Vedanta Society Of Southern California, Ramakrishna Monastery
Ramakrishna Monastery, Vedanta Society of Southern California | |
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![]() The Statue of Swami Vivekananda at the Ramakrishna Monastery | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Ramakrishna Order |
Region | Orange County |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Active |
Year consecrated | 1949 |
Location | |
Location | 19961 Live Oak Canyon Road, Trabuco Canyon, California |
State | California |
Geographic coordinates | 33°40′24″N 117°36′37″W / 33.6734182°N 117.6101414°WCoordinates: 33°40′24″N 117°36′37″W / 33.6734182°N 117.6101414°W |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Felix Greene |
Style | 18th Century Mediterian Monasery |
Website | |
Ramakrishna Monastery, Trabuco Canyon |
The monastery was originally developed in 1942 during WWII by Gerald Heard[1], a disciple of Swami Prabhavananda of the . Established as Trabuco College, it was meant to be a religious, non-sectarian, co-ed monastery, unaffiliated with any particular religious organization. Aldous Huxley, a close friend of Heard, spent 6 weeks there working on his book The Perennial Philosophy. [2]
However, the experiment failed and Heard donated the land and buildings to the as a male-only monastery. It was consecrated on September 7, 1949 by Swami Prabhavananda, as the Ramakrishna Monastery. It is located on a 40-acre property in the rolling hills of Trabuco Canyon, California. It bears the name of the great Indian mystic, Sri Ramakrishna, founder of the Ramakrishna Order of India.[3] [4]
The Ramakrishna Monastery is part of the and is an American branch of the Ramakrishna Order of India.
References[]
- ^ Orange County Register January 28, 2015
- ^ Western Admirers of Ramakrishna & His Disciples Book, Page 146
- ^ Brazil, Ben (15 February 2018). "Daily Pilot News Daily Pilot The monastery amid O.C.'s mania". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ Orange County Register January 28, 2015
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