Vedanta Society Berkeley, USA

The centre was started in 1939 and is located near the University of California, Berkeley. It is an affiliate of the Ramakrishna Math, and Swami Prasannatmananda is its Minister-in-charge.

Activities:                                   

1. A library with 2800 books.
2. Religious activities: Daily worship, meditation, Sunday services, scriptural classes, counselling to spiritual seekers, discourses, retreats, and celebration of the birthdays of the Holy Trio and other religious festivals.
3. A yearly retreat at Olema in Marin County on 4th July, and a spiritual retreat at Camp Taylor, where Swami Vivekananda stayed in 1900.

Activities of the sub-centre at San Jose:

1. A reference library.
2. Welfare activities: Distribution of food and Ramakrishna-Vivekananda literature.
3. Religious activities: Weekly meditation sessions, spiritual readings, and scriptural classes, Ramnam Sankirtan, and celebration of Ramanavami, and worship of Mother Kali.