Visiting SRF in Encinitas
“There is great value in visiting places where saints have lived. Such places are forever permeated with the vibrations left there by the divine souls who walked those grounds. Their vibrations will remain until this earth is dissolved.”
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Welcome to Self-Realization Fellowship in Encinitas. Whether you are taking a stroll through SRF’s meditation gardens, attending an inspirational service at our Encinitas Temple, spending a few days in silence at our Retreat, or browsing at SRF Books & Gifts store, we hope your visit will inspire you to a greater realization of the Divine Presence that lies within.
Encinitas Temple
939 Second Street
760-436-7220
Sunday Inspirational Services
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Thursday Inspirational Service
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
J Street Auxiliary Chapel
1105 Second Street
Located 1½ blocks from Encinitas Temple, 1 block from Meditation Gardens
Sunday Inspirational Services (from Encinitas Temple via video link)
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Chapel open for individual meditation
12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Tuesday – Sunday
Additional Meditations and Services are held at the Temple and J Street Chapel locations throughout the week.
Meditation Gardens
215 W. K Street (between 2nd and 3rd Streets) 760-753-1811
Open Tuesday – Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; Closed Monday
Closure dates: 11/23, 12/16, 12/23, 12/25, 1/1, 1/5, 1/13
The Meditation Gardens are also closed when it rains.
Internationally renowned gardens offer a diversity of colorful plants, meditation nooks, koi ponds, and spectacular ocean vistas – providing a unique inspirational setting where one can pray, study, meditate, or just sit quietly enjoying the expression of God’s beauty in nature.
The Hermitage
215 W. K Street (between 2nd and 3rd Streets)
In the Encinitas Hermitage, Paramahansa Yogananda spent many years in divine communion, bringing forth from his direct experience of God writings that have inspired countless souls to a deeper search for Him. The rooms used by Paramahansaji are preserved as a shrine.
SRF Encinitas Retreat (Temporarily Closed)
215 W. K Street 760-753-1811
Office Hours Monday – Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Email: [email protected]
Find out more about future plans for the Encinitas Retreat.
Map
Map of SRF locations in Encinitas. Click on Map for enlarged view.
SRF Books & Gifts
1150 S. Coast Hwy. 101 (at K St.) 760-753-5353
Open Wednesday – Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Books & Gifts offers a complete selection of SRF books, recordings, and other publications. In addition, visitors may browse through a wide variety of India’s finest and most distinctive arts and crafts:
- A large selection of Indian musical instruments
- Beautiful handcrafted gifts
- Colorful saris, shawls, jewelry, and much more
SRF Golden Lotus Towers
The three large lotus towers along South Coast Highway 101 were designed and dedicated by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1948. At that time he dedicated the entire site as a world brotherhood center—where people from all parts of the world could come to learn the ideals of Self-realization and right living, in order to help establish by example the kinship of all humanity as children of the one God.
