BERLIN RETREATS IN 2024 ^NEW

**To Register for a retreat/s please use the E-Mail: events.vedanta.berlin(at)gmail(dot)com

» 01. Introduction
» 02. Retreats in 2024
» 03. Details of Retreats

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01. Introduction

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

After having gained long experience in serving people through three centres (at Bindweide, Mühlheim/Main and Mohnweg Berlin) the members of the Vedanta Gesellschaft felt the need to combine those three centres and establish a permanent centre in Berlin to reach out to more number of sincere spiritual seekers. Monthly retreats are now conducted in the new Ashrama at Marienfelder Allee 73, 12277 Berlin.

Spanning over 16 years we have experimented on the prospect of helping people in finding their self-worth and self-respect, in finding and/or sharing unselfish empathy, in finding and/or sharing pure joy and harmony while working and living with others. We have evolved a mode of symbiotic living combined with the routine of an Ashrama which has been proving to be intensely absorbing and life changing for many participants.

The non-profit service activities of the society are meant for all without any distinction of gender, colour, nationality or religion.

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02: Retreats in 2024 at a glance

(i) Please Note: One can book for more than one retreat at a time. Interested persons can also stay in outside accommodation and attend all the programmes as day guests. We can register a maximum number of 35 perticipants for a retreat. Further details are available under item-number 3 below.
(ii) There will be scopes (a) for benefitting from guided meditation sessions after daily evening prayers, (b) Mantra recitation / practice and Satsang, and (c) for discussing, working, singing, meditating together, and so on.
(iii) Not Compulsory for those who stay in outside accommodation/s: (a) to take part in religious activities. Of course, one can join in the morning silent meditation sessions. Our offer is: Follow your own way of meditation; but let us meditate together. (b) One can skip the shrine-sessions both in the morning and in the afternoon and join in the lectures only.
(iv) Reduction of Costs: The retreat cost etc can be reduced for students and those who would ask for it.
** Important Information: As of today (17.12.2023), all accommodations in the Ashrama are already booked for Swami Sarvapriyananda's retreat in Aug-Sept 2024. Due to unavoidable reasons, we are sorry that we cannot accept any further registrations even if one wishes to stay in outside accommodation.
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30 August - 1 September 2024 in Berlin Ashrama (Please see below for two more talks.)

Retreat with Swami Sarvapriyānanda, Minister-in-Charge, Ramakrishna Vedanta Center, New York, USA.
In English.
Topic: The Ashtāvakra Geetā: The Art of Seamless Meditation.
** Important Information: As of today (17.12.2023), all accommodations in the Ashrama are already booked for Swami Sarvapriyananda's retreat in Aug-Sept 2024. Due to unavoidable reasons, we are sorry that we cannot accept any further registrations even if one wishes to stay in outside accommodation.
About the Swami:- Swami Sarvapriyananda has been the Minister and spiritual leader of the Vedanta Society of New York since January 2017. He joined the Ramakrishna Order in India in 1994 and received Sannyasa Diksha (final monastic vows) in 2004. He served as an acharya (teacher) of the monastic probationers’ training center at Belur Math, India, the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math. He also served in various capacities in different educational institutes run by the Ramakrishna Order in India and as the Assistant Minister of the Vedanta Society of Southern California.
During 2019-2020 he was a Nagral Fellow at the Harvard Divinity School, USA.
Swami Sarvapriyananda is a well-known speaker on Vedanta and his talks are extremely popular globally via the Internet / YouTube. He has been a speaker on various prestigious forums such as TEDx, SAND, Google Talk etc. He has also been invited to speak at several universities across the world, including Harvard University. The swami has engaged in dialogue with many eminent thinkers such as Deepak Chopra, Rupert Spira, Rick Archer, David Chalmers and Sam Harris.
He has played a prominent role in organizing and participating in various interfaith panels and seminars, including speaking at the World Parliament of Religions in Toronto in 2018, and at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Some of Swami Sarvapriyananda’s popular talks have been compiled into e-books - “Who am I?”, “What is Vedanta?” and “Dissolve into Infinity” are currently available on Amazon Kindle.
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** Special talks by Swami Sarvapriyananda in English:
3 September 2024: In Ashrama Yoga Hall
Talk in English
Topic: The Atman: Knowing Myself. Livestream-Links below.
Venue: Marienfelder Allee 73, 12277 Berlin
Time: 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Free Entry. Donations for sharing the incidental costs are welcome.
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4 September 2024: Talk at Indian Embassy, Berlin
Talk in English
Cognition, Concentration and Consciousness: The Pillars of Success.
Venue: Embassy of India, Tiergartenstraße 17, 10785 Berlin
Time: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Registration: ** The link to register online for physically attending Swami Sarvapriyananda's talk at the Embassy of India, Tiergarten Strasse 17, 10785 Berlin is as follows.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZPAuo1e3En-F9aExpZOWb8FqNw6A9JIgZ-kqUfRsczY/viewform?pli=1&pli=1&edit_requested=true
The Embassy has limited seats to offer. Early enrolments will be accepted.

