Hollywood Temple Service Group (HTSG)
Group Meetings are generally held on the 4th Wednesday of the month, at 7:00 p.m. in India Hall
(Check the Calendar for the date of this month's meeting)
Please bring your Temple Service Group or Kriyaban card with you
The Hollywood Temple Service Group (HTSG) is a league of devoted Kriyabans* who are committed to serving their Guru’s work at Hollywood Temple and striving to exemplify his ideals. The Group meets monthly for meditation, discipleship classes, service committee meetings, and fellowship.
Paramahansaji instructed Meera Mata, a close monastic disciple, to encourage the members at the Temple to be more involved in the support and operations of the Temple. In the late 1950’s Meera Mata worked with other direct disciples to formally organize the HTSG. The first chairperson of the Group was Eugene Ben Vau, a very devoted disciple who met the Master in Encinitas in 1936. He served as chairperson from the Group’s inception in the late 1950’s until his passing in 1971.
The Group has been blessed to have the guidance of Meera Mata, Brother Anandamoy, Brother Bhaktananda, and other direct disciples. Members of the Group strive to carry on in the tradition instilled by these great disciples of the Master, a tradition of attunement with God and Guru through service, devotion, and deep Kriya Yoga meditation.
In a class to the HTSG, Brother Bhaktananda said, “Our first responsibility as The HTSG is to live the spiritual life ourselves. In this way, we can also serve as examples for others. Living the spiritual life means regular meditation, practice of the presence of God, and right activity with the thought of pleasing God and Guru.”
If you are a Kriyaban who regularly attends Hollywood Temple and are interested in becoming a member of the HTSG, please attend one of our monthly meetings and see the HTSG chairman at the end of the meeting.
Note: One does not have to be a member of the HTSG to serve at Hollywood Temple. All are welcome to join us in service at the Temple. Please see our Opportunities to Serve page.
* A Kriyaban is one who has been initiated into the Kriya Yoga technique of meditation.
Paramahansaji instructed Meera Mata, a close monastic disciple, to encourage the members at the Temple to be more involved in the support and operations of the Temple. In the late 1950’s Meera Mata worked with other direct disciples to formally organize the HTSG. The first chairperson of the Group was Eugene Ben Vau, a very devoted disciple who met the Master in Encinitas in 1936. He served as chairperson from the Group’s inception in the late 1950’s until his passing in 1971.
The Group has been blessed to have the guidance of Meera Mata, Brother Anandamoy, Brother Bhaktananda, and other direct disciples. Members of the Group strive to carry on in the tradition instilled by these great disciples of the Master, a tradition of attunement with God and Guru through service, devotion, and deep Kriya Yoga meditation.
In a class to the HTSG, Brother Bhaktananda said, “Our first responsibility as The HTSG is to live the spiritual life ourselves. In this way, we can also serve as examples for others. Living the spiritual life means regular meditation, practice of the presence of God, and right activity with the thought of pleasing God and Guru.”
If you are a Kriyaban who regularly attends Hollywood Temple and are interested in becoming a member of the HTSG, please attend one of our monthly meetings and see the HTSG chairman at the end of the meeting.
Note: One does not have to be a member of the HTSG to serve at Hollywood Temple. All are welcome to join us in service at the Temple. Please see our Opportunities to Serve page.
* A Kriyaban is one who has been initiated into the Kriya Yoga technique of meditation.
