Janthopoyism
Sacred Travel: The Old Vedanta Temple
#holythrowback to 2024 when I visited The Old Vedanta Temple in San Francisco, California, USA.
Established in 1900, this makes it not only the first Hindu temple in the United States, but the first in the entire Western Hemisphere. Six years into its founding, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake devastated the city, but this structure stood firm. The headquarters have since moved not far from here into the “New Temple”, but this “Old Temple” still houses monks and services.
Vedanta Societies are based upon the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna. Very few Indian mystics were as dedicated to transcendence as this man, as he’d frequently get so caught up in his spiritual pursuits that he’d forget his family existed and he even lost the ability to blink. He once spent a full six months in meditation. His final message to the world was that all religions are valid paths to God. He died in 1886.
Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda is considered one of the most progressive Hindu thinkers in history, and he helped bring Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world. He founded the Vedanta Society in San Francisco. After he died, numerous Ramakrishna disciples took over the organisation, including Swami Trigunatitananda, who was killed when a student attacked him with a bomb in this building.
Established in 1900, this makes it not only the first Hindu temple in the United States, but the first in the entire Western Hemisphere. Six years into its founding, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake devastated the city, but this structure stood firm. The headquarters have since moved not far from here into the “New Temple”, but this “Old Temple” still houses monks and services.
Vedanta Societies are based upon the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna. Very few Indian mystics were as dedicated to transcendence as this man, as he’d frequently get so caught up in his spiritual pursuits that he’d forget his family existed and he even lost the ability to blink. He once spent a full six months in meditation. His final message to the world was that all religions are valid paths to God. He died in 1886.
Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda is considered one of the most progressive Hindu thinkers in history, and he helped bring Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world. He founded the Vedanta Society in San Francisco. After he died, numerous Ramakrishna disciples took over the organisation, including Swami Trigunatitananda, who was killed when a student attacked him with a bomb in this building.
Janthopoyism is a spiritual philosophy meets self-improvement program.
We view the Absolute collection of all Universal Energy to be the highest power. You are part of that power. You are an extension of divinity.
The ultimate purpose of this power is to evolve, and we each have a unique part to play in this progression. The details of your role are relayed to you every moment of your life via emotional notifications.
The tricky bit is that human beings have developed a communication barrier between themselves and this instruction.
This barrier is called "the brain".
But never fear! By utilising some very simple practices, you can open the flow of exchange, granting you access to the ether of infinite ideas, the infallible path of your guided destiny, and the recollection of your holiness.
Which is basically a wanky way of saying that your life is about to get a whole bunch better.
Join the movement before it becomes too mainstream.
We view the Absolute collection of all Universal Energy to be the highest power. You are part of that power. You are an extension of divinity.
The ultimate purpose of this power is to evolve, and we each have a unique part to play in this progression. The details of your role are relayed to you every moment of your life via emotional notifications.
The tricky bit is that human beings have developed a communication barrier between themselves and this instruction.
This barrier is called "the brain".
But never fear! By utilising some very simple practices, you can open the flow of exchange, granting you access to the ether of infinite ideas, the infallible path of your guided destiny, and the recollection of your holiness.
Which is basically a wanky way of saying that your life is about to get a whole bunch better.
Join the movement before it becomes too mainstream.
