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."

Retreat

May 22, 12 Noon

Steps to Realization

Potluck Lunch; Slide Show

Personal

At the invitation of the Vedanta Society of Calgary, Canada, Swami Shantarupananda visited Calgary from April 9 - 12 and gave lectures at the University of Calgary and the Multicultural Center.