{"id":25497,"date":"2022-10-12T17:40:10","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T06:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/?p=25497"},"modified":"2022-10-12T17:40:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T06:40:10","slug":"science-of-happiness-according-to-yoga-vedanta-discussion-series-14-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/science-of-happiness-according-to-yoga-vedanta-discussion-series-14-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Science of Happiness According to Yoga Vedanta &#8211; Discussion Series &#8211; 14 October"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 100.108%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"564\">\n<h1><strong>Spiritual Evening Discussion<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h4><em>Friday 14&nbsp;October, 7.00 &#8211; 8.45 pm<\/em><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Join us for Silent Meditation at Vedanta Hall, 15 Liverpool Road, Croydon, from 7 pm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>or via Zoom from 7.30 pm:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/saradavedanta.us14.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=0c510f3a725ec70468d42dceb&amp;id=b4df80f454&amp;e=0a2f195a0c\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/88434388900<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><em>Themes for Discussion:&nbsp;<\/em><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Degrees of Reality:&nbsp;<\/strong>In<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>the highest flights of Eastern Philosophy, we face the radical conclusion that the whole of existence is, at most, only relatively real. Modern physics also has its take on this: discovering that our senses can only reveal a limited version of the swirling energy within and around us.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Mysterious&nbsp;<\/strong><em><strong>Mithya<\/strong><\/em><strong>:<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>Mithya<\/em>&nbsp;is &#8216;that which has no existence.&#8217; From the standpoint of Brahman (God), the world of plurality is<em>&nbsp;mithya<\/em>&nbsp;because it is nothing but consciousness with a name and form.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How Do Thoughts Begin?:<\/strong>&nbsp;We explore the growing connections between Yoga Psychology and the Neuroscience of Consciousness.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Self Knowledge:<\/strong>&nbsp;Self Knowledge brings the greatest clarity; it is easily manoeuvrable, calm and balanced. The uncluttered mind generates a beautiful atmosphere within.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Drawing on the book:&nbsp;<em>&#8216;Science of Happiness \u2013 According to Yoga Vedanta<\/em>&nbsp;by Pravrajika Divyanandaprana: a compilation of her talks given to students at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi in 2018.<br \/>\nPravrajika Divyananandaprana is a nun of Sri Sarada Math of the Ramakrishna Order. Thousands view her talks on YouTube.<br \/>\nOur 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<p><strong>For more details about us and our activities visit: Vedanta Society of NSW Website:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/saradavedanta.us14.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=0c510f3a725ec70468d42dceb&amp;id=aa564a297c&amp;e=0a2f195a0c\">Website<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spiritual Evening Discussion Friday 14&nbsp;October, 7.00 &#8211; 8.45 pm Join us for Silent Meditation at Vedanta Hall, 15 Liverpool Road, Croydon, from 7 pm or via Zoom from 7.30 pm: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":25499,"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":[7,9,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-engagement","category-events-programs","category-member-organisations","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25497"}],"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=25497"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25501,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25497\/revisions\/25501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}