Pravrajika Vivekaprana's 2005 Visit to the West

Devotees on both the North and South American continents eagerly await the return of Pravrajika Vivekaprana to the West during October through December of this year. A senior nun of Sri Sarada Math, a self-administered women's monastic order headquartered in Dakshineswar, Kolkata (Calcutta), India, Pravrajika Vivekaprana is head of a retreat center located in Pangot. Situated in the Himalayas, the retreat offers a quiet, peaceful setting for serious spiritual seekers.

Pravrajika Vivekaprana has often visited the Western Hemisphere to conduct retreats and classes, since first coming as a participant in the 1993 Parliament of the World's Religions. She is now returning after a four-year absence, during which she established Pangot.

A Challenge for Modern Minds, available in paperback and as an ebook, contains several of her earlier lectures given in the Unites States.

Pravrajika Vivekaprana's visit is made possible by the generous efforts of many devotees and is being co-sponsored in the United States by Sarada Center and Sri Sarada Society. During her ten-week stay, she will be giving classes and retreats in La Paloma and Montevideo, Uruguay; at the Vivekananda Retreat, Ridgely, in upstate New York; and in Santa Barbara, California.

Information On Pravrajika Vivekaprana's Visit

General Information

Participants may attend one or more of the programs being offered.

Because Pravrajika Vivekaprana offers classes for serious spiritual aspirants, it is expected that by registering for a retreat or series of classes that one has made a commitment to attend every section offered. Please check with the appropriate contract person if you have special circumstances which make it impossible for you to make this commitment.

Please contact the appropriate contact person for information about lodging and possible costs associated with a given program or retreat.

Tax-deductible donations to cover the cost of Pravrajika Vivekaprana's travel to and within the United States may be sent to

Sri Sarada Society
P.O. Box 38116
Albany, New York 12203

Please make checks paid to the order of "Sri Sarada Society" and note that that the donation is for "Pr. Vivekaprana's visit" on the memo. Excess donations will be given either to Mataji herself or sent by her request to Sri Sarada Math.

Retreats and classes being held in Uruguay

Contact Tamar Hesse
Phone: (00598) 479-6487
Internet: atmarama@adinet.com.uy

In La Paloma, Uruguay

October 6 to 11
Durga Puja CelebrationOctober 13 to 16 and October 25 to 28
Universal Message of the Bhagavad Gita

In Montevideo, Uruguay

October 17 to 23 Retreat
Integration of Personality According to Vedanta

Retreats and classes being held at Vivekananda Retreat,
Ridgely, Stone Ridge, NY

Contact Caroline Giorgi
Phone: (845) 687-4574
Internet: zzclg@aol.com

November 5 to 6
Introduction to Practical Vedanta

November 8 to 12 and November 14 to 18
Practical Vedanta, Parts 1 and 2

November 19 to 20
Sister Nivedita and Swami Vivekananda

November 22 to 27 (women only)
Holy Mother and Advaita Vedanta

Retreat at St. Mary's Retreat House, Santa Barbara, CA

Contact Amrita Salm
Phone: (805) 684-2509
Internet: saradacenter@aol.com, http://saradacenter.org

December 2 to 4 and December 5 to 7
Chapter Two of the Bhagavad Gita
Note: Space is limited. Make reservation soon.

This page was updated August 22, 2005.

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