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2455 Bowditch Street, Berkeley, CA 94704; 510-848-8862
San Jose House, 1376 Mariposa Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126; 408-493-0665
Email: society@vedantaberkeley.org ; Website: www.vedantaberkeley.org

December 2019

Winter Recess: Winter recess starts from Wednesday, Dec.25, 2019, at the Vedanta Society Berkeley and San Jose House. The lecture and classes will resume at Berkeley on Sunday, January 19, 2019, and on the same day at 6:30 pm at San Jose House. Vesper services, prayer, and 'Yogadharana' (at San Jose) continue as usual at Berkeley and San Jose during the recess period.

People of different faiths as well as those who have no particular belief can benefit from the lectures. Vedanta is impersonal and rational; it is not a particular creed but includes all creeds and affirms that they are different expressions of One Truth.

Lectures are delivered by Swami Prasannatmananda at the sanctuary of the Vedanta Society Berkeley every Sunday at 11:00 am.
Dec. 01: No Sunday Talk
Dec. 08: Sraddha (Faith)
Dec. 15: Sarada Devi: Embodiment of
Contentment
Dec. 22: No Sunday Talk (Holy Mother's Birth Anniversary at 3:00 pm)

Srimad Bhagavad Gita classes are conducted by Swami Prasannatmananda at the sanctuary of the Vedanta Society Berkeley every Thursday at 8:00 pm.

Dec. 05 : Srimad Bhagavad Gita
Dec. 12 : Srimad Bhagavad Gita
Dec. 19 : Srimad Bhagavad Gita

Classes and 'Yogadharana' guided group meditation sessions are conducted by Swami Prasannatmananda at San Jose House every Sunday and every Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Classes on every Sunday evening are held after a short vesper service, arati, and meditation. Ramanama Sankirtanam is held on the first Sunday of every month at 6:30 pm.
Dec.01 : No Class
Dec.08 : Inspired Talks
Dec.15 : Inspired Talks
Dec.22: No Class (Holy Mother's Birth Anniversary at Berkeley at 3:00 pm)

LIBRARY

Vedanta Society Berkeley maintains libraries both in Berkeley Center and San Jose House. Books on Vedanta Philosophy, Religion, and Other Philosophical Systems and Religious Traditions of the world are available for the members to borrow.

Books on Vedanta and Indian Religious literature are sold at the bookstore in the foyer of the Berkeley Center after Sunday and Thursday lectures. And at San Jose House before and after the Wednesday ‘Yogadharana’ and Sunday evening lectures.

Prayer & Meditation

Those who like to spend some time in prayer, meditation, and to attend vesper service are welcome to do so at the sanctuary of Berkeley center from 6:30 to 8:00 pm every evening except Sunday and Wednesday; and

at San Jose House every Wednesday and Sunday at 7:30 pm and 6:30 pm respectively.

Interview and Practical Instructions

Swami Prasannatmananda is glad to confer with those who are interested in knowing more about Vedanta or with those who want to discuss their spiritual interests with him. The Swami requests that appointments be made after lectures or classes or over the telephone 510-848-8862.

Devotees of Vedanta Society Berkeley and San Jose are presenting a musical narrative offering “Holy Mother Sarada Devi: An Embodiment of Mother Durga” on the occasion of Sri Sri Jagaddhatri Worship at the Vedanta Society of Sacramento, California at 2:00 pm on Saturday November 9, 2019.

Swami Vivekananda: Always Alive

'Krishna did everything but without any attachment; he was in the world, but not of it. "Do all work but without attachment; work for work's sake, never for yourself". Freedom can never be true of name and form; it is the clay out of which we (the pots) are made; then it is limited and not free so that freedom can never be true of the related. One-pot can never say "I am free" as a pot; only as it loses all ideas of form does it become free'.
[Excerpt from ‘Inspired Talks’ taken from Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Jan. 1989, Vol. VII pg.19-20]

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Vedanta Society Berkeley
2455 Bowditch Street, Berkeley, CA 94704; 510-848-8862
society@berkeleyvedanta.org
San Jose House, 1376 Mariposa Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126; 408-493-0665; society@vedantaberkeley.org