INTERNATIONAL VEDANTA SOCIETY (IVS): December 2009

Monday, December 21, 2009

68th Birth Anniversary of Bhagavan

The International Vedanta Society (IVS) heartily invites you all in celebrating the 68th Birth Anniversary of His Holiness Bhagavan- The founder and core of IVS.

Date: 3rd Jan 2010

Time: 5 pm onwards

Venue: Khemka Hall, Ballygunge Shiksha Samity, 51A Gariahat Road. Kolkata-19.

For details contact: (+91) 9231656828, 9477232938

email: internationalvedantasociety@gmail.com

website: www.ivsweb.org

About The International Vedanta Society (IVS)

The International Vedanta Society (IVS) is purely a spiritual organization and was formed on the 19th of November 1989 by the will o0f the Divine which manifested through Bhagavan. Based on the essence of the Upanishads, The Society aims in spreading the message of Vedanta -the spiritual science to each an every door.
Commencing its journey from Guwahati the north-eastern part of India, the Society has within a short span spread to different corners of the country and also touched many hearts abroad.
Preaching the life giving message of Vedanta, IVS has transformed innumerable lives who are now rejuvenated with the light of hope, self-confidence and love. Realisation of the Self is the key note of IVS. Its members and well- wishers strive continuously to emit the fragrance of eternal Love and Bliss.

What is Vedanta?

Vedas imply knowledge. The Vedas are divided into two major parts. Firstly the karma Kandya -the portion containing rituals and rites in the Vedas. Secondly the Jnana Kandya- the knowledge portion where the knowledge of the 'Self ' is elaborated. This later part is known as Upanishads or Vedanta.
Vedanta speaks about the real nature of our Self. It proclaims the oneness of ours with the Soul or Brahman which is of the nature of Existance, Knowledge and Bliss Absolute. But this nature of ours is veiled by ignorance and as a reasult of which we imagine ourselves to be finite, mortal and week. Realization of the Self which is the essance of Vedanta uproots all such limited and false imaginations of ours and introduces us with our absolute and infinite entity. Realization of this Supreme existance, Brahman or Self puts an end to all ignorances thereby erasing our limitations, doubts, fears and weaknesses.
'Thou Art That.'

A small sapling grows up into a big tree.