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27-29 September 2024 in Berlin Ashrama

Retreat with Swami Mahāyogānanda, Ramakrishna Vedanta Center, Hollywood, USA.
Topic: The Importance of Habits in Spiritual Life.
About the Swami:- Swami Mahayogananda is a monk of the Ramakrishna Order. Initiated by Swami Swahananda, an illustrious monk of the Ramakrishna Order who was the spiritual director of the Vedanta Society in Hollywood, the Swami joined the order in 1997. He had the opportunity to serve in India from 2002–2008. During this period he had the great opportunity to work in the Narottam Nagar centre of the Order in Arunachal Pradesh. He served the tribal students it the school run by the Ashrama there. Thereafter, he was posted to Advaita Ashrama at Mayavati, int he Himalayas, as the assistant editor of on eof the Order's English monthly Prabuddha Bharata.
He returned to the USA in 2013, and ever since has been serving at the Vedanta Society of Southern California, Hollywood.
The Swami gives talks on a regular basis in the Hollywood centre and many of its sub-centres in the USA. On invitation he conducts retreats and gives talks in different countries outside America. Many of his talks, which are quite popular, are available on YouTube.

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25-27 October 2024 in Berlin Ashrama

Retreat with Swami Ātmeshānanda, Monk-in-Charge, Ramakrishna Vedanta Center, Brisbane, Australia.
Topic: Life Is a Journey, not a Destination.
About the Swami:-Swami Atmeshananda joined the Ramakrishna Order in 1978 and has received his monastic training at its Headquarters at Belur Math in India. He has served in various capacities in different centres in India with the motto of ‘Service to living beings is service to God’. He was in Singapore for several years before coming to Australia in March 2001.
The tradition that he represents preaches the harmony of all religions and unity of existence. He is an exponent of Hinduism.
The Swami was responsible to oversee the construction of the brand new Ashrama in Springfield, Brisbane. He is currently serving as the resident monk-in-charge of the Ramakrishna Vedanta Centre, Brisbane, Australia.
He holds regular classes in the centre and goes to other cities and to nearby countries for giving talks and conducting retreats.

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22-24 November 2024 in Berlin Ashrama

Retreat with Swami Ātmajnānānanda, Monk-in-Charge, Ramakrishna Vedanta Center, Washington DC, USA.
Topic: Ramakrishna-Vivekananda's Message for the West.
About the Swami:- Swami Atmajnanananda is a monk of the Ramakrishna Order, the resident minister at the Vedanta Center of Greater Washington, DC, in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
After completing his doctoral thesis in oriental studies from the University of Pennsylvania the Swami joined the Ramakrishna Order in 1981 at its branch centre, the Vedanta Society of Southern California. He authored Jiva Gosvamin's Tattvasandarbha: A Study on the Philosophical and Sectarian Development of the Gaudiya Vaisnava Movement, published by Motilal Banarsidass in 1986 under his pre-monastic name.
The Swami is an initiated disciple of Swami Swahananda, an illustrious monk of the Ramakrishna Order who was the spiritual director of the Hollywood Vedanta centre. Swami Atmajnanananda took his first vows of brahmacharya in India in 1992 and sannyasa in India in 1996. After the affiliation of the Vedanta Center of Greater Washington, DC, as a sub-centre of the Hollywood Ashrama, the Swami was posted there as the resident monk-in-charge in 1997.
He is a scholar in Indian philosophy and travelled extensively throughout India and Bangladesh. He has contributed various articles and translations to some of the books and magazines of the Ramkrishna Order. He travels across the USA and different countries to give talks and retreats. People are benefitted by his in-depth knowledge and analysis of topics of scholarly values and also by his discussions on spiritual matters and their practical applications.

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** The Year-end Retreat stands cancelled, due to unavoidable reasons!

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03: Details for Retreats (in Berlin Ashrama) in 2024

Registration: Please register your name latest before 7 days of the retreat by E-Mail: events.vedanta.berlin(at)gmail(dot)com, OR by post: Vedanta Gesellschaft, Marienfelder Allee 73, 12277 Berlin.
Retreat Cost: (per person) €100 for the 3-day retreat including food (accommodation extra), or €50 per day.
Accommodation: Only those who want to take part in the practice of morning and evening meditation, prayer etc may ask for accommodation in the Ashrama. The Ashrama does not have many single-bed rooms. Elderly persons and ladies will be given preference in the matter of room allotment. People generally donate €35 for three-bed (3 separate beds) and €50 for single-bed rooms, per head per night.
Payment: Please pay the retreat cost in advance and also your donation, if any, to our account ‘Vedanta-Gesellschaft e.V.’ with Berliner Sparkasse (IBAN: DE58 1005 0000 0191 2293 69 / BIC: BELADEBEXXX; BLZ: 1005 0000). If it is not possible, you may send the amount to us by a cheque or pay it during the retreat.
Bedlinen: Please bring your house shoes and bedlinen. Bedlinen is also available at the ashrama. A small donation of €10 for the use of the bedlinen is welcome.
Cancellation charge for a booking of accommodation is 15 Euro.
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(As usual, the discourses will be translated sentence-for-sentence into German.)

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Links:
(i) ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2239332745?pwd=Uy9hV05BTy9rUmIzYlMzdVVnNTVjdz09
(ii) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX2XYeOK__TXU9TLhxYKhvg/live

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