April 1999
Vedanta Society of Portland
The following are the Society's services, classes, and special events for this month.
All are welcome.
 
Sunday Mon.  Tuesday Wed. Thursday Fri. Sat.
1

 

 7:30 PM Scripture Class 
Vedanta Sara

2


Special Celebration: 
Good Friday
7:30 PM

3

 

4  
 11:00 AM Service 
Easter - Its Spiritual Significance


5 

6 

 

 7:30 PM Scripture Class 
The Gospel of 
Sri Ramakrishna

7

 

8

 

 7:30 PM Scripture Class 
Vedanta Sara

9

10

11
 11:00 AM Service 
Sankhya and Vedanta

12

 

13 

 

 7:30 PM Scripture Class 
The Gospel of 
Sri Ramakrishna

14

 

15 

 

 7:30 PM Scripture Class 
Vedanta Sara

16

17

 12:00 Noon
Retreat Service

The Goal and the Way
Potluck Lunch, Slide Show

18 
 11:00 AM Service 
Vedanta in the West
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20

Special Celebration: 
Sri Shankaracharya
12:00 Noon

 

21

22



 7:30 PM Scripture Class 
Vedanta Sara

23

 

24

 

25
 11:00 AM Service 
Buddha and His Way

26

 

27

 

7:30 PM Scripture Class 
The Gospel of 
Sri Ramakrishna

28

29

 

 7:30 PM Scripture Class 
Vedanta Sara

30
Special Celebration: 
Lord Buddha
12:00 Noon

 

Evening Classes

Tuesday and Thurday evenings Swami Shantarupananda conducts scriptural classes at 7:30 in the Foyer.

Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, Tuesdays

Translated and with a biographical introduction by Swami Nikhilananda, this book describes the life and teachings of Sri Ramakrishna in his own words, faithfully recorded by Mahendranath Gupta ("M.") The following link from an on-line bookstore quotes many Eastern and Western scholars describing the Gospel:

Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

Amazon.com also lists the Gospel, including reader comments worth seeing:

The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

Deb Platt, a liberal Christian who has created the Mysticism in World Religions website, has the following page describing the Gospel including an index of quotes from the book.

The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

Vedanta Sara of Sadananda, Thursdays

From the introduction by the translator, Swami Nikhilananda:

"The growing interest in Vedanta, even amoung people outside the pale of Indian thought is, in a very large measure, due to its freedom from all narrowness. While it does not discard faith, whatever religion or philosophy may inculcate it, it rests ultimately on the light of Reason (Buddhi), a fact which naturally appeals to all rationally inclined minds, in every part of the world. This is the secret of its strength as well as its attraction. Further, its special value lies in the fact that it seeks the fruit of the knowledge of Truth in this life, not in any world to come after death. It is the effect of Vedantic knowledge on man's life here below, that is of the highest consequence to the Vedantist. The teachings therefore lay great emphasis on moral discipline as a sine qua non of even understanding Vedantic truths."

Special Celebrations

April 2 Good Friday 7:30 PM
April 20 Sri Shankaracharya 12:00 Noon
April 30 Lord Buddha 12:00 Noon

Retreat

April 17, 12 Noon The Goal and the Way Potluck Lunch; Slide Show

Personal

Swami Shantarupananda gave a lecture on "An Introduction to Vedanta" to a group of students from St. Francis Academy at 9 AM on Thursday, Feb. 25, at the Temple.

Swami Shantarupananda gave a lecture on "Hinduism - Its Theories and Practices" at the Evergreen High School, Vancouver, WA on Friday, March 12, at 11 AM.