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SINGA SPEAKS

A PERIODIC NEWSLETTER FROM THE RAMAKRISHNA MISSION, SINGAPORE

ROAR 10 | SINGAPORE | SATURDAY | 25 JUNE 2016

• Chanting of Vedic Prayers at the Sri Ramakrishna Temple

• Cultural and Spiritual Lessons in the form of Story-telling by Swami Vimokshananda

• Recitation of Vedas and Stotras taught by Sanskrit Teacher

• Study o f Mahabharatha characters for Practical Life by Expert Scholars

• Celebration of all major Hindu fe s t i va l s e . g . S r i Ganesh Chatur th i , S r i Kr i shna

Janma stami e tc . , w i th significance of each festival explained. During such festivals, children are also taught how to pray with appropriate offerings e.g. during the festival of Sri Vinayaka Chaturthi, they are taught to make Kozhukkattai with rice flour.

• Spiritual Outings with Swamis, Teachers and Parents

• Regular Performances at Sri Ramakrishna Mission Functions

Saturday Children’s Classes

Gurukula Style Lessons are imparted

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PERIODIC NEWSLETTER SATURDAY, 25 JUNE 2016

• Holy Satsang (Interaction) with the Swamis • Simultaneous Question & Answer satsang session with the President Swami for the benefit of

Parents • The Saturday Children’s Classes are held every Saturday from 4.30 PM to 6 PM in the Temple

Level 1. All classes are free. The class is open to all children from the age of 5 to 15.

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Youth Class on Sundays

A S unday You t h Class has begun in the month of June 2016 from 5 PM to 6 PM.

This Class is open to all youth who are eager to transform t h e i r l i v e s b y c r e a t i n g a n understanding of the dynamics of Life on the basis of man-making, life-giving ideas of the great Swami Vivekananda.

T h e C l a s s h a s r ead i ngs , exp l a -nations and inter-active discussions. The youth will be mentored by Swami Pavitratmananda.

PERIODIC NEWSLETTER SATURDAY, 25 JUNE 2016

Never say, ‘No’, never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are infinite. Even time and space are as nothing compared with your nature. You can do anything and everything, you are almighty. Ye are the children of God, the sharers of immortal bliss, holy and perfect beings. Ye divinities on earth – sinners! It is a sin to call a man so; it is a standing libel on human nature. Come up, O lions, and shake off the delusion that you are sheep; you are souls immortal, spirits free blest and eternal. Never mind the struggles, the mistakes. I never heard a cow tell a lie, but it is only a cow – never a man. So never mind these failures, these little backslidings; hold the ideal a thousand times; and if you fail a thousand times make the attempt once more. The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength. Teach men of strength that is already within them.

– Swami Vivekananda

Swamiji’s Call to the Youth

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PERIODIC NEWSLETTER SATURDAY, 25 JUNE 2016

International Yoga Day observed…

Yoga Training Classes

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The Straits Times Monday June 20, 2016