Directions to Living Wisdom Center

At Ananda Village for Nov. 15th conference

At the entrance to Ananda Village there will be signs Ananda College Event on Saturday morning to help direct you to the Living Wisdom Center:

  1. Just past Nevada City, turn left at the “49 to Downieville” sign. Follow this road for 10.5 miles.
  1. Turn right on Tyler-Foote Road (immediately after the sign for Malakoff Diggins State Park) — go about 5 miles.
  1. Turn left (at the entrance of Ananda Village) onto Ananda Way.
  1. Drive a short distance on Ananda Way (do not turn left toward the Expanding Light) until you get to the “T” intersection, you will be facing a fountain with a golden “Joy” symbol.
  1. At the “T,” you will see a sign directing you to other areas of the Village. Turn left toward Crystal Hermitage.
  1. In a short ways, take the first right hand turn past a small pond and continue to the right on the main road for about 3/4 mile. You will pass a goat dairy on the left and the road will start to climb up a little. The next gravel driveway on the right takes you into a parking area for a large “rammed earth” style building.  This is the Living Wisdom Center. Parking is limited here, so please carpool if you can.  You can carpool by parking your vehicle in the Expanding Light Parking Lot and catching a ride with one of our parking assistants.  If you’d like to do this, please email nischala@ananda.org no later than Thursday before the event.  

Note: If you are coming to the Friday Night, Nov.14th kirtan at the Temple of Light, follow the signs to the Expanding Light Meditation & Yoga retreat and park in their large parking lot.  You will see the large blue domed Temple of Light across the field from the parking lot.  There is a walkway that leads to the temple.

The Divine Mother Kirtan begins at 7:00 pm and ends at 8:00 p.m.  You are welcome to stay in the temple and meditate after the kirtan.