SingaSpeaks A PERIODIC NEWSLETTER FROM THE RAMAKRISHNA MISSION, SINGAPORE
ROAR 61 | SINGAPORE | SATURDAY | 20 MAY 2017
Buddha Jayanti celebrated Sri Buddha Jayanti was celebrated in all solemnity at the Ramakrishna Temple on Wednesday, 10 May 2017. The Chief Guest on this holy occasion was Swami Sarvarupananda, the Head of the Ramakrishna Mission, Colombo, Sri Lanka. While speaking on Lord Buddha, he outlined briefly the life of Lord Buddha and how Swami Vivekananda drew inspiration from Buddha. The programme began with a few bhajans at 6 30 pm by devotees. After the evening arati to Sri Ramakrishna, Swami Satyalokananda sang a few hymns like ‘Prajna-paramita Sutram’, ‘Sri Buddhadeva Stotram’ and a few verses from the holy scripture ‘Dhammapada’. The Buddha arati was performed in conclusion. The assembled devotees had supper prasad at the end of the function.
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The time Buddha was born, India was in need of a great spiritual leader, a prophet. All my life I have been very fond of Buddha. I have more veneration for that character than any other— that boldness, that fearlessness, and that tremendous love! He was born for the good of men. Others may seek God, others may seek truth for themselves; he did not even care to know truth for himself. He sought truth because people were in misery. How to help them, that was his only concern. Throughout his life he never had a thought for himself. –Swami Vivekananda singapore@rkmm.org
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PERIODIC NEWSLETTER ROAR 61 The greatest teacher of the Vedanta philosophy was Shankaracharya. By solid reasoning he extracted from the Vedas the truths of Vedanta, and on them built up the wonderful system of Jnana that is taught in his commentaries. He unified all the conflicting descriptions of Brahman and showed that there is only one Infinite Reality. He showed too that as man can only travel slowly on the upward road, all the varied presentations are needed to suit his varying capacity. Shankaracharya had caught the rhythm of the Vedas, the national cadence. Anyway, his whole life's work is nothing but that, the throbbing of the beauty of the Vedas and the Upanishads. –Swami Vivekananda
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Shankara Jayanti celebrated Sri Shankara Jayanti was celebrated at the Ramakrishna Mission, Singapore on Sunday, 30 April 2017. Devotees gathered in the Sarada Hall at 6.00 pm to participate in the celebration. The programme started with a discourse on the Life and Message of Sri Adi Shankara by Swami Vimokshananda. He dealt with a few inspiring incidents and narrated how Shankara was pre-eminently great at his time and even now. He further said that Shankara's contributions by way of commentaries, hymns and other writings are immeasurable.
The programme continued at the temple after the evening arati. The hymns and bhajans on and by Shankaracharya like Bhaja Govindam, Guru Paduka Stotram etc. to name a few were sung lead by Swami Satyalokananda. The celebration concluded with Shankara Arati by Swami Pavitratmananda and distribution of cooked prasad to all the assembled devotees. The flower decoration of the picture of Sri Adi Shankaracharya was indeed serene looking while the white light focussed on the frame at night intensified the pure and holy ambience. ||Hara Hara Shankara Jaya Shiva Shankara||
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