Vedanta Society
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Vedanta Society, and its variant Vedanta Centre, are terms covering organizations, groups, or societies formed for the study, practice, and propagation of Vedanta.
The first Vedanta Society was founded by Swami Vivekananda in New York in November 1894.,[1] who later on asked Swami Abhedananda to lead the organization in 1897.[2] Many of the existing Vedanta Societies are affiliated, either formally or informally, with the Ramakrishna Order, the monastic order, which led to the formation of Ramakrishna Mission.
Prior to its inception, Swami Vivekananda had given his famous "Sisters and Brothers of America!", public lecture at Parliament of Religions, Chicago in September 1893; after its success he spent following two years lecturing in various parts of eastern and central United States, appearing chiefly in Chicago, Detroit, Boston, and New York. In June 1895, for two months he conducted private lectures to a dozen of his disciples at the Thousand Island Park.
The branches of the Ramakrishna Order located outside India are generally known as Vedanta Societies, and are under the spiritual guidance of the Ramakrishna Order.[3] The work of the Vedanta Societies in the west has primarily been devoted to spiritual and pastoral activities, though many of them do some form of social service. Many of the Western Vedanta societies have resident monks, and several centers have resident nuns.[3]
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List of Vedanta Societies and Centers outside India [edit]
Africa [edit]
South Africa
- Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa · external link
Zambia
- Ramakrishna Vedanta Centre, Lusaka
Australia [edit]
New South Wales
- Ramakrishna Sarada Vedanta Society of New South Wales, Sydney · external link
- Vedanta Centre of Sydney · external link
Queensland
- Ramakrishna Vedanta Center of Queensland, Brisbane · external link
Asia [edit]
Japan
- Nippon Vedanta Kyokai, Zushi, Japan · external link
Philippines
- Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of the Philippines, Quezon City (Manila) · external link
Singapore
- Ramakrishna Mission, Singapore . external link
Thailand
- Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Thailand . external link
Europe [edit]
France
- Centre Vedantique Ramakrishna, Gretz · external link
Germany
- Vedanta-Gesellschaft e. V., Sieg · external link
Italy
- Ramakrishna Mission Italia · external link
The Netherlands
- Ramakrishna Vedanta Sociey, Amstelveen · external link
Republic of Ireland
- Eire Vedanta Society, Dublin · external link
Russia
- Ramakrishna Society Vedanta Centre, Moscow · external link
Switzerland
- Centre Vedantique, Geneva · external link
United Kingdom
- Ramakrishna Vedanta Centre, Bucks · external link
North America [edit]
Canada [edit]
Alberta
- Vedanta Society of Calgary · external link
- Vedanta Society of Edmonton. external link
British Columbia
- Vivekananda Vedanta Society of British Columbia, Vancouver ·
Ontario
- Vedanta Society of Toronto, Ontario · external link
USA [edit]
Arizona
- Vedanta Society of Phoenix · external link
California
- Vedanta Society of Berkeley · external link
- Vedanta Society, San Jose
- Vedanta Society of Northern California, San Francisco · external link
- Vedanta Society of Sacramento · external link
- Vedanta Society of Southern California, Hollywood · external link
- Ramakrishna Monastery, Trabuco Canyon
- Vedanta Society, San Diego
- Vedanta Society, Santa Barbara
- Vivekananda House, South Pasadena
Colorado
- Northern Colorado Vedanta Society, Fort Collins · external link
Delaware
- Vedanta Society of Delaware Valley · external link
Florida
- Vedanta Center of St Petersburg · external link
Georgia
- Vedanta Center of Atlanta · external link
Hawaii
- Vedanta Society of Hawaii · external link
Illinois
- Vivekananda Vedanta Society, Chicago · external link
Iowa
- Vedanta Society of Iowa, Cedar Rapids · external link
Maryland
- Vedanta Center of Greater Washington DC · external link
Massachusetts
- Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston · external link
Michigan
- Vedanta Monastery and Retreat, Ganges ·
Missouri
- Vedanta Society of St Louis · external link
- Vedanta Society of Kansas City · external link
Nevada
- Ramakrishna Vedanta Center of Las Vegas · external link
New York
- Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center, New York · external link
- Vedanta Society, New York · external link
- Vivekananda Retreat, Ridgely, Stone Ridge · external link
North Carolina
- Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of North Carolina · external link
Oklahoma
- Vedanta Society of Oklahoma · external link
Oregon
- Vedanta Society, Portland · external link
Pennsylvania
- Ramakrishna Vedanta Ashrama, Pittsburgh · external link
Rhode Island
- Vedanta Society, Providence · external link
Texas
- Vedanta Center of Greater Austin · external link
- Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of North Texas, Dallas · external link
- Vedanta Society of Greater Houston · external link
Washington
- Vedanta Society of Western Washington, Seattle · external link
South America [edit]
Argentina
- Ramakrishna Ashrama, Buenos Aires · external link
Brazil
- Ramakrishna Vedanta Ashrama, São Paulo · external link
- Centro Ramakrishna Vedanta, Belo-Horizonte, Brazil · external link
- Centro Ramakrishna Vedanta, Curitiba-Parana, Brazil · external link
- Centro Ramakrishna Vedanta, Rio de Janeiro · external link
References [edit]
- ^ The Life of Swami Vivekananda, Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama, 2000, Vol 1 p 514.
- ^ Swami Abhedananda – Biography Ramakrishna Vedanta Math.
- ^ a b Vrajaprana, Pravrajika (1994). "Editor's note on Introduction". Living Wisdom: Vedanta in the West. p. 36.
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