Shanti Ashrama is a
spiritual retreat located in the Upper San Antonio Valley in
unincorporated Santa Clara County,
California, United States as a branch of the
Ramakrishna Mission
Ramakrishna Mission (RKM) is a Hindu religious and spiritual organisation which forms the core of a worldwide spiritual movement known as the ''Ramakrishna Movement'' or the ''Vedanta Movement''. The mission is named after and inspired by th ...
. It is approximately east of downtown
San Jose.
History
The retreat resides on of
oak-studded chaparral
Chaparral ( ) is a shrubland plant community and geographical feature found primarily in the U.S. state of California, in southern Oregon, and in the northern portion of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. It is shaped by a Mediterranean c ...
scrubland
Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominance (ecology), dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, Herbaceous plant, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or ...
near Upper San Antonio Valley Road, about southeast of
Mount Hamilton. The land was gifted to the
Vedanta Society at the turn of the 20th century, as a place for meditation and contemplation. A meditation cabin there serves as the site for annual retreats.
Vedanta Historical Society of Northern California, Shanti Ashrama Annual Retreats
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References
External links
Map of Ashrama, California
Unincorporated communities in California
Unincorporated communities in Santa Clara County, California
Spiritual retreats
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