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Newsletter April 01, 2015
Upcoming Events
Day-long Meditation - Sat. April 04, 2015, 12noon – 8:00PM
Must be IN bldg by 12 noon when entry will be locked; Can leave any time, but cannot re-enter until 6:30PM.
Simple Veg. lunch will be provided.
Classical VOCAL Concert - Sun. April 05, 6:00-7:30 PM
With Dattatreya Velankar; Ravi Torvi on Harmonium and Amit Kavthekar on Tabla. Suggested donation $15.00
Children’s Sunday ‘Spiritual-Arts & Storytelling’ Class – Sun. April 05, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
For children under age 12 only.
Other ongoing Classes:
1) $ 5.00 Walk-in Hatha Yoga with Hannah Resseger is every Tuesday from 6pm – 7pm: Contact Hannah ONLY at: key2life-AT-gmail.com
2) Bharathanatyam (South Indian ) Classical Dance Classes are Sundays, 3:30 – 5:00 pm: Contact Anuradha ONLY at : 704-707-5430
Click here to see videos of some of the past Sunday Lectures.
Weekly Programs (in addition to Daily Programs given below)
| Friday, April 3 |
7:00 PM: Aarati (devotional music) & meditation 7:30 – 8:30 PM: Study Class by Swami Yogatmananda on 'Kenopnisad', a Vedanta Upanisad Text. |
| Saturday, April 4 |
8:30 – 10:30 AM: Karma yoga/cleaning 12noon – 8:00PM: LONG MEDITATION SESSION |
| Sunday, April 5 |
5:00 – 6:00 PM:A talk on 'Good Friday to Easter Sunday', by Swami Yogatmananda 6:00 – 7:30 PM: Classical VOCAL Concert with Dattatreya Velankar; Ravi Torvi on Harmonium and Amit Kavthekar on Tabla. Suggested donation $15.00 |
| Tuesday, April 7 |
7:00 PM: Aarati (devotional music) & meditation 7:30 – 8:30 PM: Study Class by Swami Yogatmananda on 'The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna', Ch 48, pp 943- |
Daily Programs
| Morning : | 5:45 – 6:45 AM: Meditation 6:45 – 7:00 AM: Chanting followed by a short reading from 'The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. 5' 7:00 – 7:25AM – A short ritual worship/Puja. Open to all. |
| Evening : | 7:00 – 7:15 PM: Aarti (devotional music), with a short reading from 'Swami Brahmananda: As We Saw Him: Reminiscences of Monastic & Lay Disciples' (compiled/edited by Swami Atmashraddhananda) 7:15 – 8:00 PM: Meditation |
Past Events
Swami to So. California – Fri. Mar. 27 – Wed. Apr. 01
Swami Yogatmananda traveled to California on Friday morning, March 27, and gave Vedanta talks and lectures at various Vedanta Societies in Southern California. Swami will return by overnight flight and arrive in Providence Thursday morning April 02.
Sri Rama-Naam-Sankirtanam Chanting – Sun. March 22
Immediately following the 5 - 6pm Sunday Service lecture, on the occasion of Rama-navami (birth day of Lord Rama) there was chant-singing of 108 names to Lord Rama, with power point pictures presentation of various episodes in Lord Rama's life. This was followed by soup supper and Aarati- meditation.
Synopses of Last Week's Classes
(All classes given by Swami Yogatmananda, unless otherwise stated)
As Swami Yogatmananda was away this week, on Friday, March 27, a video on sections of Upanishads was shown and on Tuesday, March 31, a video on Kumbha-Mela was shown.
Individual and Society – A Spiritual Perspective - a talk by - Dr. Atul Pokharel - March 29, Sunday
Society exists when we do things for other people or are restrained by other people. Religion tells you what to do. With spirituality, you figure it outfor yourself. Two timeless questions are: What IS one’s relationship to society? And: What SHOULD be one’s relationship to society? Swami Vivekananda quotes a sannyasin from the story in which birds sacrifice themselves to try to feed hungry people, as saying: Each is great in his own place, but the duty of one is not the duty of another. Questions we can ask include: Who can tell me my place in society? How do I know this person is right? Does this person know my particular circumstances? Does my duty change over time? Do I seek guidance each time?.. Swamiji says that our duty is helping others but the world does not need our help. This seems like a contradiction. One solution to allocating duties is that the powerful and wealthy do more prestigious duties. People have been striving to straighten out the world, but it curls up again. We do have far greater control over our own actions. Swamiji says to work in an unattached manner and to not expect any results. The world owes you nothing. Your duty is to help others. Swamiji says that the act of helping in an unattached manner is a spiritual exercise. By its nature, a duty has to be done. We have a sense of what is good and what is bad, but this is arbitrary and constantly changing. The division between the individual and society is ultimately an illusion, like the rope seen as a snake. As long as we are caught in the illusion, we must struggle with it. We must turn our work into a gradual way out of the hypnosis. Can we get rid of poverty and injustice? Probably not. But we have to sincerely try for getting rid of it, so that we get out of this hypnotic separation of individual and society.