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Newsletter August 26, 2009
Announcements for Summer 2009
- Future Newsletters will be posted on weekly basis from September 16 Wednesday,
after the Universal Brotherhood Opening Day.
- The Center's daily and weekly activities will be suspended until Saturday, September 12.
- From Saturday, September 12, the Center's daily and weekly
calsses will resume.
Weekend Residential Retreat - Friday, August 28 through Sunday, August 30
'Work and Worship' will be the topic of the residential retreat from Friday, August 28, 6:00 PM through afternoon of Sunday, August 30 conducted at the Vedanta Society of Providence by Swami Yogatmananda (Limited accommodation. Prior registration by phone/email ABSOLUTELY required. NO WALK-INs).
Labor Day retreat, Ridgely Manor, NY - Saturday, September 5 and Sunday,
September 6
Swami will conduct a weekend reteat on 'Yajnavalkya Maitreyi dialogue'
(from Brhadaranyaka Upanishad) at Vivekananda Retreat, Ridgely Manor (NY)
from Saturday, September 12 to Sunday, September 13. This retreat
needs prior registration - Please contact Vivekananda Retreat, Ridgely for
details (http://www.ridgely.org).
Weekly Programs at Vedanta Society of Providence - Weekly activities begin from Sat. Sept 12
| Saturday, September 12 |
8:00AM
- 10:00 AM - Cleaning |
| Sunday, September 13 |
5:00 - 7:30 PM - Universal Brotherhood day - for details, please see below |
|
Tuesday, September 15 |
7:00 PM –
Aarati (devotional music) & meditation. 7:30 PM – Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna class |
Daily Programs at Vedanta Society of Providence - Daily activities begin from Sat. Sept 12
| 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 |
| Evening | 7:00
– 7:15 PM: Aarati (devotional music), a short reading from 'Flashes
from Swami Ramakrishnananda' 7:15 – 8:00 PM: Meditation |
Bhagavad Gita class, Middletown (CT) - Sunday, September 13
Swami will conduct the monthly Bhagavad Gita class at Sri Satyanarayana Temple, 11 Training Hill Rd Middletown CT from 11:00 AM - 12:00 noon. All are welcome.
Universal Brotherhood day, Providence Center - Sunday, September 13
An Interfaith Symposium on 'Common Foundation of Religions' will be held at Vedanta Society of Providence on Sunday, September 13, 5:00-7:30 PM. Speakers include Swami Tyagananda, Vedanta Society, Boston, Rev James I. Ford, First Unitarian Church, Providence and Fr John P. Sullivan. There will be interfaith music and dinner.
Swami's visit to Voorhees, NJ - Saturday, July 25
and Sunday, July 26
Swami visited Voorhees, New Jersey on Saturday, July 25 and
he spoke at the Hindu Temple, Berlin, NJ on 'Practice of Devotion
according to Bhagavad Gita'. He returned to Providence on Sunday, July
26.
Five-day residential retreat at Rochester, NY - Wednesday, August 05 through Sunday, August 09
From August 05 to August 09, Swami Yogatmananda and Swami Kripamayananda of Vedanta Society of Toronto, Canada conducted a residential retreat at Rochester, NY on 'Kenopanishad', organized by Hindu Heritage Summer Camp Inc. The retreat was intense from 6:30 AM to 9:30 PM comprising meditation early in the morning followed by an hour of yoga class, 3 one-and-half hour discourses by Swami Yogatmananda on the main subject, one hour Vedantic Tales by Swami Kripamayananda, an hour of Q/A session in the evening. The day was interspersed with devotional music in the morning, afternoon and evening. A very delicious food/snacks was also served at regular intervals. About forty devotees attended the full retreat.
Visit to Thousand Island Park, NY - Sunday, August 09 and Monday, August 10
Swami visited Vivekananda Retreat, Thousand Island Park, NY on August 9 and he returned to Providence on Monday, August 10.
Workshop in Warwick, RI- Saturday, August 15
Swami also conducted a workshop on 'One-ness' on Saturday, August 15 at Concordia Church, Warwick from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM. A total of thirty-eight devotees attended this workshop.
Sri Krishna Festival in Norton, MA - Sunday, August 16
The annual Krishna Festival was held at the Vakil residence (Norton, MA) on Sunday, August 16 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM, consisting of talks, music and luncheon. Over seventy-five devotees attended. There was devotional music, talks on life & teachings of Lord Krishna followed by a 'potluck' lunch.
Swami's talk at New England Institute of Technology - Warwick, Tuesday, August 18
Swami gave a class on general Hinduism to the students at the New England Institute of Technology, Warwick, RI on Tuesaday, August 18.
Weekend in Maine - Friday, August 21 through Sunday, August
23
Swami Tyagananda, Ramakrishna Vedanta Society (Boston) and Swami Yogatmananda
conducted a weekend retreat at Green Acres Maine from Friday evening,
August 21 till after lunch Sunday, August 23. About twenty devotees
attended the retreat.
Please click
here to see the photos of some of the above events.
Synopsis of all Tuesday's Classes
Tuesday - The Sufis - July 28, August 4, 11, 18 and 25
The Sufis stress the emphasis on experiencing the divine-
a total oneness, where nothing exists apart from God. It is ultimate knowledge,
the knower and the known become merged. The Sufi path is often expressed
through the poetry of intense love with imageries of human love.The lives
and teachings of the following Sufis were discussed in these classes:
Abu Said (967-1049 CE), Attar of Nishapur (1145-1220 CE),
Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-1273 CE),Samsuddin Hafiz (1337-1390
CE), Omar Khayyam (1048-1122 CE), Khvaja Moinuddin Chishti (1141-1230
CE),Hazarat Lal Shabaz Qalandar (1177-1274 CE), Kabir (1440-1518
CE), Abdul Rahim Khan i-khana (1556-1627 CE), Dara Shi Koh
(1615-1659 CE), Shah Vali Ullah (1703-1762 CE), Mirza Galib
(1797-1869 CE) and Hazrat inyat Khan (1882-1927 CE).