{"id":24255,"date":"2022-02-22T11:25:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T00:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/?p=24255"},"modified":"2022-02-22T11:25:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T00:25:58","slug":"science-of-happiness-according-to-yoga-vedanta-discussion-series-friday-25-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/science-of-happiness-according-to-yoga-vedanta-discussion-series-friday-25-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Science of Happiness According to Yoga Vedanta &#8211; Discussion Series &#8211; Friday 25 February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friday 25 February<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>From 7 pm<\/strong> at Vedanta Hall, 15 Liverpool Road, Croydon, for Meditation<br \/>\n<strong>OR From 7.30 pm<\/strong> join via &nbsp;ZOOM: <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/88434388900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/88434388900<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Group discussion led by <strong>Pravrajika Gayatriprana<\/strong>, a senior nun of Sri Sarada Math of the Ramakrishna Order.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Themes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why Has This World Been Created?:<\/strong> Swami Vivekananda calls it a &#8216;moral gymnasium.&#8217; Viewed in this way, challenges and setbacks become opportunities for a &#8216;work out,&#8217; to flex our willpower, to stretch our problem-solving skills.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Creation is a Mirror:<\/strong> Ramana Maharshi, the 20th Century sage from South India, observed that &#8216;Creation is the mirror in which your &#8216;I&#8217; sees itself.&#8217; If we can do that we&#8217;ll develop the ability to &#8216;relate with others as an extended version of ourselves.&#8217;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Insights into Evil:<\/strong> How to relate to an evil person? Carefully, no doubt, but also being mindful that it is their deluded mind that is evil; but underlying that &#8211; temporarily obstructed &#8211; is unsullied consciousness. Every saint has a past, every sinner has a future.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Removing Hate &amp; Anger:<\/strong> If we can separate sin from sinner we can at least imagine there is one pure being working through different bodies and minds. This is a powerful path to removing hate and anger from our minds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Join the discussion<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Drawing on the book: Science of Happiness \u2013 According to Yoga Vedanta by Pravrajika Divyanandaprana: a compilation of her talks given to students at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Pravrajika Divyananandaprana is a nun of Sri Sarada Math of the Ramakrishna Order. Thousands view her talks on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>Our discussions tap into the wisdom of major world faiths and thinkers relating them to our daily life. You&#8217;re welcome to share your insights, experiences, and doubts with the group.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday 25 February From 7 pm at Vedanta Hall, 15 Liverpool Road, Croydon, for Meditation OR From 7.30 pm join via &nbsp;ZOOM: https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/88434388900 Group discussion led by Pravrajika Gayatriprana, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":24257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1163],"class_list":["post-24255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-member-organisations","tag-lectures-on-hinduism","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24255"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24255"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24258,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24255\/revisions\/24258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}