Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The primary goal of guru Yogiraj Sri Swami Satchidananda (1914-2002) was interfaith understanding as a vehicle to world peace. To this end, the LOTUS (Light Of Truth Universal Shrine) was constructed and inaugurated in 1986. Swami Satchidananda had been living in Yogaville, though he was visiting Madras, in South India at the time of his death. [1]
In 1970, he opened a branch of his Integral Yoga Institute, on 770 Dolores Street, San Francisco. [16] In 1973, Columbia Records produced a vinyl double LP Swami Satchidananda that featured a kirtan and a talk (not at Woodstock) by Satchidananda based on questions asked by students. The back cover illustration showed a photograph of the swami ...
The Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) Encinitas Hermitage and Meditation Gardens is a religious center and tourist attraction in Encinitas, California, United States, created by Paramahansa Yogananda in the 1930s. [2] [3] [4] Its Golden Lotus Tower rises above the white wall along Highway 101 near Swami's Seaside Park.
Karma Thegsum Chöling (San Diego) Buddhist Meditation Center Tibetan, Karma Kagyu, Vajrayana 16th Karmapa (1977) Closed, 2021 [28] San Diego [19] [29] San Diego Rigpa Tibetan: Sogyal Rinpoche: San Diego [30] Drikung Kyobpa Choling Tibetan (1996 or 1997) Escondido [31] [32] Zen Center of San Diego Secular: Ezra Bayda and Elizabeth Hamiltin ...
In 1997, Chidananda took sannyas vows (final vows of renunciation) [3] and received his monastic name and the title of Brother (or Swami, in India). [8] His monastic name, Chidananda, means "bliss (ananda) through the infinite Divine Consciousness (chit)". [3] In 2009, Chidananda was appointed to the SRF and YSS Boards of Directors.
Swami's is an area in San Diego County, California, that contains Swami's Beach and other local attractions. The beach, also known as "Swami’s Reef'" and "Swamis", is an internationally known surfing spot, a point break located in Encinitas .
Yogananda established San Diego Temple in Bankers Hill, San Diego, on 5 September 1943, during World War II. The front walkway of the temple is lined with cypress trees planted by Yogananda. [48] In 1945, Mrinilini Mata, then fourteen-year-old Merna Brown, first met Yogananda at this temple and a year later entered the ashram in Encinitas. [44]
Swami Satchidananda opening the Woodstock Music and Art Festival. In 1966, the first Integral Yoga Institute was founded on the Upper West Side of New York City. There, Swami Satchidananda, and some of his newly trained students began leading classes for the general public in Hatha, meditation, breath work, and stress management. [18]