[ramakrishna] Digest Number 530

[Guest guest]

Dear Jayanti Murughan,

Shanti Ashrama, property donated to Swami Vivekananda, was started going by

Swami Turiyananda in the fall of 1900, one century ago. It was a plot of

160 acres in Northern California. After a few seasons the Swami felt he had

to return to India. The next Swami, Trigunatitananda, kept the place up for

a few years, but after his death it fell into disuse. It is far out of the

way of public transportation. The last caretaker left it in the 50s after a

forest fire destroyed most of the buildings. It is one of the properties of

the Vedanta Society of San Francisco, and can no longer be visited by

tourists. The devotees of San Francisco make an Annual Pilgrimage there.

With respects,

 

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Swami Yogeshananda

Vedanta Center of Atlanta

2331 Brockett Road

Tucker, GA 30084 Ph: 770-938-6673

yogeshananda

http://www.vedanta-atlanta.org/

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[Guest guest]

Response to Swami Yogeshananda:

 

I had always appreciated Swamiji's mentioning arising first: somehow

" Get up! " is a demand one must pay attention to. When one is up and at

the ready, then one can understand the command to " Awake! " I have always

wondered if he realized this psychological implication. Of course it may

be individual to me.

Edith

[Guest guest]

Act, act, and act

For you have no choice

But to act

 

Forced to breathe, eat, and sleep

Your heart continually beating

Forced to think, fancy, and weep

Even while dreaming

 

Action, action, and more actions

There seems no other choice

 

It tells on your health

Envelops you in chronic stress

Splitting your personality into two

How very depressing mess

 

Action, action, and more actions

Making you aware of limitations

 

But

 

Action, action, and more actions

Also open up the gate of Freedom

A step in different direction -

Meditation leading to Liberation!

 

c s shah