Guest guest Posted January 12, 2002 Report Share Posted January 12, 2002 Lillith Hi. I have found the URL for the center, here it is: http://www.vedantasociety.org/ The address is under contacts. If you do decide to go there let us know how it is. I have been to the one in Chennai India (Headquarters) and one in San Francisco. They are very peaceful places. Some have libraries and or book stores. Usually they sell books at very reasonable prices. The books usually come from India and usually if you buy these same books at the bookstore they are VERY expensive compared to buying them at ramakrishna math. You may be able to order on line too. I don't know if the groups knows about Ramakrishna? He is a great sage of India. He grew up in the state of West Bengal and from a young age, he rebelled against school to become a god realized person. He was a brahmin and as a teen he took up temple service (pujari=priest) at a temple owned by a low caste person (he was almost shunned by his family for this). He is famous for this temple because there he became a devote of Kali, the mother goddess. He used to get so frantic in his prayer he would dress the mother and feed the mother as though she was really alive. He was 'hold discussions' with her and go into fits of devotion he could not come out of for days and weeks. The other thing he is really famous for is realizing ALL GOD IS ONE, but humans like to see GOD in different forms. When he was still alive, he took on a disciple, Sri Vivekananda. Vivekananda is famous as he was the first Hindu to speak abroad. He spoke the famous lines "Hello Brothers and Sisters" at the World Council on Religions in Chicago in about 1897. That is just a bit of background. Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2002 Report Share Posted January 18, 2002 Dear Jennifer, I was just looking through the archives and saw this message. Somehow I had missed it when you first wrote it. Thank you so much for the information. I *think* I may know where this place is, I think I have seen a statue from a road near by. I will let you know when I have gone by. It seems like a very interesting place! with love, lilith agirlasleep (I am writing from someone else's home and computer so I do not know what email address may show in this mail) , "vaayel" <vaayel> wrote: > Lillith > Hi. I have found the URL for the center, here it is: > http://www.vedantasociety.org/ > The address is under contacts. If you do decide to go there let us > know how it is. I have been to the one in Chennai India > (Headquarters) and one in San Francisco. They are very peaceful > places. Some have libraries and or book stores. Usually they sell > books at very reasonable prices. The books usually come from India > and usually if you buy these same books at the bookstore they are > VERY expensive compared to buying them at ramakrishna math. You may > be able to order on line too. > I don't know if the groups knows about Ramakrishna? > He is a great sage of India. He grew up in the state of West Bengal > and from a young age, he rebelled against school to become a god > realized person. He was a brahmin and as a teen he took up temple > service (pujari=priest) at a temple owned by a low caste person (he > was almost shunned by his family for this). He is famous for this > temple because there he became a devote of Kali, the mother goddess. > He used to get so frantic in his prayer he would dress the mother and > feed the mother as though she was really alive. He was 'hold > discussions' with her and go into fits of devotion he could not come > out of for days and weeks. The other thing he is really famous for > is realizing ALL GOD IS ONE, but humans like to see GOD in different > forms. When he was still alive, he took on a disciple, Sri > Vivekananda. Vivekananda is famous as he was the first Hindu to speak > abroad. He spoke the famous lines "Hello Brothers and Sisters" at the > World Council on Religions in Chicago in about 1897. > That is just a bit of background. > > Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2002 Report Share Posted January 19, 2002 Lillith, Maybe if you know where it is, you could use this opporunity to go there and meditate to relieve tension from you at this stressfull time for you. It is really a peaceful place. Maybe you can ring up to them and ask if there is a meditation hall. There should be. It is so peaceful and quiet there. If you go, let us know how it is. I am curious to know. Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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