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Easter Events

April 16 – 20

Join us for our easter celebrations. This year Hriman will be leading a 2-part class, “Jesus the Yogi Christ.”  We will also have a Saturday morning meditation, a kirtan, and the annual Easter Potluck Banquet, with an appearance from the Easter Bunny. 

Featured Event

Yogananda India Pilgrimage

October 22-November 14

This pilgrimage is a powerful spiritual journey, carefully designed with decades of experience visiting extraordinary sites made holy by Paramhansa Yogananda and the saints and masters described in his Autobiography of a Yogi. 

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Featured Classes and Events

Easter Kirtan

Free

Kirtan is a powerful way to act in community which joins the voices and intentions of many to be a catalyst for positive change and healing. Through all trials, we sing the name of the Divine. Join us as we burst all boundaries of heart and celebrate Christ consciousness anew, resurrected here on Earth and within one another.

Easter Potluck Banquet and Easter Egg Hunt

Free

Join us for an organized potluck banquet after Sunday Service to celebrate Easter, and an easter egg hunt (with the Easter bunny!) for children. All are welcome. Please call ahead at 425-806-3700 to participate in the potluck.  

The Pursuit of Happiness Through Wisdom

$15

Join us for a transformative satsang inspired by the timeless teachings of Swami Sri Yukteswar, the revered yoga master and guru of Paramhansa Yogananda. In his profound work, The Holy Science, Swami Sri Yukteswar reveals the path to awakening the heart's natural love. This journey involves the removal of eight key inner tensions, which he calls “the meannesses of the heart.” ... Read More

Divine Friendship Retreat at Heart Song

Can we bring God into our friendships? What does it mean to offer and receive spiritual support in our relationships?

In this day-long experiential retreat, we will explore how to attract and nurture relationships—friendships, partnerships, and community connections—that are rooted in the shared search for divine truth.

Taste of Italy, A Hands-On Cooking Retreat

$108

You could say Italian food is considered one of the world’s most beloved cuisines, right? It’s easy enough to open a jar of tomato sauce, boil some pasta until it sticks to the wall, and call it an "Italian night" for the family. But when you step into one of those high-end Italian restaurants, you can’t help but think, "I wish ... Read More

A Place Where You Can Find Peace, Meaning, and Spiritual Growth

Ananda is a global movement based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, author of the spiritual classic, Autobiography of a Yogi. It was founded in 1968 in northern California by Swami Kriyananda, one of Yogananda’s direct disciples.

Yogananda’s teachings embrace the truths that underlie all great religions. People from all faiths and backgrounds are welcomed at Ananda.

Join us for Sunday Service or another class or event at the Blue Lotus Temple in Bothell, a place of peace open to all. Visitors come to the temple seeking inner guidance in prayer or meditation, or a respite from the demands of a busy world, or simply a quiet place to “be.”

At our residential community in Lynnwood, residents live together in a lifestyle of meditation, service, simple living and high ideals. Ananda is known throughout the world for its network of independent, intentional communities which are among the most successful in the world today.

We are committed to providing an inclusive, welcoming environment for everyone to pursue the search for God.

Spiritual Directors Nayaswami Hriman and Nayaswami Padma

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Blue Lotus Temple 23305 Bothell Everett Highway, Bothell

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The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with Spirit lies its greatest joy.Paramhansa Yogananda, author of "Autobiography of a Yogi"

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