January 2000
Vedanta Society of Portland
The following are the Society's services and special events for this month. Except where noted, all lectures are given by Swami Shantarupananda.
All are welcome.


Sunday Mon.  Tuesday Wed. Thursday Fri. Sat.
1
  Special
Celebration:
Kalpataru Day
2
 No Lecture,
See Special Program for January 1.
 12 Noon  Special
Celebration:
Swami Shivananda

 

 3 4
 
 

 7:30 PM Scripture Class
The Gospel of
Sri Ramakrishna

 5 6
 
 

 7:30 PM Scripture Class
Viveka Chudamani

 7 8
9
 11:00 AM Service
The Goal and
the Way		 10

 

 11
 

 7:30 PM Scripture Class
The Gospel of
Sri Ramakrishna

 12 13
 12 Noon  Special
Celebration:
Swami Saradananda

 7:30 PM Guest Lecturer:
Swami Jitatmananda
Swami Vivekananda, Prophet and Pathfinder

 14
 
 
 
 
 		 15
16
 11:00 AM Service
Illumined Soul		 17 18 19 20
 12 Noon  Special
Celebration:
Swami Turiyananda
 

 7:30 PM Scripture Class
Viveka Chudamani

 21
 

 

 22
23
 11:00 AM Service
"I Have a Message to the West"		 24 25
 

 7:30 PM Scripture Class
The Gospel of
Sri Ramakrishna

 26
 

 

 27
 

 6:30 PM  Special
Celebration:
Swami Vivekananda
 

 28
 

 

 29

 
30
 11:00 AM Service
Six Cardinal Virtues of Life		 31

 

Special Programs

Saturday, January 1, 2000
Kalpataru Day
6 AM - 6 PM: Millennium Group Meditation for World Peace.
12 Noon: Worship and Prasad.
6 PM: Chants and Prayers, Readings, Devotional singing, Vespers, Flower offering by devotees, Potluck Dinner.
Thursday, January 27
Swami Vivekananda's Birthday
6:30 PM: Worship, Flower offering, Potluck dinner.
January 13
Visiting Swami
Swami Jitatmananda, Head of the Ramakrishna Ashrama, Rajkot, India, will visit our Center. On January 13, Thursday, at 7:30 PM,  he will give a lecture on "Swami Vivekananda, Prophet and Pathfinder."
You and your friends are cordially welcome to attend the services.

Personal

Swami Shantarupananda gave a lecture on "Hinduism" at Evergreen High School, Vancouver, Western Washington, on Monday, December 6, at 10:30 AM.

New Booklet

The Last Disciple of Holy Mother: Reminis-cences of Swami Aseshananda,
by Swami Shantarupananda.

It is a short booklet on the life of Swami Aseshananda written with depth of feeling and insight. Those who knew Swami Aseshananda will be reminded of his dedicated life, and those who never met him will be charmed by reading about his simple life permeated with depth of spirituality.

Price $2.95. Postage extra.
 
 
 

 There is but One -The Free -The Knower-Self!
        Without a name, without a form or stain.
        In Him is Maya dreaming all this dream.
        The witness, He appears as nature, soul.
Know thou art That, Sannyasin bold!     Say —
                          Om Tat Sat, Om!

        Where seekest thou? That freedom, friend, this world
        Nor that can give. In books and temples vain
        Thy search. Thine only is the hand that holds
        The rope that drags thee on. Then cease lament,
Let go thy hold, Sannyasin bold!
        Say —
                          Om Tat Sat, Om!

        Say, "Peace to all: From me no danger be
        To aught that lives. In those that dwell on high.
        In those that lowly creep, I am the Self in all!
        All life both here and there, do I renounce,
        All heavens and earths and hells, all hopes and fears.
Thus cut thy bonds, Sannyasin bold!
        Say —
                          Om Tat Sat, Om!

                 —Swami Vivekananda