ABOUT US

"May He who is the Brahman of the Hindus,
the Ahura-Mazda of the Zoroastrians,
the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehova of the Jews,
and the Father in Heaven of the Christians,
give strength to you to carry out your noble ideal."

Introduction

The Vedanta Gesellschaft is a non-profit institution and has been conducting its spiritual activities in Germany for more than twenty years based on the philosophy of Vedanta as exemplified in the lives of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda.

The Vedanta-Gesellschaft (a registered charitable Society) has the following broad Aims and Objects:

1. the promotion of an ethnically independent, comprehensive understanding of religion, philosophy and comparative religion
2. the promotion of understanding and goodwill between members of different religions and cultures.

The history of the Ramakrishna-Vedanta movement in Germany goes back to the days of Swami Vivekananda when he visited professor Paul Deussen of Kiel in Germany in 1896. There were many prominent German scholars in the past, like Schopenheur, Max Mueller, Paul Deussen, and others whose contribution to Vedanta is immense. In recent times, Kurt Friedrichs and Dietlind Kloppman among others made a lasting impact on the Vedanta movement. Both have written or translated many books on Ramakrishna-Vedanta literature also. In the year 1933 an official centre was started with Swami Yatishwarananda as the head of the centre at Wiesbaden. But due to unavoidable reasons it was closed down in 1938. However, the work of Vedanta Centre of Wiesbaden was revived from 1959 with Kurt Friedrichs, a disciple of Swami Yatiswarananda, as its president. Since then this society has been publishing books on Vedanta and bringing out a quarterly journal called ‘Vedanta’. Later on in or around 1995 some enthusiastic devotees and students of Vedanta formed this Society and bought a spacious three-storied house at the present location. At the request of the Society the Ramakrishna Math headquarters at Belur Math,India, has affiliated its spiritual activities in November 2004.

From November 2004 the Society is being headed by Swami Baneshananda, a senior monk of the Ramakrishna Order. He is mainly stationed at Berlin Ashrama. More information about Swami Baneshananda is available here.

Membership

Membership is open to all subject to the provisions of the Statute. The yearly membership fee is € 100. The members get the magazine "Vedanta" free sent by post.

Donate

If you would like to participate in our noble and selfless work for the good of humanity, please see here for details.

[The photos above are: the house in berlin, our Retreat House in Bindweide in Summer and Winter, the Log Cabin in Bindweide in Summer and Winter, the library in Bindweide]

Activities

If you want peace of mind, do not find fault with others; rather see your own fault.
Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child.
The whole world is your own [family].

For the present, the ashrama has taken up the following activities:

1. Classes on Vedanta
2. Seminars and retreats on week-ends
3. Lectures in the towns/cities in Germany and outside
4. Personal counselling
5. Morning and evening meditation and prayer in the shrine, etc.

Imprint

Name: Vedanta Gesellschaft e.V.
Registered Office: Marienfelder Allee 73, 12277 Berlin, Deutschland
Telefon: 030-6646-4797 (free)
Fax: 030-6646-4797
E-Mails for:
1. General Contact: vedantagesellschaft(at)gmail(dot)com
2. Ordering Books: buechervedanta(at)gmail(dot)com
3. Vedanta magazine: vedantaheft(at)gmail(dot)com
Website: http://www.vedanta-germany.org

Management Board

Swami Baneshananda (President)
Frau Silke Troppens (Vice-President)
Mr. Vasantha Dhanya (Treasurer)
Frau Meena Joshi (Member)

The Vedanta Gesellschaft is a registered Society.
Register-Court: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg
Register Number: VR 34195 B
Tax-Number: 27/680/76677
VAT-Number: DE348189651

Bank Details

Volksbank Gebhardshain eG
IBAN: DE90 5736 1476 0000 4062 62
BIC: GENODED1GBS

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