through 25. The Swami will lead a Saturday Retreat, and give a talk on Sunday (full schedule and details below).

Friday, September 22, 6 p.m.
Evening Arati in the Chapel

Friday, September 22, 7:30 p.m.
Reception and potluck supper for the Swami
In the monastery at the Center

Saturday, September 23, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Retreat: “Vedantic Meditation”
In the Chapel.
Potluck lunch in the monastery.

Saturday, September 23, 6 p.m.
Evening Arati in the Chapel

Sunday, September 24, 11 a.m. 
Talk: “The Way We Want to Live.”

Sunday, September 24, 6 p.m.
Evening Arati in the Chapel 

Swami Dhyanayogananda has been part of the Trabuco Canyon monastery since 2016 and is currently the lead monk there. He was born in Argentina and raised Catholic but when he was 19 he discovered a Ramakrishna ashram in Buenos Aires and became part of that community. He joined the order in 2001 and spent seven years in India. 

Every July Fourth, the Trabuco Canyon monastery, situated on 40 acres of rolling hills, is the venue for the Southern California Vedanta Society’s celebration of Swami Vivekananda’s Mahasamadhi with a puja in the Chapel and great food. Hundreds of devotees attend each year. It’s also the monastery where Swami Yogeshananda, founder of the Vedanta Center of Atlanta, spent his last years teaching devotees and brahmacharis.