News & Monthly Schedule
July 2009

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CLASSES (Tuesdays at 7:30pm)

July 07: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
July 14: The Bhagavad Gita
July 21: Class Cancelled
July 28: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

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DEVOTIONAL SINGING

Ram-Nam
Every Sunday evening at 7:00 p.m., we have a singing of Ram-Nam in Sanskrit along with other devotional songs in English, Hindi, and Bengali. All are welcome.

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RETREAT PROGRAM

A monthly retreat program, for members only, is conducted at the Society's Retreat property near Arlington, WA.

The next Retreat Program will be held on Saturday, July 18th.

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OTHER NEWS

Swami Bhaskarananda’s Visit to Vancouver
At the invitation of the Vivekananda Vedanta Society of British Columbia, Swami Bhaskarananda will go to Vancouver on Thursday, July 16th. On Saturday, July 18th he will participate in Swami Vivekananda’s Arrival Celebration and return to Seattle that same evening.

Swami Bhaskarananda’s Visit to Toronto
Swami Bhaskarananda is going to visit Toronto and Welland, from July 21st till July 28th. During that period he will give a talk at the Vedanta Society of Toronto. The Tuesday, July 21st class is cancelled, but Swami Bhaskarananda will be back in time to give the Tuesday, July 28th class.

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Global Vedanta
Our quarterly journal, Global Vedanta, has earned a great deal of worldwide praise during the last many years for its interesting, lively, and informative content. The subscription rate is $12/year in the USA; $14 US/year in Canada and Mexico, and $18 US/year in other countries. To subscribe please contact the Vedanta Society.

Download this pdf for the latest news from our sister society, The Vivekananda Vedanta Society of British Columbia.

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Newly Released by Viveka Press
The Philosophical Verses of Yogavasistha
translated by Swami Bhaskarananda

	For those of you interested in non-dualistic (Advaita) Vedanta a new book has arrived in our bookshop entitled The Philosophical Verses of Yogavasishtha. The original Yogavâsishtha is a large book, with 32,000 Sanskrit couplets. Some scholars believe that the great sage Vâlmikî is the author, while others do not, but all agree that this is a most wonderful book. Later an anonymous scholar choosing only the most highly philosophical couplets from the Yogavasishtha, created a smaller book named Yogavâsishtha-sâra with 223 couplets.
Now, for the first time, the Yogavâsishtha-sâra has been translated for English-speaking readers. Swami Bhaskarananda did the translation and the accompanying commentary. The first section of the book contains the English translation. Section two contains the Sanskrit text and is followed by a glossary in English. $9.95
Swami Bhaskarananda has provided an authentic and highly accessible translation of the core philosophical precepts in the widely-acclaimed Indian classic, the Yogavasishta, believed to be composed by the great sage Valmiki. The topics addressed in this volume such as renunciation, cessation of desires, inner purification, and the realization of the Atman continue to have universal relevance and resonance. This is an insightful and illuminating guide to the understanding of the meaning and profound implications of non-dualistic philosophy. —Chennat Gopalakrishnan, Professor of Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa