The book "Swami Vivekananda in San Francisco" is a compilation of three lectures delivered by Swami Ashokananda at the Vedanta Society of Northern California. These lectures, given between 1946 and 1965, explore Vivekananda’s profound spiritual state and his significant contributions to Vedanta in both India and America.

Originally published in 1969 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Vivekananda’s 1899 visit to California, this Indian edition was released by Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai, in 2015. It includes seven rare photographs of the Swami taken in 1900 at the Bushnell Studio. The text serves as a concise yet insightful record of Vivekananda’s time in San Francisco, preserving the essential spiritual teachings for a wider audience of devotees and admirers.