{"id":25552,"date":"2022-10-25T18:35:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T07:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/?p=25552"},"modified":"2022-10-25T18:35:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T07:35:17","slug":"science-of-happiness-according-to-yoga-vedanta-discussion-series-28-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/science-of-happiness-according-to-yoga-vedanta-discussion-series-28-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Science of Happiness According to Yoga Vedanta &#8211; Discussion Series &#8211; 28 October"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Spiritual Evening&nbsp;Discussion<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h4><em>Friday 28&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=bc6c97fcd5&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>Culturing Awareness:&nbsp;<\/strong>In Cultured Awareness, we are less identified with objects, thoughts and emotions, leading to an uncluttered mind not weighed down or drained by unnecessary thoughts. We&#8217;ll have more energy for ourselves and others.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vedanta&#8217;s Threefold Method for Self-Knowledge:<\/strong>&nbsp;By (i) nurturing positive, strengthening thoughts; (ii) by reinforcing them through steady vigilance &#8211; chasing away the negative ones &#8211; we&#8217;ll (iii) cultivate the right mental state to intuit reality through deeper meditation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mind Turned Inward:<\/strong>&nbsp;If we practice meditation regularly and sincerely, we will find we&#8217;re increasingly in charge of our minds. Our powers of attention focused.<\/li>\n<li><em>Through Yoga, our very thought processes can be made objective and studied.<\/em><\/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=d26520b7d4&amp;e=0a2f195a0c\">Website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spiritual Evening&nbsp;Discussion Friday 28&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: https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/88434388900 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":25554,"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":[9,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-programs","category-nsw","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25552"}],"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=25552"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25555,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25552\/revisions\/25555"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}