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Suggested Reading

  • The Gospel of Sri RamakrishnaThe Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
    by M. (Mahendranath Gupta)
  • Sri Ramakrishna and His Divine PlaySri Ramakrishna and His Divine Play
    by Swami Saradananda
  • Ramakrishna and His Disciples by Christopher IsherwoodRamakrishna and His Disciples
    by Christopher Isherwood
  • Holy Mother by Swami NikhilanandaHoly Mother (Biography of Sri Sarada Devi)
    by Swami Nikhilananda
  • Complete Works of Swami VivekanandaComplete Works of Swami Vivekananda
  • Vedanta: Voice of FreedomVedanta: Voice of Freedom
    by Swami Vivekananda
  • Vivekananda: The Yogas and Other WorksVivekananda: The Yogas and Other Works
    edited by Swami Nikhilananda
  • Karma Yoga and Bhakti Yoga by Swami VivekanandaKarma and Bhakti Yoga
    by Swami Vivekananda
  • Jnana Yoga by Swami VivekanandaJnana Yoga
    by Swami Vivekananda
  • Raja Yoga by Swami VivekanandaRaja Yoga
    by Swami Vivekananda
  • Vivekananda: A Biography by Swami NikhilanandaVivekananda: A Biography
    by Swami Nikhilananda
  • Bhagavad Gita by Swami NikhilanandaThe Bhagavad Gita
    translated by Swami Nikhilananda
  • The Upanishads translated by Swami NikhilanandaThe Upanishads
    (abridged edition) translated by Swami Nikhilananda
  • Vivekacudamani (Crest Jewel of Discrimination)Vivekacudamani (Crest Jewel of Discrimination)
    translated by Swami Madhavananda
  • Self Knowledge of Sri SankaracharyaSelf-knowledge of Sri Sankaracarya (Atmabodha)
    translated by Swami Nikhilananda

Special Events

Labor Day Retreat 2017

July 16, 2017 / Temple / Events

All are welcome to attend the Labor Day Retreat, September 2 – 4, by Swami Tattwamayananda at the New Temple in San Francisco on “How to Succeed Spiritually in the Workplace and in Homelife.”

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Monthly Reading

A True Teacher

July 19, 2017 / Temple / Monthly Reading

First you must find a teacher, a true teacher, and you must remember that he is not just a man. You may get a teacher in the body, but the real teacher is not in the body; he is not the physical man—he is not as he appears to your eyes. It may be the […]

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Swami Vivekananda on Equality

June 11, 2017 / Temple / Monthly Reading

In what scriptures do you find statements that women are not competent for knowledge and devotion? In the period of degradation, when the priests made the other castes incompetent for the study of the Vedas, they deprived the women also of all their rights. Otherwise you will find that in the Vedic or Upanishadic age […]

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The Concentrated Mind is a Lamp

May 11, 2017 / Temple / Monthly Reading

Perception is our only real knowledge or religion. Talking about it for ages will never make us know our soul. There is no difference between theories and atheism. In fact, the atheist is the truer man. Every step I take in the light is mine forever. When you go to a country and see it, […]

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About Vedanta

  • A Synopsis
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