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Gayatri Chetna Center, Anaheim, Los
Angeles, CA
Gayatri Chetna
Center
2446 W. Orange Ave
Anaheim, CA 92804
USA Phone:
(714)220-2111 Email:
awgpla@gmail.com
2446 W. Orange Ave
Anaheim, CA 92804
USA Phone:
(714)220-2111 Email:
awgpla@gmail.com
The Center for
Gayatri Consciousness has been established in Los Angeles California under the
auspices of All World Gayatri Pariwar, India. The primary focus of Gayatri
Pariwar's mission is to foster spirituality in mankind by encouraging the
practice of some simple and practical steps in everyday life. It proposes a
three pronged approach to achieve this - Upasana
(power of prayers), Sadhana (self-refinement through
self-inquiry and discipline), and Aradhana (selfless
service to humanity). The Center for Gayatri Consciousness, also called as
Gayatri Chetna Center, aims to provide a unique environment to facilitate
activities and services which will help inculcate positive thoughts and
spiritual mindset. This center thrives to serve one and all in the community,
regardless of their faith and religious beliefs.
Regular Events
Kids Classes: Sunday 10:00AM
Gayatri Yagya: Sunday 11:30AM
Yoga/Meditation: Tuesday 7:00PM
Gayatri Yagya: Sunday 11:30AM
Yoga/Meditation: Tuesday 7:00PM
About Us
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"All World Gayatri Pariwar
represents millions of people across the world who are part of a global
movement to bring peace and harmony in the world via means of social,
cultural, and spiritual reforms. The objective of this movement is to
encourage the idea of individual, family, and social reformations in the
mankind to build a better and brighter future."
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About All
World Gayatri Pariwar, LA
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All World Gayatri Pariwar was founded
in India by Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya (Pujya Gurudev) and was expanded to
various parts of the world by His followers. The Southern Califonia chapter
of All World Gayatri Pariwar began its operations in 1984 and has since been
serving the community in the Greater Los Angeles area. The dedicated volunteers
of LA chapter have been working tirelessly for past 25 years in promoting the
ideas and beliefs of Gayatri Pariwar's philosophy.
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Some of the accomplishments of All
World Gayatri Pariwar, LA branch are highlighted below-
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More than 3000 Gayatri Yagya
performed, including Sanskars, using ancient vedic methods
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Countless Deep Yagya and Prayers
performed to celebrate special occassions such as Birthdays, Anniversaries,
School and College Graduations as well as for well being of the parijans
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Organized Ashwamedha Yagya in
Cerritos, CA in 1993, top dignitaries from All World Gayatri Pariwar
Headquarters, including Vandaniya Mataji blessed the occasion with their
presence
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Organized Mahapoornahuti Yagya in
Norwalk, CA in 2002, under the guidance of saints from All World Gayatri
Pariwar Headquarters
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The youth wing of Los Angeles chapter
has organized Seven cultural events in past several years to promote elements
of Indian culture
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Organized Six national level youth
and adult camps since 2000
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Regular Yoga Classes in Orange County
since 2001
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Our Mission
Statement
Mission Statement Explained ...
A simpler explanation of Gayatri
Pariwar's mission statement would be to effect a positive change on the thought
process of all human beings, which would inspire us to lead a spiritual life,
resulting in a better society, prosperous nation, and will bring peace in the
world.
"Construction of a new era through thought revolution, Developing divinity within the mankind; And thus, cultivating a heavenly atmosphere on earth" Our Approach Our belief is that the seemingly Herculean task of "Constructing a new Era" can be achieved by observing some simple and practial guidelines in our daily life. By feeding our mind with positive thoughts, leading a healthy and disciplined lifestyle, and directing our actions towards selfless service to humanity are steps that will help us eventually reach our goal and accomplish our mission. Basic tenets of Gayatri Pariwar's philosophy are-
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Changing the world (or Era) is a four
step process. Individual Reform => Family Reform => Societal
Development =>World Peace
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The first and foremost principle of
Gayatri Pariwar's philosophy is self reform. Our motto is - "When we
transform ourselves, the world will be transformed.When we reform
ourselves,the world will be reformed."
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Practicing a three pronged approach
of Upasana (striving to stay around a spiritual environment) , Sadhna
(refining self by living a disciplined life) and Aradhna (selfless service to
humanity) in daily life
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Gayatri Chetna
Center Calendar
Tuesday, August 20
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, August 22
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, August 25
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, August 27
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, August 29
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, September 1
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, September 3
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, September 5
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, September 8
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, September 10
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, September 12
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, September 15
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, September 17
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, September 19
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, September 22
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, September 24
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, September 26
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, September 29
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, October 1
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, October 3
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, October 6
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, October 8
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, October 10
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, October 13
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, October 15
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, October 17
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, October 20
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, October 22
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, October 24
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, October 27
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, October 29
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, October 31
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, November 3
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, November 5
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, November 7
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, November 10
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, November 12
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, November 14
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, November 17
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, November 19
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, November 21
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, November 24
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, November 26
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, November 28
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, December 1, 2013
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, December 5, 2013
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, December 8, 2013
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, December 12, 2013
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, December 15, 2013
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, December 19, 2013
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, December 22, 2013
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, December 26, 2013
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, December 29, 2013
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, January 2, 2014
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, January 5, 2014
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, January 9, 2014
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, January 12, 2014
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, January 16, 2014
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, January 19, 2014
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, January 23, 2014
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Sunday, January 26, 2014
11:30am
Gayatri Yagya
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
7:00pm
Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, January 30, 2014
7:00pm
Weekly Swadhyay
Events and News
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Pran
Pratishtha Celebration at Gayatri Consciousness Center!
