Vedanta Center of Atlanta: February events
Vedanta Center of Atlanta: February events
Time: There is silent meditation in the Chapel from 10:30-11am, before each Sunday’s talk. After the talk, devotees and friends meet in the Monastery from noon to 1:30pm, for tea, coffee, snacks and a continuation of our spiritual fellowship. Please join us! PS: Please be on time. The service starts promptly at 11AM.
Venue: 2331 Brockett Rd, Tucker, GA 30084
Contact: (770) 938-6673 ; http://vedantaatlanta.org, http://vedantaatlanta.org/calendar-of-activities-events/
See Calendar for details about any particular Sunday.
Dates:
February 7 @ 11am
talk and guided meditation
w/ Steven Gold
Guided Meditation – I am an Empty Shell, Therefore I am Full; A Meditation on Emptiness and Dark Luminescence Based on the Opening Lines of Genesis
Meditation: The opening lines of Genesis are usually construed as a mystical/metaphorical description of the creation/manifestation of the totality of the macrocosm, of all of creation, that happened some time ago in the mythic past. However, they can also be regarded as describing processes of ongoing creation/manifestation occurring all of the time, and not only in the macrocosm, but also in the microcosm, within each of us. This presentation will analyze some of the clauses from these opening lines of Genesis as an introduction to a guided meditation experientially incorporating these spiritually powerful images into our inner being. Come experience the ongoing Genesis within and its relationship to “the thin voice of silence/stillness.”
SATURDAY, FEB. 13TH .. Seva Saturday, 10am to 2pm CANCELLED
SUNDAY.. "Human & Divine Love"
Feb. 14th @ 11am
Open Forum – A Valentine’s Day Karma Yoga Look at Serving Those We Love
February is a month for the study of karma yoga. Please join us for an open discussion of how we might serve our loved ones from a karma yoga perspective.
Swami Brahmavidyananda (above) will give talks the last two Sundays in February; Feb 21 on "Mechanics of Transformation" and 2/28 on "Samadhi in Everyday Life." He will be here through March 14.
Rabbi Glick returns to speak again with us on March 6th, and Jill Ulrici, Associate Pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, will speak with us on March 20th on "The Significance of Palm Sunday."
SUNDAY, MAR. 6, 11am
Speaker: Rabbi Yoel Glick
"The Essential Qualities of a Spiritual Seeker"
The spiritual life is an extraordinary adventure. The Bhagavad Gita calls it the razor’s edge. The goal is lofty and the rewards are great, but the path is both difficult and demanding. We need to be well equipped if we are to succeed in our quest. In this talk, Rabbi Yoel Glick will look at the tools that the great teachers of humanity have given us to aid us in walking the path.
Rabbi Yoel Glick is a rabbi with Orthodox ordination, the founder of the first school for Jewish meditation and spirituality in the Old City of Jerusalem, director of daatelyon.org - an online center for spiritual training and wisdom, a spiritual seeker who has spent time in ashram and studied the mystical traditions of the major world religions. Reb Yoel is a teacher, guide and mentor who moves between the city of Jerusalem and a small village in the Pyrenees Mountains of France, opening people’s hearts and minds - connecting them to themselves, to the world around them - to the truth at the core of their being.
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SUNDAY, MAR. 13, 11am
Sri Ramakrishna's Birthday Celebration
Details TBA
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SUNDAY, MAR. 20, 11am
Speaker: Jill Ulrici
"The Significance of Palm Sunday"
Jill Ulrici, Associate Pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, will speak with us on Palm Sunday.
Also on SUNDAY, MAR. 20 at 5pm
Concert in the Fellowship Hall
"Just 'Cause" w/Jerry Brunner & Cyndi Craven
Long-time devotees of the Center, Jerry Brunner and Cyndi Craven bring us some sweet music born from decades of friendship and sharing music together in a special 90-minute concert ... snacks and tea, coffee, etc. will be available. Meet us in the Center's Fellowship Hall ... doors open at 4:30pm. Music starts at 5pm.
