A special presentation: God, Ethics and Morality

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Topic: God, Ethics and Morality

Morals are known to define personal character, while ethics stress a social system in which those morals are applied. Why do we need God if there is already an established system of ethics and morality?

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VENUE : Sacred Space, 2nd floor of Ell Hall

DATE : Apr 9 (TUESDAY)

8:15pm : Kirtan Yoga: Musical meditation on ancient Vedic chants

8:30pm : Lecture by His Holiness Romapada Swami

9:15pm : Q/A followed by a light vegetarian dinner

About the Speaker:

His Holiness Romapada Swami is a Vaishnava monk for over 40 years, a renowned scholar on eastern (Vedic) thought and philosophy, and a highly respected spiritual leader, guide and care-giver. He is well known, respected and followed for his selfless sacrifices and impressive efforts to build, sustain and grow spiritual communities in America , India and other places around the world. He is currently based in New York , but travels frequently giving invited presentations and workshops at Universities, corporate venues, community, yoga and cultural centers. His highly acclaimed presentations include spiritual economics, currency of relationships, stress management, leadership, models of inspiration, yoga ladder and many others.

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VENUE : Sacred Space, 2nd floor of Ell Hall

DATE : Apr 23 (Tuesday)

8:15pm : (Guided) Musical meditation on ancient Vedic chants relaxing to the heart

8:30pm : Discussions based on Bhagavad Gita, the most authoritative text on yoga, meditation, mind control and personality development

Topic: Lessons from Boston Marathon event

9:15pm : Light vegetarian dinner

Most of the problems in the world today can be traced to lack of values at an individual or at a collective level. There is a great need for imbibing a character-based or value-based education system. However, modern education system is simply an information-based system. As the saying goes, “information information information no transformation”. Since time immemorial, Gita has been revered by leaders from all the parts of the world as the most effective resource for value education. Let’s come together to harness the powerful tools presented by Gita to transform our own lives and the lives of others.

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TITLE: 1-day Bhagavad Gita Crash Course — A Journey into the heart of God

Welcome to a spiritually surcharging experience in the company of high-energy youth from local University campuses. Take a break and empower yourself with powerful secrets of Bhagavad Gita! And yes, it is FREE, but registration is compulsory so that we know how many to bake Pizzas for!!

Registration link: http://tinyurl.com/bgcrashcourse

DATE: Feb 3, 2013 (Sunday)
VENUE: ISKCON temple hall (72, Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA)
PRESENTER: Partha Biswas

AGENDA:9:00am – 9:30am: Kirtan (Musical Meditations)
9:30am – 10:00am: Introduction to Bhagavad Gita
10:00am – 10:45am: Arjuna’s dilemma and Krishna’s resolution
10:45am – 11:00am: Q/A OR Kirtan
11:00am – 11:10am: Break
11:10am – 12:15pm: The Yoga System – Spiritual solutions to material problems
12:15pm – 12:45pm: Q/A OR Kirtan
12:45pm – 1:45pm: Pizza luncheon
1:45pm – 2:45pm: A documentary film – Unlocking the mysteries of life
2:45pm – 3:00pm: Break
3:00pm – 4:00pm: Analysis and Synthesis using Essence Verses
4:00pm – 4:10pm: Q/A OR Kirtan
4:10pm – 4:30pm: Sharing of inspirations
4:30pm – 5:00pm: Kirtan
5:00pm – 6:00pm: Final session: Bhagavad Gita: A Loving Gift from Krishna (Sunday feast lecture)
6:00pm – 6:45pm: Dancing yoga
6:45pm: Dinner

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Tech Support: Yes, how can I help you?

Customer: Well, after much consideration, I’ve decided to install Love.
Can you guide me through the process?

Tech Support: Yes. I can help you. Are you ready to proceed?

Customer: Well, I’m not very technical, but I think I’m ready. What do
I do first?

Tech Support: The first step is to open your Heart. Have you located your
Heart?

Customer: Yes, but there are several other programs running now. Is it
okay to install Love while they are running?

Tech Support: What programs are running?

Customer: Let’s see, I have Past Hurt, Low Self-Esteem, Grudge and
Resentment running right now.

Tech Support: No problem, Love will gradually erase Past Hurt from
your current operating system. It may remain in your permanent memory
but it will no longer disrupt other programs. Love will eventually
override Low Self-Esteem with a module of its own called High Self-
Esteem. However, you have to completely turn off Grudge and Resentment.
Those programs prevent Love from being properly installed. Can you turn
those off?

Customer: I don’t know how to turn them off. Can you tell me how?

Tech Support: With pleasure. Go to your start menu and invoke Forgiveness.
Do this as many times as necessary until Grudge and Resentment have been
completely erased.

Customer: Okay, done! Love has started installing itself. Is that normal?

Tech Support: Yes, but remember that you have only the base program.
You need to begin connecting to other Hearts in order to get the upgrades.

Customer: Oops! I have an error message already. It says, “Error – Program
not run on external components.” What should I do?

Tech Support: Don’t worry. It means that the Love program is set up to
run on Internal Hearts, but has not yet been run on your Heart. In
non-technical terms, it simply means you have to Love yourself before
you can Love others.

Customer: So, what should I do?

Tech Support: Pull down Self-Acceptance; then click on the following
files: Forgive-Self; Realize Your Worth; and Acknowledge your Limitations.

Customer: Okay, done.

Tech Support: Now, copy them to the “My Heart” directory. The system
will overwrite any conflicting files and begin patching faulty programming.
Also, you need to delete Verbose Self-Criticism from all directories and
empty your Recycle Bin to make sure it is completely gone and never comes
back.

Customer: Got it.. Hey! My heart is filling up with new files. Smile is
playing on my monitor and Peace and Contentment are copying themselves all
over My Heart. Is this normal?

Tech Support: Sometimes. For others it takes awhile, but eventually
everything gets it at the proper time. So Love is installed and running.
One more thing before we hang up. Love is Freeware. Be sure to give it
and its various modules to everyone you meet. They will inturn share it
with others and return some cool modules back to you.

Customer: Thank you.

Tech Support: You’re Welcome, Anytime. Well, the best way to install Love
Operating System is by chanting to yourself or out loud: Hare Krsna Hare
Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
This mantra will also operate as anti-virus. Please send this to every
one you know. If you delete that is okay, Love is not based on emails.