Dr. Chari's Vedanta Lectures in Washington DC Area

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These are the details of Dr. SMS Chari's lecture series in Washington D.C

areas :

 

 

Ram Chandran [ramvchandran]

Monday, July 16, 2001 3:59 AM

Krishna Kalale; Advaitin List; K. Sadananda

Re: Fwd: Re: Dr. Chari's Vedanta Lectures in Washington DC Area

 

Hari Om Everyone:

 

 

"Rarely you come across a discourse on the comparative

study of the three philosophies of Hinduism - Advaita,

VishishhTaadvaita and Dvaita. Here is such a unique

occasion for you to benefit from.

 

You must have received the earlier posting about Dr.

Chari's Vedantic Lectures from Sunday July 22 to

Friday July 27, 2001 from 8 to 9.30 p.m. at 5822

Ipswich Road, Bethesda, MD 20814. You will find the

details in the flier. This has been sponsored by the

Chinmaya Mission.

 

This is just to remind you and to urge you to attend

these lectures by an eminent scholar and hear his

systematic scholarly analysis of Hinduism from the

perspective of the different schools of thought.

 

Sunday July 22 to Thursday July 26th - Lectures

Friday July 27th: Question and Answer Session

 

 

CHINMAYA MISSION

WASHINGTON REGIONAL CENTER

Kailas Niwas, 46 Norwood Road, Silver Spring, MD 20905

Tel: 301-384-5009 FAX: 301-384-1204

 

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

 

Comparative Analysis of Vedantic Schools of

Advaita, VishishhTaadvaita and Dvaita

 

from Sunday 22 July 2001 to Friday 27 July 2001 at

(Dates have been revised, please note)

 

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.