July 1998
Vedanta Society of Portland
The following are the Society's services, classes, and special events for this month. Except where noted, all lectures and classes are given by Swami Shantarupananda.
All are welcome.
* Special Announcements *
 
Sunday Mon.  Tuesday Wed. Thursday Fri. Sat.
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 7:30 PM Scripture Class 
Vedanta Sara		 3  4 
 * Special * 
July 4 
Service  
 
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 11:00 AM  
Guru and Disciple		 6 
 
 
 
 
 		 7 
 

 7:30 PM Scripture Class 
The Gospel of 
Sri Ramakrishna

 8 9 
 
 
 7:30 PM  Special Celebration: 
Guru Purnima		 10 11
12 
 11:00 AM Service 
Vedanta and the West 
 
- Stuart Bush, President of the Vedanta Society		 13 14 
 

 7:30 PM Scripture Class 
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

 15 16 

 7:30 PM Scripture Class 
Vedanta Sara

 17 18
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 11:00 AM Service 
Action and  Contemplation		 20 21 
 

 12 NOON  Special Birthday Celebration: 
Swami Ramakrishnananda  
 

 22 23 
 

 7:30 PM Scripture Class 
Vedanta Sara

 24 25
26 
 11:00 AM Service 
"I Have a Message to the West" 		 27 28 
 

 7:30 PM Scripture Class 
The Gospel of 
Sri Ramakrishna

 29 30 
 

 7:30 PM Scripture Class 
Vedanta Sara

 31
 

* Special Announcements *

Painting the Portland Main Temple:

During the month of August, the Society will paint the interior of the Portland Temple.  Volunteers to help in this service will be most welcome and appreciated.  For information, contact the Vedanta Center at 235-3919 or the project leader, Terrance Hohner, at 222-1789.

Summer Recess:

The Sunday Services and the weekly classes will remain suspended for the summer beginning August 1.  The Center will resume its regular program of lectures and classes on Sunday, September 13, 1998, at 11:00 AM when Swami Shantarupananda will speak on "God as Mother."

Swami Vivekananda Statue Installed in Chicago - A First in America

The first American statue of Swami Vivekananda (1863 - 1902), the Hindu monk who introduced Hinduism tothe West, was installed on Sunday, July 12, 1998, at the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, in Lemont, IL.  The statue is a gift from the Vivekananda Vedanta Society of Chicago, a branch of the Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission.  Thousands attended this historic event.  A copy of a nice article on the event by religious writer Gustav Niebuhr appeared in various Internet newsgroups.