Encinitas Ca. looking for Buddist fellowship Hall,and the botanical gardens?

Question

I am looking for information on these places. I was in San Diego years ago, I think it was Encinitas that I visited these places. Do you know of other attractions and a resonably priced decent hotel?? thank you....

Answer 1

The places you're looking for in Encinitas are called the Self-Realization Fellowship Temple and the Hermitage and Meditation Gardens. The addresses are:

Temple
939 Second Street
Encinitas, California
92024-4411
Telephone: [phone]

Hermitage and
Meditation Gardens
215 "K" Street
Encinitas, California
92024-5040
Telephone: [phone]

To get you in the mood, the second link has some wonderful photos of the gardens.

"Paramahansa Yogananda established the Self-Realization Fellowship Ashram Center in Encinitas in 1937. Here, at the Hermitage where he lived for many years, he wrote his Autobiography of a Yogi, widely regarded today as a modern spiritual classic. The Ashram Center and nearby Temple are located on the Pacific Coast, 100 miles south of Los Angeles and 25 miles north of San Diego.

The Hermitage is generally open on Sundays, 2-5 p.m., except in inclement weather. The meditation gardens, which include a small waterfall and koi pond, are open to the public 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. on Sundays. "

As for other places nearby, there are several motels both on the old Highway and right of the I-5 freeway both up and down the coast. There are flower fields in Carlsbad and the Legoland theme park. The coast itself is wonderful between Encinitas and Carlsbad, my favorite being Moonlight state park and the unnamed beaches south of Carlsbad.

If you go into San Diego proper, there is Balboa park and the gardens, International cottages, and the zoo. But there are really too many places to list them all.