Affiliated to Ramakrishna Order in India
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The Vedanta Gesellschaft e.V. is a non-profit institution and has been conducting its spiritual activities for about ten years based on the philosophy of Vedanta as exemplified in the lives of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda. Situated in a peaceful countryside, the Ashrama is approachable by road in less than one and a half hours from Frankfurt and Cologne, and approximately 30 minutes from Siegen. The nearest railway station "Betzdorf (Sieg)" is about 9 kilometres on the Siegen-Cologne railway line. It has accommodation for guests who want to spend some quiet time in spiritual ambience. The Vedanta-Gesellschaft (a charitable Society), registered under Societies Registration Act, has the following broad Aims and Objectives: —the promotion of an ethnically independent, comprehensive understanding of religion, philosophy and comparative religion; —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 made a lasting impact on Vedanta movement. He has 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 some unavoidable reason 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 some enthusiastic devotees and students of Vedanta formed a Society more than a decade ago 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 stationed at the Vedanta Centre at Rosenheimer Strasse 13 (Old: Bindweide 2), 57520 Steinebach/Sieg. More information about Swami Baneshananda and the assistant Swami Bhaswatananda is available here . Membership is open to all subject to the provisions of the Statute. The yearly membership fee is € 70.00. The members get free a quarterly publication of "Vedanta" sent by post. DONATE: If you would like to participate in our noble
and selfless work for the good of humanity you can send your
donation to us mentioning the purpose. The photos to the right are, serially from top: Swami
Vivekananda—the great inspirer, our small cottage, library, lecture hall,
a view of the ashrama when one comes from the South, and the road to our
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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]. —Sarada Devi
Activities
For the present, the ashrama has taken up the following activities:
1. Weekly Classes on Vedanta
2. Seminars and retreats on week-ends
3. Lectures in the towns/cities in Germany and outside
4. Personal counselling
5. Accommodation for guests
6. Morning and evening meditation and prayer in the shrine, etc.Please click here to download:
Daily Routine
Programme for 2008.doc
Programme for 2008.htmlPublications:
Our English Publications:
1. Ramakrishna Math, Chennai, India
2. Advaita Ashrama, Kolkata, India
3. Ramakrishna Mission, Gol Park, Kolkata, IndiaPublication in German: Titel: VEDANTA; Author: Pr. Vrajaprana (USA); Translator: Frau Dietlind Kloppmann; Publisher: Vedanta-Gesellschaft, Bindweide; Price: Euro 2.50. (ORDER ONLINE)
Publication in German on Ramakrishna and Vedanta (pdf version)
The photos are, serially from top: a retreat by Swami Dayatmananda of London in Bindweide, lecture by Swami Baneshananda in Toronto, another retreat with Swami Jyotirupananda in Bindweide.
Vedanta Gesellschaft (Registered Society; Regn. No: VR 4538. Registered Office: Büngerstr. 23, 44267 Dortmund, Germany).
Ashrama: Rosenheimer Strasse 13 (Old: Bindweide 2), 57520 Steinebach/Sieg, Germany. Tel:0049-(0)2747-930493; Fax:+49-(0)2747-9127288
