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Meditation and its Benefits

My friends at the Vedanta Society of Western Washington in Seattle have put together a short video about meditation and its benefits, featuring Swami Bhaskarananda.




You can get more information about Swami Bhaskarananda's book at Amazon.com: Meditation, Mind & Patanjali's Yoga: A Practical Guide to Spiritual Growth for Everyone.

Passing away of the president, Swami Gahananandaji

I was saddened to hear yesterday that Swami Gahananandaji Maharaj, the 14th president of the Ramakrishna Order passed away yesterday, the 4th of November. I had first met the Swami when he was in San Francisco in the mid-1990's for the ground-breaking ceremony for the San Francisco Vedanta Society's building addition.

More information about Swami Gahananandaji can be found on the Ramakrishna Math & Mission's website.

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Passing away of Swami Adiswaranandaji

Some of you may know Swami Adiswaranadaji, who had been the minister and spiritual leader of the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center of New York (east side) for many years. I was sad to hear this week that he passed away suddenly.

From the Center's site:

With a heavy heart we are saddened to announce the sudden passing away on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 of Revered Swami Adiswarananda, the beloved minister and spiritual leader of the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center of New York. Swami experienced a very severe hemorrhage (bleeding) in the brain on Monday, October 29, 2007 that proved fatal. Swami was fully conscious when the incident occurred, and he passed away peacefully and painlessly.


A funeral service for the Swami was held today (Nov. 2nd) at the Center.


Photos from Ram Naumi in South Africa

I received some photos of the Ram Naumi celebration for this year in Durban, South Africa.

You can see them in the Photos section of the website.

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