Dharma Buddhist Meditation (Disclosure Project)

Silent Group Meditation (glendaletemple.org) is for new meditators and those who have tried to meditate for years. Find peace and serenity in silence, punctuated by live harmonium and cosmic chants.

Meditating together helps each participant by the power of united effort. Fifty or more attend each session, seated in a heavenly hall with startling stained glass windows and excellent AC. (Bring a warm wrap). Side room and atrium are also available for more seclusion.

Free gated parking. Come 15 minutes early for warm up with Energization Exercises in parking lot.

Nestled below the lovely Glendale hills, the temple is a branch of Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF), an international nonprofit society founded by Paramhansa Yogananda, author of "Autobiography of a Yogi."

Every one of any tradition is invited to attend to practice India’s age-old meditation and yoga philosophy. While some practice devotion (bhakti), we seek mindfulness (sati) and stillness (samadhi), wisdom (prajna) and awakening (bodhi).

Please keep SILENCE. For socializing, come on Sundays at 11:00 am. For meditation instructions, advice, or any questions or concerns, please contact organizers Seven and Jen by Meetup Messenger.

Sunday Evening Meditations resume in Glendale on June 4th. SRF is happy to announce that Sunday night meditations will start up again beginning on June 4, 2023. The group practice will begin with Energization Exercises at 6:30 in the parking lot. The meditation -- which happens in about 45 minute segments, punctuated by live harmonium or Indian music (sitar, tabla, cymbals, organ) -- concludes at 9:30 pm. Please join in whenever it is possible. It is a silent event, except for the person at the podium. Leave anytime during breaks when music is playing. If entering late, there is a smaller room near the entrance to the right, across from the restrooms. Free or by donation. If interested in a non-silent event, there is a Sunday morning service for that at 11:00 am.

Weekly Meditation Class: Every Thursday the Ashram has a group meditation and study of a classic spiritual text from India.

It is presented on a rotation basis by members, showing the agreement of the world's great spiritual traditions.

“My idea is NOT to bring here a Hindu creed or a Christian creed or a Buddhist creed, but to take the best out of ALL and embody the universal aspect of all. That is my dream.” - Founder Swami Paramananda

Ananda Ashram Spiritual Center: The founder said: "we dedicate a symbol which represents the ideal of unity and oneness of all world Teachers…to place before the people of this country [USA] the wisdom and truth from all lands, classics, and scriptures, in fact, from the whole world, showing their underlying unity and harmony" (1938).

(For more interaction and socializing, there is a Sunday Service at 11:00 am in addition to Thursday night meditation)

Sunday Evening Meditations resume in Glendale on June 4th. SRF is happy to announce that Sunday night meditations will start up again beginning on June 4, 2023. The group practice will begin with Energization Exercises at 6:30 in the parking lot. The meditation -- which happens in about 45 minute segments, punctuated by live harmonium or Indian music (sitar, tabla, cymbals, organ) -- concludes at 9:30 pm. Please join in whenever it is possible. It is a silent event, except for the person at the podium. Leave anytime during breaks when music is playing. If entering late, there is a smaller room near the entrance to the right, across from the restrooms. Free or by donation. If interested in a non-silent event, there is a Sunday morning service for that at 11:00 am.