Minister: Swami Shantarupananda
Ramakrishna Order of India
May ProgramPast programs are also available:
The Way of a Holy Man, Videotape of Swami Aseshananda's
Memorial Service.
On November 24, 1996, a unique event in the spiritual history of the
Pacific Northwest took place in Portland, OR. Ten swamis of the Vedanta
Societies of USA and Canada along with over 300 friends and students of
the Vedanta philosophy assembled to pay their homage and tribute to Swami
Aseshananda, the former Head of the Vedanta Society of Portland for 41
years. Intimate glimpses of a holy man were shared in an atmosphere charged
with loving and personal memories. This 3-hr videotape captures the proceedings
of this rare event and includes candid photos of Swami Aseshananda through
45 years of his life in America. The videotapes are $25 each, plus $4 for
postage and handling.
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.
| 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) |
New Audio Cassette Tapes
of
Tapes of the Swami's lectures are $6 each or $60 for the entire set of
eleven titles. Titles available are:
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"What extracts from the Vedas I have read fall on me like light of a higher and purer luminary, which describes a loftier course through a purer stratum free from particulars, simple, universal. It rises on me like the full moon after the stars have come out, wading through some far summer stratum of the sky.""Philosophy in India is what it ought to be, not the denial, but the fulfillment of religion; it is the highest religion; and the oldest name of the oldest system of philosophy in India is Vedanta, that is, the end, the goal, the highest object of the Vedas." - Henry David Thoreau "In all nations there are minds which incline to dwell in the conception of the fundamental Unity. The raptures of prayer and ecstasy of devotion lose all being in one Being. This tendency finds its highest expression in the religious writings of the East and chiefly in the Indian Scriptures, in the Vedas, the Bhagavat Geeta, and the Vishnu Purana." - Prof. Max Mueller "At this supremely dangerous moment in human history, the only way of salvation for mankind is an Indian way. The Emperor Ashoka's and the Mahatma Gandhi's principle of non-violence and Sri Ramakrishna's testimony to the harmony of religions; here we have the attitude and the spirit that can make it possible for the human race to grow together into a single family..." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "In the whole world there is no study, except that of the originals, so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Oupnekhat (Upanishad). It has been the solace of my life; it will be the solace of my death." - Arnold J. Toynbee - Arthur Schopenhauer