Guest guest Posted July 14, 2001 Report Share Posted July 14, 2001 Namaste, Sw. Vivekananda received a gift of 160 acres of land, near Mt. Hamilton in California in early 1900. He asked Sw. Turiyananda to start an ashrama. This was called Shanti Ashrama. SHANTI ASHRAMA Location Latitude: 37/19/00 Longitude: 121/28/20 Elevation (NGVD29): 2,300 ft. Description Station located in the Upper San Antonio Valley, approximately 2 miles south of San Antonio Rd., in extreme eastern Santa Clara County. Following URLs give some pictures, and recent activities: http://www.vedanta.org/photos/pages/D/photos.turiyan.html http://www.vedantasociety.org/april2001p.html Swami Shantarupananda will visit Berkeley, Sacramento and Shanti Ashrama from April 23 to 30. Regards, s. Vedanta Soc. of N. California has a 2000-acre retreat in Olema, Marin County, Calif. _______________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2001 Report Share Posted July 16, 2001 Hello all, Thanks for your reponses on Shanti Ashrama. I have forwarded the replies to Steve. Thanks a lot. It is really nice that this news group has come up like a " Call Center " for information about Thakur and others related to Him. One is able to post queries and get apt and authentic replies. It is really nice. Jai Thakur, Jai Maa !! With love, Gomu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2001 Report Share Posted July 16, 2001 Namaste, Here is another piece of very interesting information!: http://sunmil1.uml.edu/tvs/newsletter/1998/apr98pf.html What: Public Service Astronomy Where: Unitarian Universalist Church in Livermore, 1893 N. Vasco Rd. When: April 10, 1998 Conversation, 7:00 PM Program begins, 7:30 PM Who: You and your family John Dobson Believe it or not, the internationally renowned Dobsonian telescope mount originated from a collection of salvaged parts and pieces at the Vedanta Monastery in Sacram ento. It was there that John Dobson, living a monastic life, began grinding his own mirrors and building his own scopes. In 1967, after 23 years as a monk, John emerged to dedicate the remainder of his life to public service astronomy. Since then, he founded the Sidewalk Astronomers and has taught telescope-making and astronomy at the Randall Museum, the Jewish Community Center, and the California Academy of Sciences. John still teaches at CAS. The Dobsonian mount, which John declined to patent, has made large user-friendly telescopes accessible and affordable for the general public. Thousands of amateur astronomers, many TVS ATMs included, have made their own sturdy, low-cost Dobsonian telescopes. Please join TVS for an extraordinary evening with John Dobson on April 10. Newcomers and guests are particularly invited to this very special meeting. [The world-famous Lick Observatory is on Mt. Hamilton, close to the San Antone Valley]. Regards, s. Ramakrishna, " Gokulmuthu N. " <gokulmuthu> wrote: > Hello all, > > Thanks for your reponses on Shanti Ashrama. I have forwarded the replies > to Steve. Thanks a lot. It is really nice that this news group has come up > like a " Call Center " for information about Thakur and others related to Him. > One is able to post queries and get apt and authentic replies. It is really > nice. Jai Thakur, Jai Maa !! > > With love, > Gomu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2001 Report Share Posted July 21, 2001 Namaste, This is the reply received when I wrote to the Vedanta Soc. of N. California: Thank you for your inquiry about Shanti Ashrama. Shanti Ashrama is not open to the public. However, we do have an annual program there every April (usually the last Saturday). If you are interested in attending this program, send us your mailing address and we will send you an invitation next spring. It is a wonderful place and you are most welcome to join us on our annual pilgrimage. Sincerely, Pravrajika Virajaprana Ramakrishna, " Sunder Hattangadi " <sunderh@h...> wrote: > Namaste, > > Sw. Vivekananda received a gift of 160 acres of land, near Mt. > Hamilton in California in early 1900. He asked Sw. Turiyananda to start an > ashrama. This was called Shanti Ashrama. > > SHANTI ASHRAMA > > > Location > > Latitude: 37/19/00 Longitude: 121/28/20 > > Elevation (NGVD29): 2,300 ft. > > > > Description > Station located in the Upper San Antonio Valley, approximately 2 > miles south of San Antonio Rd., in extreme eastern Santa Clara County. > > > > > Following URLs give some pictures, and recent activities: > > http://www.vedanta.org/photos/pages/D/photos.turiyan.html > > http://www.vedantasociety.org/april2001p.html > > Swami Shantarupananda will visit Berkeley, Sacramento and Shanti Ashrama > from April 23 to 30. > > > Regards, > > s. > > Vedanta Soc. of N. California has a 2000-acre retreat in Olema, Marin > County, Calif. _______________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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