SRV Associations

We are a spiritual community whose members are dedicated to living a divine life as taught and exemplified by Sri Ramakrishna, the Great Master, Sri Sarada Devi, known as the Holy Mother, and Swami Vivekananda, who brought the teachings of the Sanatana Dharma to the West in 1893. We currently have centers in Portland, Oregon, San Francisco, and Hawaii. The independent SRV Associations was founded in 1993 under the guidance of Babaji Bob Kindler and in cooperation with the national organization, the Sarada Ramakrishna Vivekananda Association of the West, founded by Lex Hixon, initiates of the Ramakrishna lineage, and others who share the same universal ideals. The mission of both organizations is to serve humanity through religious education, in the spirit of universality as exemplified by our Ideals, Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi, and Swami Vivekananda. The particular feature of the independent SRV centers is participation in the sangha (spiritual community), accessibility to personal spiritual instruction from the guru, and study and implementation of the Sanatana Dharma into our lives.