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)