Swami Shantarupananda gives Sunday morning lectures and conducts Tuesday and Thursday evening classes in Vedanta scriptures, in addition to leading special worships and other activities.
The following calendar shows current schedules:
Special Celebrations through April 2014
The Bookstore remains open before and after Sunday Services. Books, incense, holy pictures, images and other articles of the Shrine are available.
Glimpses of a Great Soul, a Portrait of Swami Saradananda, a biography and reminiscences about one of Sri Ramakrishna's direct disciples and the first General Secretary of the Ramakrishna Order by Swami Aseshananda, who served as his personal secretary and attendant for many years. Price $10.00. Postage extra.
The Last Disciple of Holy Mother:
Reminiscences of Swami Aseshananda, by Swami Shantarupananda.
It is a short booklet on the life of Swami Aseshananda written with depth of
feeling and insight. Those who knew Swami Aseshananda will be reminded of
his dedicated life, and those who never met him will be charmed by reading
about his simple life permeated with depth of spirituality.
Price: $3.00. Postage extra.
The Way of a Holy Man,
Videotape of Swami Aseshananda's Memorial Service.
On November 24, 1996, a unique event in the spiritual history of the
Pacific Northwest took place in Portland, OR. Ten swamis of the Vedanta
Societies of USA and Canada along with over 300 friends and students of
the Vedanta philosophy assembled to pay their homage and tribute to Swami
Aseshananda, the former Head of the Vedanta Society of Portland for 41
years. Intimate glimpses of a holy man were shared in an atmosphere charged
with loving and personal memories. This 3-hr videotape captures the proceedings
of this rare event and includes candid photos of Swami Aseshananda through
45 years of his life in America. The videotapes are $25 each, plus $4 for
postage and handling.
What Swami Vivekananda Means to Me, a collection of essays commemorating the Centenary of Swamiji's coming to America. By devotees associated with the Vedanta Society of Portland. Price $5.00.
DVD: Holy Mother, Sri Sarada
Devi : Lecture by Swami Aseshananda
In commemoration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Holy Mother, Sri Sarada
Devi, this DVD is offered as a tribute to Her great life. It
includes the Swami reminiscing and telling stories about Holy Mother and other
great disciples of Sri Ramakrishna who the Swami was also
privileged to have met. Swami Aseshananda, the last disciple of Holy Mother,
was a passionate and dynamic speaker whose lectures uplifted many during his
lifetime. These eye witness accounts will edify and inspire viewers and listeners
of all
faiths. Price $24.95. Postage extra.
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Tapes of the Swami's lectures are $6 each or $60 for the entire set of eleven titles. |
"What extracts from the Vedas I have read fall on me like light of a higher and purer luminary, which describes a loftier course through a purer stratum free from particulars, simple, universal. It rises on me like the full moon after the stars have come out, wading through some far summer stratum of the sky."- Henry David Thoreau
"Philosophy in India is what it ought to be, not the denial, but the fulfillment of religion; it is the highest religion; and the oldest name of the oldest system of philosophy in India is Vedanta, that is, the end, the goal, the highest object of the Vedas."- Prof. Max Mueller
"In all nations there are minds which incline to dwell in the conception of the fundamental Unity. The raptures of prayer and ecstasy of devotion lose all being in one Being. This tendency finds its highest expression in the religious writings of the East and chiefly in the Indian Scriptures, in the Vedas, the Bhagavat Geeta, and the Vishnu Purana."- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"At this supremely dangerous moment in human history, the only way of salvation for mankind is an Indian way. The Emperor Ashoka's and the Mahatma Gandhi's principle of non-violence and Sri Ramakrishna's testimony to the harmony of religions; here we have the attitude and the spirit that can make it possible for the human race to grow together into a single family..."- Arnold J. Toynbe
"In the whole world there is no study, except that of the originals, so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Oupnekhat (Upanishad). It has been the solace of my life; it will be the solace of my death."- Arthur Schopenhauer
