SATSANG

San Diego, CA

Welcome to the San Diego Satsang

Our satsang gathers weekly to chant and pray together, and carries Amma's love into the community through Mother's Kitchen, an ongoing food drive, GreenFriends, and free meditation classes.

Whether you have known Amma for years or are simply curious, all are warmly welcome to join us.

When we dedicate ourselves solely to the well-being of others, it is our own mind that becomes pure. When you give your friend a bouquet of flowers, you are the one who first enjoys their beauty and fragrance. In the same way, you can derive happiness from selfless acts.

— Amma

Amma encourages devotees to gather regularly, whether weekly at a home or a hall, to sing, meditate, and pray together, and then to share a meal as a spiritual family. It is an atmosphere that steadies the mind, uplifts everyone present, and quietly shapes the children who grow up in it.

Satsang Schedule

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Weekly
Monthly

Daily

Archana for world peace, online every day. We chant with devotees across Southern California, mornings and evenings (weekdays at about 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM Pacific). Times and the Zoom link are on MA Center LA's Archana page.

Weekly

We gather every Saturday at 5:00 PM in members' homes around Greater San Diego for Amma's 108 names, a reading, bhajans, meditation and ārati, followed by a vegetarian potluck. The location changes each week, so please email us for this week's address. All are warmly welcome.

Monthly

Mother's Kitchen – every other Sunday, 1:00–2:30 PM, at Interfaith Community Services, 550 W Washington Ave, Escondido. We make about 160 bagged lunches for neighbors in need.

IAM®-20 meditation course – second Thursday of each month, 9:30–11:30 AM. The course is free; register to receive the class instructions.

Coming Up

Mother's Kitchen at Interfaith Community Services

Sun, Oct 4. 1:00–2:30pm

Every other Sunday

IAM-20 Meditation Course (with 8-Day Guided Practice)

Thu, Oct 8. 9:30–11:30am

Monthly

Join Us

All are warmly welcome at our gatherings. To learn more about our programs or how to take part, please reach out.

Contact Us

Centers & Satsangs Nearby

Centers

Los Angeles 105 mi

Satsangs

Santa Barbara, CA 188 mi

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Music practice email list

Daily archana on Zoom

Get Involved

Mother's Kitchen

Every other Sunday from 1:00 to about 2:30 PM, we meet at Interfaith Community Services in Escondido to make about 160 bagged lunches for neighbors in need – a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich, chips, juice, a piece of fruit and a granola bar in every bag. Everyone is welcome.

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Volunteers making sandwiches at Interfaith Community Services

Food Drive

We collect food for Interfaith Community Services. Bring non-perishable food – canned goods, or packages of grains or dry beans – to any satsang, or give toward the weekly shopping that Aravind and Devi do for these items. A list of needed non-food items is available too. To help, call Devi at (619) 972-7161.

IAM Meditation

We teach IAM®-20, the Integrated Amrita Meditation Technique® – gentle relaxation exercises and a simple meditation that anyone can practise in 20 minutes a day. The course is free and runs monthly, on the second Thursday morning.

Course details

Daily Archana

Since August 2019, devotees across Southern California have chanted the Lokah Samastah peace prayer and the Archana together online, twice a day, for world peace and for Mother Earth. All are welcome to join from home.

Times and Zoom link

Music Practice

Each week our musicians and backup singers practise the bhajans together, with tabla, flute, piano and other instruments. To join, subscribe to the music email list.

Join the music list

GreenFriends

As part of Amma's GreenFriends, our satsang uses reusable plates and cups at every event and weekly satsang, and our volunteers organize beach clean-ups.

About GreenFriends

Children, never waste an opportunity to serve. The entire world looks up to those who have the heart to do selfless service.

— Amma

Our Impact

4,500+ bagged lunches recorded in our Mother's Kitchen reports (2012–2025)
160 lunches packed at each session, twice a month
25 volunteers a month on average (2025)
2 online archanas a day for world peace (since 2019)

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Mother's Kitchen

Mother's Kitchen in June 2025

Twenty-two volunteers made 320 bagged lunches for neighbors in need in June.

Mother's Kitchen in May 2025

Three Sundays in May: twenty-seven volunteers made 480 bagged lunches.