Minister: Swami Shantarupananda
Ramakrishna Order of India

Sunday Services (Sunday morning services will be held at 11:00 AM.)

April 6 - Vedanta and the West

April 13 - The Message of Sri Rama

April 20 - The Goal and the Way

April 27 - Gita in Daily Life

Evening Class on Scriptures

Tuesdays, 7:30 PM, The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

April 1, April 8, April 22, April 29

Thursdays, 7:30 PM, Kena Upanishad

April 3, April 10, April 17, April 24

Note: No class on April 15

Special Celebration - 7:30 PM

April 16 - Ram Navami

Interviews (Interviews are by appointment only)

Swami Shantarupananda will be glad to grant interviews to those who wish to know more about Vedanta. Individual instruction and guidance are given by the Swami to those who wish to practice prayer and meditation.

Retreat at Scappoose - 12:00 Noon

April 26 - The Message of the Upanishads - Potluck Lunch

Sunday School - 11:00 AM

Teachers: Priscilla Meddaugh, Kathe Fradkin, and Darla Clark.

Personal

Swami Shantarupananda gave a lecture on "Vedanta Philosophy" to a group of students from St. Francis Academy, Portland, on March 5.

Swami Shantarupananda will visit the Vedanta Societies of Berkeley and San Francisco from April 4 to 8.

Membership

Membership to the Society is open to all who are in sympathy with the universal teachings of Vedanta as demonstrated in the lives of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda.

Library

The Society's library contains a collection of books on Vedanta and other philosophical and religious systems of the world. The library remains open before Sunday Services. Only members can borrow books from the library.

Bookstore

The Bookstore remains open before and after Sunday Services. Books, incense, holy pictures, images and other articles of the Shrine are available.

Glimpses of a Great Soul, a Portrait of Swami Saradananda, a biography and reminiscences about one of Sri Ramakrishna's direct disciples and the first General Secretary of the Ramakrishna Order by Swami Aseshananda, who served as his personal secretary and attendant for many years. Price $6.45. Postage extra.

What Swami Vivekananda Means to Me, a collection of essays commemorating the Centenary of Swamiji's coming to America. By devotees associated with the Vedanta Society of Portland. Price $5.00.

All are welcome

Audio Cassette Tapes of Swami Aseshananda

Tapes of the Swami's lectures are $5.99 each or $60 for the entire set of eleven titles. Titles available are:

Holy Mother

Steps to Illumination

Three Great Blessings

Katha Upanishad

Raja Yoga

Holy Company (evening readings)

Companion of Sri Krishna (Reminiscences of Swami Brahmananda)

Divine Life (Reminiscences of Swami Shivananda)

The Message of Swami Yogananda

Divine Love (Reminiscences of Swami Premananda)

A Knower of God (Reminiscences of Swami Vijnanananda)