Berkeley: 2455 Bowditch Street, Berkeley, CA 94704; 510-848-8862
San Jose: 1376 Mariposa Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126; 408-493-0665
Email: society@vedantaberkeley.org ; Website: www.vedantaberkeley.org
May 2020
Dear All,
I hope, by the grace of the Holy Trio, you’re all doing well in the midst of this relentless COVID-19 pandemic all over the country and the world.
As the Shelter in Place order continues in our cities, and since we do not know when it’ll end, we’re unable to resume our regular events and schedules.
However, at the request of several devotees, we will resume Sunday morning lectures from the sanctuary through live streaming beginning from Sunday May 3, 2020, at 11:00 am.
Please note that the premises of Vedanta Society Berkeley and San Jose will remain closed until further announcement.
Lectures are delivered by Swami Prasannatmananda at the sanctuary of the Vedanta society Berkeley every Sunday at 11:00 am. Please note that these lectures will be broadcasted through online Live Streaming and Berkeley and San Jose premises will remain closed due to the COVID 19 Shelter in place order until further notification.
You can watch Sunday lectures through live streaming on the Home page (landing page) of Society's website www.vedantaberkeley.org or by clicking the following tab.
May 03 : Inner God (online)
May 10 : Lord Buddha and Buddhism (online)
May 17 : Lead Us from Unreal to Real (online)
May 24 : Spiritual Solution of our problem (online)
May 31 : The Loved Form of God (online)
Above are the photographs from the worship of Sri Ramakrishna held at San Jose House of the Vedanta Society Berkeley on Sunday, March 08, 2020 and at the Vedanta Society Berkeley on Sunday, March 01, 2020.
185th Birth Anniversary Celebration of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Deva
Swami Prasannatmananda, the Swami-in-charge, Vedanta Society Berkeley, performed a Special Worship at the sanctuary of Berkeley on the occasion of 185th Birth Anniversary of Sri Ramakrishna on Sunday, March 1, 2020, at 3:00 pm. Swami Prapanananda, Minister in- charge of Vedanta Society of Sacramento, Swami Ishadyanananda, Assistant Minister of Vedanta Society of Sacramento, and Swami Vedananda, Assistant Minister, of Vedanta Society of Northern California, attended the celebration and chanted relevant hymns. Sumita Chakravorty, a distinguished singer of the Bay Area sang devotional songs on Sri Ramakrishna during the worship. Eighty-five devotees including volunteers participated in the event and offered flowers. Khichudi prasad was distributed to all the devotees.
185th Birth Anniversary of Sri Ramakrishna was also celebrated at the San Jose House of the Vedanta Society Berkeley on Sunday, March 8, 2020, at 6:30 pm. Swami Prasannatmananda performed the worship and delivered a short talk on Sri Ramakrishna. Devotees offered songs during the worship. 50 devotees participated in the celebration, offered flowers, and enjoyed cooked prasad.
Swami Vivekananda: Always Alive
It was the great Buddha, who never cared for the dualist gods, and who has been called an atheist and materialist., who yet was ready to give up his body for a poor goat. That Man set in motion the highest moral code, it is ray of light from that Man. We cannot force the great hearts of the world into narrow limits, and keep them there, especially at this time in the history of humanity when there is a degree of intellectual development such as was never dreamed of even a hundred years ago. [from CW-II, pg.143]
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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; www.vedantaberkeley.org || society@berkeleyvedanta.org
