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<title>Arise&#x2c; Awake&#x21;</title><link>http://www.ariseawake.com/index.html</link><description>Arise&#x2c; Awake&#x21; RSS Feed</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>Jitesh</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2007 Jitesh</dc:rights><dc:date>2010-06-13T23:30:48-07:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:37:00 -0700</lastBuildDate><item><title>Contact Form and Comments Disabled</title><dc:creator>Jitesh</dc:creator><category>Misc</category><dc:date>2010-06-13T23:30:48-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ariseawake.com/index_files/c6651428046f29b78823dbe5084e7f1c-26.html#unique-entry-id-26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ariseawake.com/index_files/c6651428046f29b78823dbe5084e7f1c-26.html#unique-entry-id-26</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font:11px &#39;Lucida Grande&#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; ">The contact form has been disabled due to spam. Comments are also disabled.</span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Meditation and its Benefits</title><dc:creator>Jitesh</dc:creator><category>Vedanta News</category><dc:date>2008-04-08T21:38:35-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ariseawake.com/index_files/09f433e9ac39e3b2dcb9e145e99f5ab5-25.html#unique-entry-id-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ariseawake.com/index_files/09f433e9ac39e3b2dcb9e145e99f5ab5-25.html#unique-entry-id-25</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[My friends at the <a href="http://www.vedanta-seattle.org/" rel="external">Vedanta Society of Western Washington</a> in Seattle have put together a short video about meditation and its benefits, featuring Swami Bhaskarananda.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font:10px &#39;Lucida Grande&#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; "><center><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QShsWtvAnyk&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QShsWtvAnyk&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></center></span><br /><br />You can get more information about Swami Bhaskarananda's book at Amazon.com: <span style="font:11px &#39;Lucida Grande&#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1884852033?ie=UTF8&tag=frejiv-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1884852033">Meditation, Mind & Patanjali's Yoga: A Practical Guide to Spiritual Growth for Everyone</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=frejiv-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1884852033" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />.<br /></span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Passing away of the president&#x2c; Swami Gahananandaji</title><dc:creator>Jitesh</dc:creator><category>Vedanta News</category><dc:date>2007-11-05T20:53:21-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ariseawake.com/index_files/8c9178293485223d0ccf7c69803fe571-24.html#unique-entry-id-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ariseawake.com/index_files/8c9178293485223d0ccf7c69803fe571-24.html#unique-entry-id-24</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[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.<br /><br />More information about Swami Gahananandaji can be found on the <a href="http://rkmhq.org/pm_tentative_programme.htm" rel="self">Ramakrishna Math & Mission's website</a>.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="swami_gahananandaji" src="http://www.ariseawake.com/index_files/page20_blog_entry24_1.jpg" width="359" height="729"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Passing away of Swami Adiswaranandaji</title><dc:creator>Jitesh</dc:creator><category>Vedanta News</category><dc:date>2007-11-02T21:27:33-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ariseawake.com/index_files/6bf76801d9ed8a0c07745202a763dc12-23.html#unique-entry-id-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ariseawake.com/index_files/6bf76801d9ed8a0c07745202a763dc12-23.html#unique-entry-id-23</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Some of you may know Swami Adiswaranadaji, who had been the minister and spiritual leader of the <a href="http://www.ramakrishna.org/" rel="external" title="http://www.ramakrishna.org/">Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center of New York</a> (east side) for many years. I was sad to hear this week that he passed away suddenly.<br /><br />From the Center's site:<br /><blockquote><p>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.</p></blockquote><br />A funeral service for the Swami was held today (Nov. 2nd) at the Center.<br /><br /><br />]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Photos from Ram Naumi in South Africa</title><dc:creator>Jitesh</dc:creator><category>Events</category><dc:date>2007-04-21T22:59:14-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ariseawake.com/index_files/f4c79354027218a5a3b48316fedd19cd-22.html#unique-entry-id-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ariseawake.com/index_files/f4c79354027218a5a3b48316fedd19cd-22.html#unique-entry-id-22</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I received some photos of the Ram Naumi celebration for this year in Durban, South Africa.<br /><br />You can see them in the <a href="photos/photos.html" rel="self" title="Photos">Photos</a> section of the website.<br /><br /><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="imageStyle" alt="Picture 1" src="http://www.ariseawake.com/index_files/page20_blog_entry22_1.png" width="301" height="208"/></p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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