35
YEARS
of service
CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL
ENLIGHTENMENT
Serve the Community
Minister to the spiritual needs and support the spiritual growth of the CSE community
Mission: We are dedicated to spiritual awakening by fostering an oasis of peace in
the community, the world, and in the hearts of individuals.
• 1991: First Worship Services at Odd Fellows in San Jose, CA
• 1993: First Youth Spiritual Education Classrooms
(1999 Teen Rite of Passage and Youth
Summer Camp; 2013 Afterschool Program)
• 1996: CSE Press founded
(1998 Live the Eternal Way text released; 10 additional products have
been released as of 2016)
• 2003: Affiliate Centers and Meditation Groups
(2003 Morro Bay; 2014 Gilroy and Santa Rosa)
• 2001: Community Nonviolence Work
(Culture of Peace Sadhana groups, first Carry the Vision
Conference)
• 2004: Global Outreach
(some places Yogacharya has taught: West Africa, Brussels, Bahamas,
Jamaica, Germany, Italy, India, South Africa, Australia, and Spain. US—California, Florida, Missouri,
Colorado, Michigan, Georgia, Illinois, and New Mexico)
• 2008: Yogacharya received Human Relations Award from the Santa Clara County Office
of Human Relations, recognizing her contribution to positive human relations and
peace in Santa Clara County
• 2015: Yogacharya received Mahatma Gandhi Award for the Advancement of Religious
Pluralism by the Hindu American Foundation
• 2016: Sunday Worship Services streamed live globally on the internet
Build a Strong Foundation for the Future
A healthy foundation is built for the future of the CSE ministry
• 1998: CSE World Headquarters in San Jose, CA purchased
• 1999: Tree of Life Welcome Center opened (renovated again in 2011)
• 2003: Grace Building opened
• 2010: Radiant Path for Walking Meditation established in meditation gardens
• 2013: Temple of the Eternal Way renovated
• 2013: Lahiri Meditation Retreat House opened
There is a power for good that runs this universe and we can
learn to cooperate with it.
—Roy Eugene Davis
Everything in the future will improve if you are making a spiritual effort now.
—Sri Yukteswar
Blue Lotus Center (Gilroy, CA)
Meditation Group (Santa Rosa, CA)
Awakening Community (Morro Bay, CA)