Shanti Ashrama is a spiritual retreat located in the Upper San Antonio Valley in unincorporated Santa Clara County, California, United States as a branch of the Ramakrishna Mission. It is approximately east of downtown San Jose.

History

The retreat resides on of oak-studded chaparral scrubland near Upper San Antonio Valley Road, about southeast of Mount Hamilton. The land was gifted to the Vedanta Society at the turn of the 20th century, as a place for meditation and contemplation.Vedanta Historical Society of Northern California, Shanti Ashrama History A meditation cabin there serves as the site for annual retreats.Vedanta Historical Society of Northern California, Shanti Ashrama Meditation CabinVedanta Historical Society of Northern California, Shanti Ashrama Annual Retreats

References

External links Map of Ashrama, California