Minister, Vedanta Center of Greater Washington, DC Swami Brahmarupananda joined the Vivekananda Monastery and Retreat in Ganges, Mi., in 1984 and studied under the guidance of Swami Bhashyananda ji. He took his monastic vows (Sanyasa deeksha), in 1987. He has lectured on Vedanta, Upanishads and Bhagavad Geeta, and conducted spiritual retreats in the United States, […]
Pravrajika Brahmaprana has been a nun of the Vedanta Society of Southern California since January 1973. In 2008 she was posted as the resident minister at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of North Texas. During Brahmaprana’s 40 years of monastic life, she has enjoyed speaking before students—from middle school to post-graduate levels—on Hinduism and its Vedanta […]
Swami Atmavidyananda joined the Ramakrishna Order of India in 1978. Currently he is the treasurer and general office manager of the Vedanta Society of Southern California, as well as the Society’s organist and choir director. Swami Atmavidyananda is a prolific composer, having written two operas, two oratorios, numerous choral works, and over 20 instrumental works, […]
Swami Swahananda was the minister and spiritual leader of the Vedanta Society of Southern California from 1976 to 2012.He was born in a village near Habiganj in what is now Bangladesh, and was initiated in 1937 by Swami Vijnanananda, one of Sri Ramakrishna’s direct disciples.He received his undergraduate degree from Murari Chand College in Sylhet, […]
Swami Ishtananda is Minister of the Vedanta Center of St Petersbug, Florida. He joined the Ramakrishna Order in 1977, and served for many years in the Northeast of India, at the Order’s centers in Cherrapunjee and Along, before being posted to the Vedanta Society of Southern California. He was appointed the Minister of the Vedanta […]
Swami Yogatmananda is Minister and President of the Vedanta Society of Providence. He joined the Ramakrishna Order in 1976, and received his monastic vows in 1986. After being at Ramakrishna Math Center at Nagpur, India for 20 years, he was posted as the Head of Ramakrishna Mission, Shillong, Meghalaya, India. Swami Yogatmananda came to United […]
Swami Mahayogananda joined the Ramakrishna Order in 1997 at the Ramakrishna Monastery in Trabuco Canyon, California. From 2002 to 2008, he stayed in India, first at the Ramakrishna Mission Headquarters in Belur Math, West Bengal, and then at Narottam Nagar, Arunachal Pradesh; Advaita Ashrama, Kolkata; and Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Uttarakhand. He returned to the United […]