Vedanta Society

Vedanta Society

Vedanta Society, and its variant Vedanta Centre, are terms covering organizations, groups, or societies formed for the study, practice, and propagation of Vedanta. Probably the first Vedanta Society was founded by Swami Vivekananda in New York in November 1894."The Life of Swami Vivekananda", Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama, 2000, Vol 1 p 514.] Many of the existing Vedanta Societies are affiliated, either formally or informally, with the Ramakrishna Order.

List of Vedanta Societies and Centers

Africa

Australia

*Vedanta Centre of Sydney

Asia

*Nippon Vedanta Kyokai, Zushi, Japan · [http://www.vedanta.jp external link]

Europe

*Centre Vedantique, Geneva [http://www.geocities.com/centrevedantique/en external link]
*Centre Vedantique Ramakrishna, Gretz, France · [http://www.wanadoo.fr/centre.vedantique external link]
*Ramakrishna Society Vedanta Centre, Moscow ·
*Ramakrishna Vedanta Centre, Bucks, UK · [http://www.vedantauk.com external link]
*Ramakrishna Vedanta Sociey, Amstelveen, The Netherlands · [http://www.vedanta-nederland.org external link]
*Vedanta-Gesellschaft e. V., Sieg, Germany · [http://www.vedanta-germany.org external link]

North America

*Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston · [http://www.vivekananda.org external link]
*Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center, New York · [http://www.ramakrishna.org external link]
*Vedanta Center of Greater Washington DC · [http://www.vedanta-dc.org external link]
*Vedanta Center of St Petersburg, Florida · [http://www.vedantaflorida.com/ external link]
*Vedanta Society, New York · [http://www.vedanta-newyork.org external link]
*Vedanta Society, Portland, Oregon · [http://www.vedantasociety.org external link]
*Vedanta Society, Providence, Rhode Island · [http://www.vedantaprov.org external link]
*Vedanta Society of Berkeley · [http://www.vedantaberkeley.org external link]
*Vedanta Society of Northern California, San Francisco · [http://www.sfvedanta.org external link]
*Vedanta Society of Sacramento · [http://www.vedantasacto.org external link]
*Vedanta Society of St Louis · [http://www.vedantastl.org external link]
*Vedanta Society of Kansas City
*Vedanta Society of Southern California, Hollywood · [http://www.vedanta.org external link]
**Ramakrishna Monastery, Trabuco Canyon
**Vedanta Society, San Diego
**Vedanta Society, Santa Barbara
**Vivekananda House, South Pasadena
*Vedanta Society of Toronto, Ontario · [http://www.vedantatoronto.ca external link]
*Vedanta Society of Western Washington, Seattle · [http://www.vedanta-seattle.org external link]
*Vivekananda Retreat, Ridgely, Stone Ridge, New York · [http://www.ridgely.org external link]
*Vivekananda Vedanta Society, Chicago · [http://www.vedantasociety-chicago.org external link]
**Vedanta Monastery and Retreat, Ganges, Michigan

outh America

*Ramakrishna Vedanta Ashrama, Sao Paulo · [http://www.vedanta.org.br external link]
**Centro Ramakrishna Vedanta, Belo-Horizonte, Brazil · [http://www.vedantabh.org.br external link]
**Centro Ramakrishna Vedanta, Curitiba-Parana, Brazil · [http://www.vedantacuritiba.org.br external link]
**Centro Ramakrishna Vedanta, Rio de Janeiro · [http://www.vedantarj.org.br external link]
*Ramakrishna Ashrama, Buenos Aires · [http://www.ramakrishna.org.ag external link]

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