September 2025 Retreat with Swami Mahayogananda, Ramakrishna Vedanta Center, Hollywood, USA.

Name: September 2025 Retreat with Swami Mahayogananda, Ramakrishna Vedanta Center, Hollywood, USA.
Start: 2025-09-05T14:00:00+02:00
Location: Marienfelder Allee 73, 12277 Berlin, Deutschland

Schedule

Fri, 05 Sep, 2025 at 02:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Marienfelder Allee 73, 12277 Berlin, Deutschland | Berlin, BE

Topic: The Power of the Mantras. (As an aspect of the broad topic "The Life before Death").
About the Swami:- Swami Mahayogananda is a monk of the Ramakrishna Order. Initiated by Swami Swahananda, an illustrious monk of the Ramakrishna Order who was the spiritual director of the Vedanta Society in Hollywood, the Swami joined the order in 1997. He had the opportunity to serve in India from 2002–2008. During this period he had the great opportunity to work in the Narottam Nagar centre of the Order in Arunachal Pradesh. He served the tribal students it the school run by the Ashrama there. Thereafter, he was posted to Advaita Ashrama at Mayavati, int he Himalayas, as the assistant editor of on eof the Order's English monthly Prabuddha Bharata.
He returned to the USA in 2013, and ever since has been serving at the Vedanta Society of Southern California, Hollywood.
The Swami gives talks on a regular basis in the Hollywood centre and many of its sub-centres in the USA. On invitation he conducts retreats and gives talks in different countries outside America. Many of his talks, which are quite popular, are available on YouTube.
(As usual, the discourses will be translated sentence-for-sentence into German.)
PROGRAMME
Friday
18:00 Prayer and guided meditation by Swami Baneshananda
19:30 Dinner
20:30 Introduction/Announcements.
Saturday
06:00 Meditation (self-practice)
06:30 Singing and reading
07:30 Breakfast
08:30 Karma Yoga (joint voluntary work)
10:30 Discourse. Livestream links below.
12:15 Lunch
13:00 Silence and rest
# Reflection (maybe in Groups) and/or free time
15:30 Tea and snacks
16:00 Discourse and Question-Answer
18:00 Vesper and guided meditation by Swami Baneshananda
Silence period: 18:30 to 7:30 (next day)
19:30 Dinner
20:30 Discussion/Evening programme
21:45 Retiring to bed
Sunday
06:00 Meditation (self-practice)
06:30 Singing and reading
07:30 Breakfast
08:30 Karma Yoga (joint voluntary work)
10:30 Discourse
11:30 Prayer
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Silence and rest
15:00 Tea & room cleaning
Registration: Please register your name latest before 7 days of the retreat by E-Mail: events.vedanta.berlin(at)gmail(dot)com, OR by post: Vedanta Gesellschaft, Marienfelder Allee 73, 12277 Berlin. Please pay the Registration / Cancellation Fee of 25€ in advance to the ‘Vedanta-Gesellschaft’. If you like, you may also transfer the seminar fee and any donations in advance. The payment of 25€ will be adjusted with your final payment.
(vi) Retreat Cost: (per person) €100 for the 3-day retreat including food (accommodation extra), or €50 per day. * The retreat-cost for the May-retreat or the year-end (December-January) retreat is 150€.
(vii) Accommodation: Only those who want to take part in the practice of morning and evening meditation, prayer etc may ask for accommodation in the Ashrama. The Ashrama has only two single-bed rooms. Elderly persons and ladies will be given preference in the matter of room allotment. People generally donate €35 for three-bed (3 separate beds) rooms and €50 for single-bed rooms, per head per night.
(viii) Bedlinen: Please bring your house shoes and bedlinen. Bedlinen is also available at the ashrama. A small donation of €10 for the use of the bedlinen is welcome.
(ix) Cancellation charge for a booking is 25 Euro.
(x) Payment: For payment to ‘Vedanta-Gesellschaft’ you may use the following methods: (a) Berliner Sparkasse; IBAN: DE58 1005 0000 0191 2293 69; BIC: BELADEBEXXX; BLZ: 1005 0000. (b) Or by PayPal to Vedanta Gesellschaft. (c) If it is not possible, you may send the amount to us by a cheque or pay it during the retreat. We receive payments by cash, or bank card or some credit cards.