This Sunday at 11am, guest speaker Gareth Young will talk with us about "Not Knowing."Join us in the Chapel at the Center or online via Zoom, and participate in the discussion! More on this talk below.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CONGREGATION - May 15th
Please make plans to join us (in-person or online via Zoom) on Sunday, May 15th, for your Center's Annual Meeting of the Congregation. A catered vegetarian lunch will be served immediately following. All are welcome to attend.
SWAMI SARVADEVANANDAJI'S VISIT Swami Sarvadevananda, our Head Minister, will be here for a visit from May 16th to May 18th. Br. Shankara is managing his calendar for the visit, so if you wish to talk with the swami or receive instruction, please EMAIL Br. Shankara right away. This can be done through the Center’s website; please include your phone number!
If you would like to offer service to the Swami while he is visiting, please contact Br. Shankara asap.
Those of you who don’t know Swami Sarvadevananda might wish to take time to watch this recently recorded talk (click link below): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv4K8aYo6XE
SEVA SATURDAY FOR MAY - May 14th
Now that we are open again for in-person activities, we are returning to our 2nd Saturday schedule for Seva Saturday. We start at 10am and end at 2pm. You can offer service, for as long as is practical for you, any time during that period. An “appreciation” lunch — usually very good pizza or a salad - is offered if you’re here at 12:30pm.
NOTE: You should be fully vaccinated against the covid-19 virus if you plan to participate in Seva Saturday, or any other in-person activities at or visits to your Center. Thank you for your consideration.
COVID-19 POLICY UPDATE
updated 4/28/2022
On Sunday, May 1st we welcomed back our congregation members who wish to attend the Sunday morning talk in person. We will continue to Zoom talks and other activities for those who are unable to attend in person, or prefer to join us from home at this time.
Masks are encouraged by not required. However, you should be fully vaccinated against the covid-19 virus if you plan to participate in any in-person activities at or visits to your Center.
At 11am on Sunday, May 8th, guest speaker Gareth Young will speak on “Not Knowing.” Please join us in the Chapel at the Center or online via Zoom, and participate in the discussion.
Gareth is a meditation teacher, a businessman and co-founder of Red Clay Sangha. He has maintained a committed meditation practice for over 20 years in the Zen and Vipassana traditions, and integrates over 10 years of interfaith engagement as well as teachings from Lotus Sutra and Tibetan traditions into his practice and life.
Gareth received full teaching authorization in the Thai Forest lineage of Ajahn Chah, Jack Kornfield and Lisa Ernst and is a firm advocate of the principles and practices of One Dharma. He lives in the Atlanta area with his wife and their dogs, chickens and bees. He has two adult children.
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May is a month for study of Jnana Yoga (advaita vedanta). As a jnana yogi, you practice discrimination, reason, detachment, and satyagraha (insistence on Truth). The goal is freedom from limitation (moksha).
Our teachers say that all miseries in life are caused by seeing inaccurately. An earnest and persistent jnani may break through this misapprehension (Maya) and see only the Divine Presence everywhere, in everything and everyone.
Ongoing Activities
Weekly Classes (online via Zoom)
Mon, 7:30-8:30pm - Love Poems from God
- Zoom | Archive
Tue, 7:30-8:30pm - Sri Sarada Devi and Her Divine Play
- Zoom | Archive
Sat, 12-1pm - Swami Prabhavananda's How to Know God
- Zoom | Archive
Evening Arati (online via Zoom)
Daily except Sunday, at 6:30-7pm
- Zoom
Chandi Readings (online via Zoom)
1st Saturday, 11am-12pm, Chandi is read in Sanskrit
- Zoom
2nd Saturday, 9:30-10am, Chandi is read in English
- Zoom
2nd Saturday - Seva Saturday, 10am-2pm (in-person at the Center) - Seva means serving in the fellowship of volunteers, or Karma Yogis! Those who have been fully vaccinated are welcome to participate.
