Dr. Chari's Vedanta Lectures in Washington DC Area

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Announcement of Dr. SMS Chari's Vedanta Lectures

 

CHINMAYA MISSION

WASHINGTON REGIONAL CENTER

 

Sponsors a series of lectures by Dr. S.M.S. Chari on

 

Comparative Analysis of Vedantic Schools of

Advaita, VishishhTaadvaita and Dvaita

 

from Monday 16 July 2001 to Saturday 21 July 2001

at

5822 Ipswich Road, Bethesda, MD 20814

 

 

Lecture Time: 8:.00 P.M. to 9:30 P.M.

 

 

Dr.Chari will provide a systematic scholarly analysis

of Advaita, VishishhTaadvaita and Dvaita from the

point of Upanishads, Brahma suutra and Bhagawat Geeta

- the prasthaana trayam of the Hindu religion. He

will be examining the nature of Brahman, the nature of

Jiiva, the nature of the world and the interrelation

between them from the point of shruti, smR^iti and

nyaaya prasthaanas.

 

Sri Saragoor Maadaboosi Srinivasachari hails from the

village of Saragoor near Mysore, Karnataka. Sri Chari

has a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Madras

in the 1940s. He is a learned Sanskrit scholar having

been tutored by eminent traditional scholars. Dr.

S.M.S. Chari joined the Ministry of Education,

Government of India and retired in 1976 as the Joint

Educational Advisor. He has traveled widely,

participated in International conferences and seminars

abroad and lectured at Universities on aspects of

Indian Philosophy and Religion. He is the author of

seven philosophical books, which include Advaita and

VishishhTadvaita, Fundamentals of VishishhTaadvaita

Philosophy, Theistic Mysticism of Alvars, Vaishnavism-

Its Philosophy, theology and Religious Discipline and

Philosophy of Vedantasuutra. Also, he has published

many articles in philosophical journals.

 

 

Direction: Take 495 toward Bethesda and/or Silver

Spring. Take Exit (36) to MD-187 old Georgetown Road.

Go North on Old Georgetown Road toward Rockville. Take

the first right onto Kingswood Road. Take a right onto

Broad Street. Take a left onto Ipswich Road. The house

is the 3rd on the right-hand side. Call Geetha Bansal

at (301-564-1559) for additional help.

 

 

Contact: For further information, contact Sadananda

(703-451-5909) or S. Balan (703- 845-0524) or

Ram Chandran (703-912-5790) or Geetha

Bansal (301-564-1559)

 

Note: The lectures are free to everyone. Please also

note that the estimated costs for organizing these

lectures will be $2000.00 and we welcome your generous

donations.