The Dome

The dome had been acquired by Parmahansaji some years before. Rajarsi Janakananda had purchased for Self-Realization Fellowship a small hotel (now an ashram for postulant monks of the Self-Realization Fellowship Monastic Order) that was adjacent to the Encinitas hermitage grounds.

When the owner gave Parmahansaji a tour of the building, the Master noticed a lovely stained-glass dome sitting on a large table in the sitting room. Pramahansaji said “This dome comes with the hotel, doesn’t it? [Otherwise I’m not buying it.]” The owner agreed that he could have it. The Master then turned to some of the disciples who were with him and said, “A temple is going under this dome.”