Dr. Chari's Vedanta Lectures in Washington DC Area
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• June 18, 2001
Announcement of Dr. SMS Chari's Vedanta Lectures CHINMAYA MISSION WASHINGTON REGIONAL CENTER Sponsors a series of lectures by Dr. S.M.S. Chari on Comparative Analysis of Vedantic Schools of Advaita, VishishhTaadvaita and Dvaita from Monday 16 July 2001 to Saturday 21 July 2001 at 5822 Ipswich Road, Bethesda, MD 20814 Lecture Time: 8:.00 P.M. to 9:30 P.M. Dr.Chari will provide a systematic scholarly analysis of Advaita, VishishhTaadvaita and Dvaita from the point of Upanishads, Brahma suutra and Bhagawat Geeta - the prasthaana trayam of the Hindu religion. He will be examining the nature of Brahman, the nature of Jiiva, the nature of the world and the interrelation between them from the point of shruti, smR^iti and nyaaya prasthaanas. Sri Saragoor Maadaboosi Srinivasachari hails from the village of Saragoor near Mysore, Karnataka. Sri Chari has a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Madras in the 1940s. He is a learned Sanskrit scholar having been tutored by eminent traditional scholars. Dr. S.M.S. Chari joined the Ministry of Education, Government of India and retired in 1976 as the Joint Educational Advisor. He has traveled widely, participated in International conferences and seminars abroad and lectured at Universities on aspects of Indian Philosophy and Religion. He is the author of seven philosophical books, which include Advaita and VishishhTadvaita, Fundamentals of VishishhTaadvaita Philosophy, Theistic Mysticism of Alvars, Vaishnavism- Its Philosophy, theology and Religious Discipline and Philosophy of Vedantasuutra. Also, he has published many articles in philosophical journals. Direction: Take 495 toward Bethesda and/or Silver Spring. Take Exit (36) to MD-187 old Georgetown Road. Go North on Old Georgetown Road toward Rockville. Take the first right onto Kingswood Road. Take a right onto Broad Street. Take a left onto Ipswich Road. The house is the 3rd on the right-hand side. Call Geetha Bansal at (301-564-1559) for additional help. Contact: For further information, contact Sadananda (703-451-5909) or S. Balan (703- 845-0524) or Ram Chandran (703-912-5790) or Geetha Bansal (301-564-1559) Note: The lectures are free to everyone. Please also note that the estimated costs for organizing these lectures will be $2000.00 and we welcome your generous donations. -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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