“Imagine. Open the windows of your mind to divine possibility.
Embrace it; be it; live from it.”
~Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian, CSE Daily Inspiration, 04-04-2022
Acharya Paula Vandana Whang-Ramos,
Blue Lotus Center Spiritual Director
Paula earned her Ph.D. in Psychology in 1984 and her Masters of Divinity Degree from CSE Meru Seminary in 2010. In 2012, Paula was ordained in the tradition of Kriya Yoga by her teacher, Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian, with whom she continues to study. Currently, Paula also serves as a Senior Kriya Yoga Meditation teacher and an Associate Minister at the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment in San Jose, CA.
Paula is available to teach meditation at your organization or place of work.
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408-842-0208 • paula@bluelotuscenter.org • Dry Creek Village, 8347 Church Street, Gilroy, CA 95020
2020 Blue Lotus Meditation and Yoga Center
Journey In Love
This 3-part series includes:
Cherish Changing Bodies April 22, 2023
Befriend the Busy Mind September 9, 2023
Live in the Soul Upcoming-Watch This Space For Date Announcement
Offered onsite at BLC in Gilroy, CA, and online via Zoom, these programs offer Yogic teachings and practices to spiritualize the care of the body, harmonize the mind in the highest good, and intentionally live from the wisdom and joy of the soul.
Join Acharya Paula Vandana Whang-Ramos for one or more of these programs. Gift your Self an afternoon of deep meditation and practical Yogic wisdom to invite the radiance of the soul to illumine and inspire our daily lives.
Beginners and experienced meditation and Kriya Yoga participants are welcome.
For more information and to register, click here.
A Program for Spiritual Self-Care
Meditation & Yoga Center:
CSE south county meditation center
To donate to Acharya Paula Vandana for Spiritual Support, click here.
"All life-enhancing qualities can be unfolded quickly by remembering our relationship with the Infinite
and by living so that we can always be in harmony with it."
Roy Eugene Davis, The Eternal Way: The Inner Meaning of the Bhagavad Gita (2009), pp. 194
There is divine potential in the heart of every person that awaits our recognition and cooperation. Once we discover this innate potential, what was once a deep yearning becomes the dynamic cause that inspires us to live in the highest way. We can all know why we are here, how to fulfill our divine destiny and experience lasting happiness.
Engage in this New Online Video Course with Yogacharya O’Brian and learn how to meditate and live by spiritual principles.
For more information or to register, click here.
~ RADIANT LIVING ~
Join us in spiritual community for a time of meditation, study, and contemplation of the Bhagavad Gita, a foundational text for yoga and meditation. Experience this practical wisdom that redirects our paths of suffering toward the freedom of our essential Wholeness. Learn how the ancient teachings of the Gita can reveal our inner peace, courage, and clarity. New and experienced students of the Gita are welcome to join anytime. All are welcome.
Our year-long study will include:
~Individual Daily Meditation and Metaphysical Scripture Study
Begins September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2024
Complement your daily meditation practice with contemplative reading of the Gita.
Download the 2023-2024 Bhagavad Gita One Year Daily Reading schedule here.
Tuesday 1pm Weekly Meditation and Gita Study Group
Tuesdays, beginning 09/05/2023 through 08/27/2024
Each Tuesday in spiritual community, we will meditate and contemplate inspirations and insights revealed during our daily Gita scripture study.
If you are not currently registered for our Zoom classes, please request the link on our Contact Page.
Required text: The Eternal Way: The Inner Meaning of the Bhagavad Gita, by Roy Eugene Davis.
Texts available locally at BLC or CSE, or online at csa-davis.org or Amazon.
A Six-Week Online Video Course with Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian
We welcome your tax deductible donation
One hundred years ago, at 27 years of age, Paramahansa Yogananda left his spiritual teachers, spiritual community, family, culture, language, and every earth life comfort he knew, to travel by himself to this foreign country. In the face of great loss and the great unknown, Yogananda courageously took his place in a much larger spiritual plan, as envisioned by one of his spiritual teachers, Mahavatar Babaji. And, in divine grace, this single selfless choice made by one man, created life transforming opportunities for Yoga Oneness and inner freedom for us all.
