- Welcome
- to the Home Page of theSri Chaitanya Saraswat Seva Ashram, the
California headquarters of the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat
Math. On behalf of our Divine Guardians, Srila Bhakti Sundar
Govinda Maharaj, Srila Bhakti Rakshak
Sridhar Maharaj, and Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupad, and the devotees of the Seva Ashram, we welcome you.
Our community encompasses men, women, and children of diverse nationalities and varied origins, all united in the service and glorification of the Supreme Lord. We hope that you will join us and participate in the revival of our original Krishna consciousness, the soul's loving relationship with the Lord.
Swami B.P. Janardan
Seva Ashram President - The Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Seva Ashram
- is located on twenty-eight acres of land amidst the rolling hills of Soquel,
California, and is dedicated to the ideal of "simple living and high thinking."
[Seva means service to the Supreme Lord and His devotees, and an Ashram is a place where
devotees live.] As the spiritual hub for an expanded community of many families, this land
has been described by Srila Govinda Maharaj, our President Acharya, as being blessed by
Lord Nityananda Prabhu.
Devotees, guests, and their children are invited to visit the Seva Ashram, participate in our special devotional programs, converse among friends, take some Prasadam [delicious vegetarian food prepared with devotion and offered with love to our Lord], or just spend a day in our quiet country setting. Visitors come from miles around to participate in our fabulous Sunday Feast, which is held every Sunday at 6:00 p.m. at the Seva Ashram. [Please see our Map for directions.]
Pictured:
- Srila Govinda Maharaj and the devotees taking a morning walk at the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Seva Ashram during His Divine Grace's World Tour in October, 1993.
Acharyas:
- Srila Govinda Maharaj, President-Acharya of the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and its affiliated branches worldwide.
- Srila Sridhar Maharaj, Founder-Acharya of the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.
- Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Prabhupad - The Guru of Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Maharaj and Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad.
- Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - The Supreme Lord Krishna, combined with His Ecstatic Potency [hladini-sakti], who descended to teach love of God through the process of chanting the holy names of the Lord.
Centers:
- Our Main Center: The Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, founded in 1941, in Sri Navadwip Dham, West Bengal, India.
- Other International Centers, including the U.S.A. and Mexico.
- Directions and map to our Seva Ashram in Soquel, California.
Events:
- The Sunday Feast: Every Sunday at 6:00 p.m. we have a delicious vegetarian feast at our Seva Ashram in Soquel. Everybody is welcome.
- Vaishnava Calendar for October and November, calculated for devotees living in the Western United States of America.
Books:
- A description of some of the many English Books and Newsletters published by the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and its branches worldwide.
- Book List: An extensive list of English and
other books that are available in fifteen languages from our centers.
Here are a few pages and chapters from our Acharya's books which you can read online:
- Sri Sri Prapanna Jivanamrtam - Positive and Progressive Immortality: Srila Sridhar Maharaj tells us what inspired him to write this devotional treatise on the subject of surrender, and Srila Govinda Maharaj tells us why this book is so important, and why we should read it first: "If you read this book carefully, you will get everything."
- The Search For Sri Krishna - Reality The Beautiful: Two chapters from the book that introduced Srila Sridhar Maharaj to the West.
- The Introduction to Sri Guru and His Grace, written by Srila Sridhar Maharaj.
- A Tragedy of Separation: Nimai Pandit enters the renounced order of life and receives the name "Sri Krishna Chaitanya." This chapter is taken from Srila Sridhar Maharaj's book, The Golden Volcano of Divine Love.
- The Introduction to Loving Search For The Lost Servant, by Srila Sridhar Maharaj.
- Intelligently Aware - This page is taken from Chapter Seven of Srila Sridhar Maharaj's book, Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion - Volume III. Here Srila Guru Maharaj explains the meaning of the word anartha.
- Srila Guru Maharaj Remembers: Excerpts from Srila Sridhar Maharaj's biography, Srila Guru Maharaj - His Divine Pastimes and Precepts in Brief.
- Life's Destination - From Chapter 5 of The Benedictine Tree of Divine Aspiration. This is a lecture given by Srila Govinda Maharaj to college students in Mauritius during his World Tour in 1993.
- The Math Logo is explained by Srila Govinda Maharaj in a short chapter taken from his book, Golden Reflections.
- Poetry: The Jiva Soul, a poem by our great Vaishnava Acharya, philosopher, and poet, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur.
Please also see select Quotations from the books of Srila Sridhar Maharaj and Srila Govinda Maharaj.
DIRECTIONS
Map [4k]
- The Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Seva Ashram is located at 2900 North Rodeo Gulch
Road, in Soquel, California.
From Highway 1, take the 41st Avenue exit; turn left on Soquel Drive and right at the first light onto North Rodeo Gulch Road. The Seva Ashram is about 3 miles up the road, on the right. For more information, please call (408) 462-4712.
For more information, please send email to
maharaj@scruznet.com.
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