Vedanta in Practice
A Micro-Blog from Swami Vimokshananda – earlier at Durban, Singapore and Dublin – now at Yelagiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, India – "A private diary for public consumption!"
Tag: South Africa
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Swami Brahmarupanandaji Maharaj (72), a senior monk of the Ramakrishna Order of Belur Math, India arrived in Durban on 6th February 2008. He is a South African born Indian Swami who went to India in 1959 and in 1961 he had mantra diksha (initiation) from Swami Shankaranandaji Maharaj in Belur Math. Later in 1968 he was initiated…
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The Jayrambati Home, Foresthaven, Phoenix, was officially opened on Saturday 8 December 2007, by Adv. H Kessie Naidu SC (Main Sponsor). The Home is an annexe of the Ramakrishna Clinic of South Africa and will serve as a place of refuge and solace for distraught indigent women. The Home will be managed by the Ramakrishna Clinic…
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On the tithi puja night, that is on 29th January 2008, the 145th birth tithi of Swami Vivekananda, the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa, Durban launched its new look, thoroughly revamped website. The need for new format and updating of information was keenly felt after the official affiliation of the South African Centre with the Ramakrishna Mission’s…
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The Birthday of Swami Vivekananda The 145th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda was celebrated at the Centre, Glen Anil on Saturday, 26 January 2008 (4:00 – 6:00 p.m.). The programme commenced with the chanting of invocation hymns by the Centre’s Choir group, singing of A Hymn to Swami Vivekananda and devotional bhajans by the Satsang Group.…