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Gayatri Consciousness Center is
undergoing a major renovation, July 10th, 2010 is when it will open to public
with a grand Pran Pratishtha Ceremony of Mother Gayatri's idol
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Completely new and asthetic look as
per traditional Indian architecture will marvel the new structure
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Respected Dr Pranav Pandya, head of
All World Gayatri Pariwar, Shantikunkj India will preside over the Pran
Pratishtha Mahotsav
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108 Kundiya Gayatri Mahaygya planned
to commomerate the event
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Activities and functions of the
Gayatri Consciousness Center are expected to start in the month of August
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Keep checking this website for
further updates and program schedule
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Bal Sanskaar Shaala –
Information Package
Introduction
Gayatri Consciousness
Center, located in the city of Anaheim CA, is engaged in disseminating the eternal
knowledge of ancient
Vedic scriptures in the community via two fundamental elements of Sanaatan
Dharma - Gayatri, which
means righteous thinking, and Yagya, which means righteous actions. Being
part of a global movement
to transform the world into a heavenly place, where entire humanity would
live in peace, harmony,
and bliss, it aims to achieve that goal by promoting some practical and easy
practices to help
inculcate divinely attributes in mankind. Our belief is that the thoughts are
directly
responsible for the
results one experiences in his or her life, and therefore the key to real joy
and
success in life – both at
material and spiritual level, lies in the fact that our thought process must be
“fixed”. All World
Gayatri Pariwar, our parent organization, has been promoting this very concept
of
“Thought Transformation
Movement” since more than sixty years, which has inspired millions of
ordinary people across
the world to realize their true divinely potential and become flag bearers of
this
noble mission.
Any change in the society
has to first reflect in the people that make it. And to this end, philosophy of
Gayatri Pariwar suggests
starting at the very elementary level – working on self. Once an individual
goes
through reformation, he
or she inspires the immediate family to reform, which then leads to better
society, and eventually
the entire world. In order to expect any positive changes in the society and in
the
world, it is also vital
to groom our children at a young age and provide them with the right
environment
and guidance to nurture
their overall personality. Bal Sanskaar Shaala program, designed with teachings
of Sanaatan Dharma at its
core, aims to do just that. Unlike a typical curriculum based program, it also
strives to impart
knowledge (vidya) in the children, not mere education (shiksha). Knowledge,
which
helps them become better
human beings.
Objectives
Bal Sanskaar Shaala
program aims to achieve following goals-
_ Make children aware of
the heritage of Sanaatan Dharma, and of India
_ Cultivate the virtues of
self-discipline, leadership, compassion and courage in children
_ Develop team spirit, and
provide children opportunities to realize the importance of service
_ Identify, and tap the
talent and energy of children in a constructive way
_ Overall personality
development of children – at mental, physical, and spiritual level
Class Details
Venue
Gayatri Consciousness Center, 2446 W. Orange Ave, Anaheim
CA 92804
Timing
Sunday 10:00AM – 11:30 AM
Age Group
5-6 years (Group1), 7-9
years (Group 2), 10-13 years (Group 3)
Class Structure
A typical class will look
like following. Focus will be on interactive fun-filled sessions, the goal
being
identification and
nurturing of talent that children possess.
_ Prayer/Simple Meditation
– 10 min
_ Curriculum
(interactive/Q&A/story based session) – 30 min
_ Activities
(outdoor/indoor/games/puzzles/project/debate/presentations) – 40 min
_ Arti and Shantipath – 10 min
Prayer
The class will begin with
Gayatri Mantra and other Mantras, followed by very simple meditation.
Curriculum
This part of the class
will be a “classroom” session where children will be taught about various
subjects
related to Sanaatan
Dharma, Indian Heritage, and Personality Development. Teaching style will be
interactive, and story
based. Some of the topics that would be covered in this session are-
_ Gods and Goddesses: Stories about various
Gods and Goddesses such as Ram, Krishna and
Ganesh would be covered
and explained in lucid manner and relevance of their virtues in day to
day life. Audio/video
techniques will be used to effectively tell these stories.
_ Indian Culture: Major festivals (such as
Shivratri, Holi, Hanuman Jayanti, Krishna Janmashtami,
Navratri, Diwali etc) and
rituals (Yagya, Birthdays, etc) will be discussed and explained in a
scientific manner.
_ Great Personalities: Over the course of the
year the students will learn about several great
personalities such as
Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda, and Martin Luther King etc.
_ Kids Corner: This section will focus
mainly on personality development. Children will discuss
their challenges and
experiences from everyday life, and will learn about techniques to handle
those. They will also
learn various positive traits, such as courage, self confidence, compassion,
honesty, through stories,
and interactive question answer format.
Activities
An important aspect of
Bal Sanskaar Shaala is that it is designed as an activity based learning
program.
Children will spend
almost fifty percent of the class time on activities. The activity session will
be
focused on developing
team spirit among children, and will include indoor activities such as games,
arts,
crafts, puzzles, debates,
presentations, as well as outdoor games. Opportunities will also be provided
for
children to participate in field trips and Gayatri
Pariwar’s summer camp.
Contact the Temple
Gayatri Chetna
Center
2446 W. Orange Ave
Anaheim, CA 92804
USA Phone:
(714)220-2111 Email:
awgpla@gmail.com
2446 W. Orange Ave
Anaheim, CA 92804
USA Phone:
(714)220-2111 Email:
awgpla@gmail.com
Om Tat Sat
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