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Cambodian Buddhism San Diego [17] UU Meditation Circle Vipassanā: San Diego, First Unitarian Universalist Church [18] Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Dieguito Vipassanā: Solana Beach [19] Buddhist Temple of San Diego [20] Jōdo Shinshū (Pure Land Buddhism) (1926, 1931) Grant Hill [3] Hsi Fang Temple Fo Guang Shan: Hsing Yun (1989 ...
The Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) Encinitas Hermitage and Meditation Gardens is a religious center and tourist attraction in Encinitas, California, United States, created by Paramahansa Yogananda in the 1930s. [2] [3] [4] Its Golden Lotus Tower rises above the white wall along Highway 101 near Swami's Seaside Park.
Encinitas, California, 2007. Swami's is an area in San Diego County, California, that contains Swami's Beach and other local attractions. The beach, also known as "Swami’s Reef'" and "Swamis", is an internationally known surfing spot, a point break located in Encinitas.
Dharma Bum Temple at its downtown San Diego location in 2014. Dharma Bum Temple was founded by a group who met at a local Buddhist temple in San Diego in 2003. One of the members of the group, Jeffrey Zlotnik, eventually became president of the English-language chapter of the local temple.
Yogananda established San Diego Temple in Bankers Hill, San Diego, on 5 September 1943, during World War II. The front walkway of the temple is lined with cypress trees planted by Yogananda. [48] In 1945, Mrinilini Mata, then fourteen-year-old Merna Brown, first met Yogananda at this temple and a year later entered the ashram in Encinitas. [44]
Deer Park Monastery meditation hall (Vietnamese) in Escondido, California Hsi Lai Temple (Chinese) in Hacienda Heights, California – the largest Buddhist temple in the United States See also: List of sanghas in Central Valley, California and List of sanghas in San Diego County, California
Swami’s State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) is a marine protected area that extends offshore of Encinitas in San Diego County on California’s south coast. The SMCA covers 12.65 square miles. It protects marine life by limiting the removal of marine wildlife from within its borders.
In the early 1970s, Chidananda studied sociology and philosophy at the University of California in San Diego, [3] from which he graduated in 1975. [8] During this time, he came across a copy of Yogananda's book Autobiography of a Yogi and began visiting SRF's ashram center in Encinitas, California.