This Sunday morning, Dec. 19th at 11am, Br. Shankara will give a talk on Raja Yoga of Lord Jesus Christ.Click here to join us via Zoom and participate in the discussion! More about this talk below.
Holy Mother’s Helping Hands
Providing food and clothing for those in need
We are beginning our annual cooperation with the Atlanta Community Food Bank: The Center’s goal this year is $1,900 in donations by December 31. Click here to donate. Also, you can drop off new or gently-used warm winter clothing in the Chapel shoe room (please have clothing in bags). Your kind contributions are taken to the Clothes Closet of a local Christian church that actively supports those among us who are without housing, or are otherwise struggling to meet their basic needs.
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Holiday Class Schedule
Weekday classes are suspended until the first week of January. The last Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday classes have been held; the last Saturday class will meet on the 18th, at noon as usual.
May you and yours enjoy the Spirit of this Holy Season! And may you all be well and cheerful,
Br. Shankara
COVID-19 POLICY UPDATE
Your Center is closed to the public until further notice. There will be no in-person activities for now. And please, no visits to the Center unless you make arrangements in advance. As our priority is to keep our devotees, friends and residents of the Center safe, we may raincheck visit requests until a safer time.
December is a month for study of Raja Yoga, a spiritual path often called the yoga of meditation. As a raja yogi, you use ancient, proven spiritual techniques to calm your body, quiet your mind, and gain control of your attention.
Regular daily practice of Raja Yoga increases your ability to concentrate, and may lead to meditation. This can unite you with the Divine Presence, the source of your being, and free you from the cycle of rebirth and death. As spoken of by the raja yogi, the state of complete liberation from the gunas’ influence is called kaivalya — independence.
Clearly, Jesus was a raja yogi. He used many of the powers described in Chapter 3 of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras: Among other “miracles,” he healed the lame and the blind; he raised people from the dead; he fed a large crowd with just a few fish and bits of bread; and, he disappeared (became invisible) at will.
Jesus also taught what we call Raja Yoga to his followers. On Sunday morning we will read and discuss examples of these teachings from the New Testament Gospels, as well as the Gospel of the Beloved Companion (Mary Magdalene) and the Gospel of Thomas.
