SHANTI ASHRAMA PILGRIMAGE 125th Anniversary Special Program

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SHANTI ASHRAMA PILGRIMAGE

SHANTI ASHRAMA PILGRIMAGE
125th Anniversary Special Program
Saturday • April 26 • 11 a.m.

You are most cordially invited to join our annual pilgrimage to
—  Shanti Ashrama on Saturday, April 26. —

If you would like to attend, RSVP by April 22 at this link.

 

The theme of the day will be the 125th anniversary of the founding of Shanti Ashrama by Swami Turiyananda, a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. Swami Yogatmananda of the Vedanta Society of Providence, Rhode Island, will be our special guest. Swami Shantivratananda of the Ramakrishna Vedanta Centre, Dublin, Ireland, will also participate in the program along with swamis of the Bay Area.
While Swami Vivekananda was in America, Minnie C. Boock offered, as a gift, a tract of land of 160 acres in San Antonio Valley, California. Swamiji accepted the offer and in August 1900 Swami Turiyananda with a small group of students went to establish a retreat, which he named Shanti Ashrama. The meditation cabin was the first structure to be built.

The program will consist of a worship (puja), flower offerings by devotees, talks and chanting, and tours of the Ashrama.Please bring your lunch and drinking water.
Only coffee, tea, juice, and a dessert will be provided at lunchtime.

You may also wish to bring: a pillow or chair to sit on; a sun hat and a warm jacket, since the weather can be quite variable.

 

 

 

Program:

The Ashrama is located in San Antonio Valley and is about two-and-a-half hour drive from San Francisco, much of it along a windy road. Our usual route is via Mines Road, and we have also included directions for the alternate route via Patterson, which is less windy but longer by 20-25 minutes. Here is also a link with route options from the temple.
We hope that you will be able to join us on this most special occasion
at this peaceful, holy, and meditative place.

May our bodies be filled with strength, peace, and joy.
May our eyes, our ears, our senses, our energy, our life,
all be sweet with divine harmony.
All, whatever we perceive, is verily divine.
May we never cease to see God.
May God never forsake us.
May we be absorbed more and more in divine being.
And may the glories of Self-realization be manifest
in and through our life and mind.
Om. Peace, peace, peace.

– Shanti (Peace) Mantra
Chandogya Upanishad