A Branch Centre of The Ramakrishna Order of India                                              

Swami Vivekananda installed Sri Ramakrishna on the grounds of the Belur Math, he said that he felt as if the Master's ideas shot forth from that place and flooded the whole universe, sentient and insentient. Those rays of light also reached the shores of Toronto and took root there. Silently, slowly and invisibly they grew in strength until they surfaced in the mental horizon of a few devotees who were searching for spirituality. These rays of truth found expression in the desire of the devotees to have place where they could study and discuss the universal and life-giving message of Vedanta. Thus was born the Vedanta Society of Toronto.

The society was officially inaugurated on November 30, 1968. The ceremony took place at the YMCA building on 21 McGill street. It was presided over by Swami Bhasyananda and the chief guest was Swami Ranganathananda. The Vedanta Society of Toronto moved to it's present location (120 Emmett Avenue) on June 25, 1995 Swami Lokeswarananda presided over the formal inauguration and Swami Swahananda was in attendance...continued on about us page.

Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission are twin organizations.
RAMAKRISHNA MATH is a monastic organization for men brought into existence by Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886).
RAMAKRISHNA MISSION is a registered society in which monks of Ramakrishna Math and lay devotees cooperate in conducting various types of social services. Founded by Swami Vivekananda.
For more details please visit Belur Math.

Minister The late Swami Pramathanandaji was appointed as its first President and Head Minister and began ministering in 1989. The current Head Minister is Swami Kripamayanandaji.

Regular Hours:Every morning meditation is observed at the Centre from 6:00 am to 7:00 am. Evening prayer, devotional singing and meditation is held from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

Soup Kitchen: The Soup is cooked at the Vedanta Society and offer seven days a month (3 Tuesdays, 1 Thursday & 3 Saturdays) serving 300 meals at Syme Woolner Neighbourhood & Family Centre, 2468 Eglinton Ave W, Unit 3, Toronto, ON, M6M 5E2. Please contact the Centre, if you are interested in participating. Donations for the Soup Kitchen will be highly appreciated.

Vedanta Vidya Mandir: The Vedanta Vidya Mandir, one of the initiatives started by Revered Swami Pramathanandaji Maharaj, is intended to provide moral and spiritual education for the young people in our Society.  The school was started in June 2003, with classes being held once a month. Later, on the request of students and parents classes were increased to twice per month. The school is run by volunteers under the guidance of Revered Swami Kripamayanandaji Maharaj. Classes are conducted on Sunday afternoons; from 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm. Children as young as 4 years are accepted into the programme. Students are divided into 3 main groups: Juniors, Intermediates and seniors.