In love and gratitude, BLC dedicates 2020 as a Journey In Love, where we honor Paramahansa Yogananda and the priceless gift of Kriya Yoga that he so freely shared with our country. It must be nothing less than Yogananda's unconditional love in Yoga Oneness that could inspire such courage, surrender, and selfless service - love for the Divine, love for his spiritual teachers and the teachings, love for his divine calling, and love for millions of westerners whom he would never personally meet. Throughout the year, BLC will offer special classes and gatherings that allow us to step into the stream of Wholeness that Yogananda saw in all beings. All are welcome in our Journey In Love.
Welcome to The Blue Lotus Center
~ Return to Peace ~
Live the Eternal Way: The Art and Practice of Self-Realization
Are you ready for more peace in your life, in your family, in our community, and in our country?
Do you want to learn practical, time-tested techniques to calm your mind and live a wisdom-guided life?
Would you like to experience the community support of other sincere seekers dedicated to peace?
If so, then join us at Blue Lotus Center, an oasis of peace for sincere seekers from all backgrounds.
During these challenging times, the Blue Lotus Center is a refuge for those seeking an alternative to the isolation and fear
that arises when the reactive mind focuses on apparent differences, conflict and lack of abundance.
In the teaching tradition of Paramahansa Yogananda, one of the first Yogis to bring Yoga to the USA,
the Blue Lotus Center offers ancient, practical teachings of Kriya Yoga - the conscious use of our thoughts, words and actions (Kriya)
in the essential peace, love and wholeness that indwells us all the time, everywhere, and even when we forget (Yoga).
If you are ready for a change, then join our commitment to cultivate peace in our hearts, our lives, our families, and our world.
The Blue Lotus Center is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization. All services are offered on a donation basis, unless otherwise specified.
Please click here for a current listing of our ongoing meditation groups and classes.
Freedom From Sorrow:
Bhagavad Gita Study With BLC
The Blue Lotus Center is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization
dedicated to spiritual awakening by fostering an oasis of peace
in the community, in the world, and in the hearts of individuals.
Blue Lotus
"The importance of a spiritual practice community cannot be overemphasized. Since life is one, we are not restored to wholeness alone.
Growing together in wisdom and compassion is supportive of realizing the teachings of divine unity."
~Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian, CSE Daily Inspiration 12/24/2015
Blue Lotus Center is happy to announce that we have reopened for Wednesday evening onsite meditation! We invite you to join us each week where you can meditate and study in spiritual community. If you are out of the area, you can still join us on Zoom.
We appreciate your support and look forward to meditating with you.
To join us onsite, please see the Community Welcome Guidelines below.
For our meditation class schedule, click here.
Revised 5-9-2023
BLC Community Welcome Guidelines
To honor the safety of the entire BLC community, all on-site attendees agree to comply with these BLC Community Welcome Guidelines.
Required:
1. No current Covid symptoms, 2. Social Distancing respected and 3. For gatherings of more than 1 hour, Masks ARE required indoors.
Strongly Recommended:
In the past 5 days: 1. No known exposure to Covid and 2. Covid test with negative results.
If, for any reason, you do not meet these entry criteria, please join us on Zoom instead. If you are not currently registered for our Zoom classes, please request the link on our Contact Page. Thank you, in advance, for your conscious cooperation and respect for the wellness of the BLC community. Welcome back!
Join CSE for an Introduction to Meditation Class
First Sunday of every month, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Next class: Online - Sunday, October 1, 2023
~Free class
Calm your mind, relax your body and open your heart with a simple, ancient, time-tested meditation practice that has helped millions of sincere seekers from all traditions to live from the innate peace and joy that indwells us all. Learn how to set up your own home meditation practice.