Dear Devotees and Friends,

Please join us via Zoom this Sunday morning at 11am for Br. Shankara's talk, A Jnana Yogi’s Way of Life. And please note that the 2nd Saturday Chandi reading in English begins at a new time this Saturday: 9:30-10am. You'll find details for both of these activities below. We hope to see you this weekend!

COVID-19 UPDATE

Your Center's Chapel (the building closest to the parking lot) is open for private meditation, and to visit the self-serve Bookshop. Otherwise, your Center remains closed to visitors due to the coronavirus. Thank you for helping us keep our congregation, friends, and residents of the Center safe and healthy. Do join us online for classes, talks, discussion and the sweetness of continuing fellowship that is such a balm during this challenging time of great transition.

This Sunday's Talk
A Jnana Yogi’s Way of Life
with Br. Shankara
April 11, 11am to 12noon

Join us via Zoom at https://tinyurl.com/y7veshzt 

April 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.

This quote is from a website associated with the Vedanta Society of New York (Swami Sarvapriyananda’s center):

“According to Advaita metaphysics, Brahman—the ultimate, transcendent and immanent God of the latter Vedas—appears as the world because of its creative energy (māyā). The world has no separate existence apart from Brahman. The experiencing self (jīva) and the transcendental self of the Universe (ātman) are in reality identical (both are Brahman), though the individual self seems different, as space within a container seems different from space as such. … Plurality is experienced because of errors in judgments (Mithya) and ignorance (Avidya). Knowledge of Brahman removes these errors and causes liberation from the cycle of transmigration and worldly bondage.”

On Sunday morning we will discuss the life led by someone who is likely to succeed on the Jnana (advaita) path toward liberation.

What is the character and temperament of such a person? How must she or he live, to awaken from maya’s spell and overcome the appearance of plurality?

We will draw from the teachings of the Sage Vasistha, Adi Shankaracharya, Sri Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda, and Ramana Maharshi.

April 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.

4/10 (Sat), 9:30-10am NEW TIME!
– Chandi Reading in English
Join us via Zoom

4/11 (Sun), 11am-12noon
– Talk: A Jnana Yogi’s Way of Life
w/Br. Shankara
Join us via Zoom

4/18 (Sun), 11am-12noon
– Talk: What Deserves Your Attention?
w/Br. Shankara
Join us via Zoom

4/25 (Sun), 11am-12noon
– Talk: The Equations of Maya
w/Br. Shankara
Join us via Zoom

Looking ahead

5/16 (Sun), 11am-12noon
– ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CONGREGATION
Please join us online to hear about what's going on behind the scenes at your Center, and to elect the Center Board of Trustees for the 2021-2022 year. 
Join us via Zoom

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You may want to mark your calendar — the way it looks now, our first face-to-face meeting as a congregation will be on Sunday, July 4th. We should all be fully vaccinated by then.

There will be a Seva Saturday on Sat., June 26th, to shine up your Center for the Fourth. 

For both of these activities, only those who have been fully vaccinated and past any waiting periods may attend! 

Nisargadatta and Jnana Yoga Online Group
Sundays at 5pm Eastern, via Zoom at https://tinyurl.com/yb2p6lp6 

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