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Ramakrishna Vedanta Ashrama, Pittsburgh

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Ramakrishna Vedanta Ashrama, Pittsburgh

Official page of the Ramakrishna Vedanta Ashrama of Pittsburgh. Check our website for upcoming event "Each soul is potentially divine.

The goal is to manifest this divinity within by controlling nature, external and internal. Do this either by work or worship or psychic control or philosophy, by one or more or all of these – and be free. This is the whole of religion. Doctrines or dogmas, rituals or books, temples or forms, are but secondary details."
- Swami Vivekananda

History

Ramakrishna Vedanta Ashrama, Pittsburgh (RVAP) wa

s inaugurated on September 20, 2009 and by Revered Swami Swahananda, the minister-in-charge of the Vedanta Center of Southern California and a senior monk of the Ramakrishna Order. Mission

Ramakrishna Vedanta Ashrama Pittsburgh’s mission is to promote and disseminate the philosophy of Vedanta in both theoretical and practical aspects as taught in modern times by Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda. The ashrama helps people progress in their individual spiritual journeys. It also fosters unity among all human beings and service to god in human form. Summary

Apart from regular classes and discussion groups on philosophical topics and meditation, the ashrama also arranges for talks, classes, spiritual retreats, and general spiritual guidance by learned monks of the Ramakrishna Order. Some of the Swamis who have visited the ashrama include – Swami Swahananda (Southern California), Swami Bhaskarananda (Seattle), Swami Brahmarupananda (Washington DC), Swami Atmajnanananda (Washington DC) and Swami Baneshananda (Germany). Yearly formal celebrations include the birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi, and Swami Vivekananda and the anniversary of the inauguration of the ashrama. Facilities

The shrine and the adjacent room provide opportunity for meditation, with an additional reading room / classroom downstairs. The library and book-store carry a collection of most of the common texts on Vedanta and lives and teachings of the Holy Trio and the monks of the RK Order and audio CDs of lectures given at the ashrama by the monks. REGULAR EVENTS AT THE ASHRAMA:
Reading and Discussion of Gita: Tuesdays, 7:00 - 9:45 pm
Vedanta Discussion Group (in English) - First and Third Saturdays, 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Vedanta Discussion Group for Children (in English) - First and Third Sundays, 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Vedanta Discussion Group (in Bangla) - Second Sundays, 3:30-5:00 pm

ASHRAMA HOURS:
Tuesdays - 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Saturdays - 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Sundays - 5:00 - 6:30 pm

10/31/2018

Ramakrishna Vedanta Ashrama Pittsburgh joins millions of people worldwide in offering our heartfelt prayers and sympathies to the victims of the dastardly mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill.

Let us once again remember Swami Vivekananda's words at the World Parliament of Religions 125 years ago:
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"I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanaticism, of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen, and of all uncharitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goal." - Swami Vivekananda (Representative of Hindus, Parliament of Religions, Chicago World Fair 11 September 1893)
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We also encourage our devotees to join RVAP in offering financial assistance to the bereaved families by donating here:

An anti-Semite attacked and killed several attendees to a baby’s bris at a Pittsburgh synagogue. This fundraiser is meant to help the congregation with the physical damages to the building, as well as the survivors and the victims’ families. Respond to this hateful act with your act of love toda...