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Rama­kri­shna Vedan­ta Soci­ety of North Car­oli­na is ded­i­cat­ed to the prac­tice and prop­a­ga­tion of the ideals of Vedan­ta as pre­sent­ed to the mod­ern world by Sri Rama­kri­shna, Sri Sara­da Devi, and Swa­mi Vivekananda.

The Soci­ety main­tains a small but beau­ti­ful cen­ter near the Raleigh-Durham air­port, where dai­ly wor­ship, reg­u­lar class­es, and spe­cial pujas are held.

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2020 Upcom­ing Events: Please view the Events Page for more details

 

Hum­ble Appeal for a Help­ing Hand

Food banks are see­ing unprece­dent­ed surge in demand as this pan­dem­ic induced health cri­sis con­tin­ues around the coun­try.  Accord­ing to Feed­ing Amer­i­ca, the impact of COVID-19 is pro­ject­ed to increase food inse­cu­ri­ty in line with the Great Reces­sion.  Peo­ple have lost jobs and health­care, chil­dren have been home for months – in many cas­es with­out access to school meals.  The Food Bank of Cen­tral & East­ern North Car­oli­na esti­mates 756,000 peo­ple in their ser­vice area to be fac­ing hunger includ­ing 253,000 chil­dren – a whop­ping 38% increase due to the pan­dem­ic.  Each num­ber rep­re­sents a real neigh­bor going through a hard time.

We at RKVSNC are moti­vat­ed by Swa­mi Vivekananda’s time­less mes­sage of ser­vice of the poor being akin to wor­ship­ping God.  He said: “If you want to find God, serve man.  To reach Narayana you must serve the Daridra Narayanas – the starv­ing millions…It is only by doing good to oth­ers that one does good to one­self.  It is our priv­i­lege to be allowed to be char­i­ta­ble, for only so can we grow.”.

We would like to appeal to your kind­ness and gen­eros­i­ty in com­bat­ing hunger dur­ing these chal­leng­ing times.  We have cho­sen three orga­ni­za­tions for this dona­tion dri­ve including:

• Food Bank of Cen­tral & East­ern North Car­oli­na (Foodbankcenc.org)
• Dor­cas Min­istries (dorcascary.org)
• Rama­kri­shna Mis­sion (RK Foun­da­tion – Belur Math) for their self­less ser­vice in India

Even a small dona­tion can make a big dif­fer­ence.  As we get ready for the hol­i­days, please con­sid­er donat­ing to RKVSNC for the relief of hunger and to help bet­ter our com­mu­ni­ties here and in India.  RKVSNC will match your dona­tions and dis­trib­ute the funds equal­ly to the above men­tioned orga­ni­za­tions.  All dona­tions col­lect­ed before Decem­ber 15^th’2020 will be dis­bursed by Christmas.

Note: You can mail a check or donate on our web­site.  All your dona­tions to RKVSNC are tax deductible.

 

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December 2020

Decem­ber 9 : 7.30pm (EST) 

Dis­course by Swa­mi Atmajnanananda

  Top­ic: “Man­dukya Upan­ishad and Mean­ing of OM”

Zoom Link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86957312295?pwd=RWtkUlByQksrVkhhays3M2RaWGlJQT09

Meet­ing ID: 869 5731 2295
Pass­code: Jaimaa

 

Decem­ber 23 : 8.00pm (EST) 

Dis­course by Swa­mi Nirakaranan­da  

Top­ic: Inter­ac­tive Ses­sion on  “How would you describe the Pan­demic’s impact on your life so far: Pos­i­tive ‚Neg­a­tive or Neu­tral? Why.  Has it taught you any lessons or changed your way of think­ing? How”

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82969064141?pwd=SnFQM0NtaVFZUWtKaGR5QUtKUUw4QT09

Meet­ing ID: 829 6906 4141
Pass­code: Jaimaa

 

Every Sat­ur­day @ 2pm

Bha­gavad Gita class­es with  Swa­mi Brahma­rupa­nanda ( Copy of Bha­gavad gita book for ref­er­ence of vers­es is recommended.)

Zoom Link:     https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85781008688?pwd=S1FCa3dqSVZ1Mk9HYUM1elR0NllVdz09

Meet­ing ID: 857 8100 8688
Pass­code:    Jaimaa

 

 

Upcoming Zoom Meeting:

Jan­u­ary 1 :Swa­mi Mahayo­gananda (Kalpataru day and Holy­moth­er birthday)

Jan­u­ary 21 :Swa­mi Sarvapriyananda

Video recordings : Please visit our YouTube channel for all latest Zoom recordings.

For more  Zoom meetings and Lectures on vedanta please visit vedantadc.org ( Vedanta Center of Greater Washington, DC )

** Night­ly Arati at 7 pm (Mon-Sun) **

 

 

Mem­ber­ship:  Mem­ber­ship is open to per­sons 18 years of age or old­er.  Some mem­bers and friends become sus­tain­ing donors, mak­ing a month­ly dona­tion to sup­port the Society’s activ­i­ties. Please vis­it our Mem­ber­ship Page for more details.

Youth Edu­ca­tion Pro­gram:  “Pupils of Prac­ti­cal Vedan­ta” is a val­ue edu­ca­tion pro­gram offered by the Rama­kri­shna Vedan­ta Soci­ety of North Car­oli­na to our youth.  Class­es meet on alter­nate Sun­days through the school year.  Click here to learn more about “Pupils of Prac­ti­cal Vedan­ta”.

Be a Vol­un­teer: Our vol­un­teers go through vol­un­teer­ing train­ing ses­sion to pro­vide a broad array of sup­port.  Our goal is to serve mem­bers of our local com­mu­ni­ty who need help in sit­u­a­tions that are beyond their con­trol. Please click here for more details about our Vol­un­teer Program.

Con­tact Us: Please feel free to reach out to us if you need any infor­ma­tion or have any ques­tions or com­ments about RKVS of NC.  Click here for more details on how to vis­it us.