Upcoming Events & Activities

Please join Steven J. Gold's new meditation class on Sundays, 12:15 to 1:45 PM Yoga and Judaism Center Blog

Regular Sunday Program: Meditation 10:30 AM; Lecture 11 AM; Coffee Klatch Noon
  For more details, visit our bulletin board 

• Saturday, February 4, 11:30AM-6PM and Sunday, February 5, 11AM-noon - in-town retreat on "The Nondual Vedanta of Sri Ramakrishna" by our most engaging and inspiring guest from Vedanta-Providence, Swami Yogatmanada. Please bring food to share on Saturday
• Sunday, February 12, 11AM to noon, Br. Shankara will speak about "Nondual Thought Through the Application of Raja Yoga."
  
• Sunday, February 26, Br. Shankara will lead Sri Ramakrishna Puja. Please bring food to share at lunch following the puja.

• Sunday, January 29,  Julie Hliboki, DMin, the new interim Executive Director of the Interfaith Community Institute of Atlanta, spoke eloquently about her amazing spiritual experiences, and the mission and activities of ICI
  
• Sunday, January 22, new meditation with Steven Gold began after regular morning service
  
• Sunday January 15, 10AM -- Puja celebrating Sw. Vivekananda's 150th birth anniversary - please bring food to share at lunch
• Sunday January 8, 11 AM - Br. Shankara's lecture
  
• Sunday January 1, 11AM -- Brother Shankara spoke on "Vows, Promises and Good Intentions"

Highlights from 2011

• Saturday December 31, 11:30PM-12:30AM -- New Year's Eve meditation in the Chapel, followed by tea and snacks in the monastery.
• Sunday December 25 -- no chanting, no service.  
• Saturday December 24, starting at 6PM -- Christmas Eve celebration.  This will be followed by caroling in the monastery, a potluck supper and, for those who wish to stay, a reading of "A Child's Christmas in Wales".
• Sunday December 18.  Holy Mother puja will start at 10:30 AM  and potluck lunch at Noon. 
  
• December 11, Plemon El-Amin, Harvard-educated interfaith leader; founder and former Imam of the Atlanta Masjid gave an eloquent and progressive prespective about "Devotion in Islam"
• December 4, Steven Gold continued his lecture series on Judaism and Yoga with talk on "Jnana and Bhakti: Two Sides of the Same Coin"
  
• December 1, Dr. Bhagwan Awatramani, an international teacher of meditation in the tradition of Ramana Maharshi, gave lecture and lead a meditation session
• November 27, Br. Shankara spoke on "Complexity and Simplicity"
• November 20, Br. Shankara talked about "O, O, O, This Everyday Life"
• Br. Shankara hosted Thanksgiving Dinner on 11/24, 2:30 to 5:30 pm
  
• Saturday evening, November 12,  and Sunday morning service, November 13, featured Swami Atmavidyananda, a Western monk from the Hollywood Vedanta Center. He will present a beautiful composition "Ramakrishna in Songs" and lecture on Explaining Vedanta with the Help of Science
• Special Event: Friday Night at the Movies, November 11!  Popcorn served at 7:30 PM, "Sita Sings the Blues" starts at 7:45 PM.  This beautifully-animated interpretation of the Ramayana is set to the 1920's jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw. 
• Sister Gayatriprana (Jean McPhail) is our guest of honor Friday, November 4 through Monday, November 7.  We are delighted to welcome her to Atlanta!
  
• Come in constume for Hallowe'en this Sunday, October 30. 11 AM! Br. Shankara will be in contume too, but also talk "serious stuff" about Kali, All Saint's Day (Nov 1), All Soul's Day (Nov 2).
  
• SPECIAL EVENT: Parking lot sale on Saturday, October 15, Noon to 5 PM. Please drop off your gift of books, clothes and other items on October 14.
  
• Durga Puja Sunday, October 9, 10 AM to Noon in worship of the Devine Mother.
  
• Seva Saturday, October 8, 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM. Please help keep your Center pristine while enjoying a beautiful fall day. Lunch will be served.
• Sunday, October 2, at 11 AM Brother Shankara continues his discourse and Open Forum on the book "Divine Grace" by Swami Ranganathananda.
• Annual Retreat with Pravrajika Gitaprana is the weekend of September 23-25. The Center is closed Sunday, but Pravrajika will give lecture Monday, September 26 evening.
  
• Swami Bodhananda Saraswati will be our special guest on Sunday, September 18
• A musical event at the Center on Saturday, September 10.
  
• Sunday September 4, Sw. Atmatattwananda revists from Hollywood.
  
• August 28, Br. Shankara reviews the initiatives he began last year and discusses plans for 2011-12.
• Those wishing to join, or continue, Dr. Raghu's class on the "Vivekachoodamani" ("Crest Jewel of Discrimination" by Shankaracharya) please join us on Thursday evenings, from 7:45 PM to 9 PM.
• Swami Atmarupanananda was guest lecturer Sunday, July 17.
• Rabbi Scott Saulson PhD gave second lecture on Judaism and Yoga Sunday, June 19.
• New 7-week class started Thusday, June 16.
• Hatha Yoga class concluded June 27  
• Ramakrishna Public Dinner was celebrated Sunday, June 26
• On Sunday, May 29, Swami Medhananda from Tabuco monastery gave lecture on Mother's Prakriti of Oneness. 
• Our gratitude to Steven J. Gold for enlightening lecture May 21 on Yoga, Judaisim and Holy Mother.
• The retreat on "Human Love and Divine Love" by our beloved Swami Yogeshananda on April 30 and May 1 has concluded.