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V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1 P A G E 5
A Snapshot of Events From November

Thanksgiving Appreciation Dinner Nov 26th

Vedic Cultural Center organized an Appreciation Dinner on Nov 26 for all
the community association. We served a vegetarian Thanksgiving Feast
Pumpkin Soup, Pumpkin Pie, Cranberry Sauce, Armenian Rice, Tubule
Salad, Patra, Raita, Yams with Honey and Nut Loaf. This just like all
meals at the Vedic Cultural Center was first offered to the Lordships and
then served to everyone. Such sanctified food is good for the body and
the mind.

Thanksgiving Retreat by HH Romapada Swami) (Nov26-Nov30)

His Holiness Romapada Swami Maharaj visited Vedic Cultural Center,
Sammamish over the Thanksgiving Long Weekend and lead us into a
spiritual journey with an in-depth exploration into the second part of “Śrī
Brahma-sáhitā.

This seminar was absolutely free followed by free Break-
fast, Lunch & Dinner Prasadam lovingly cooked by the devotees for all
guests. Maharaja is a long standing member of the GBC, a pioneer of
congregational preaching in North America, a motivating force behind the
creation of college preaching programs in major universities throughout
the United States, as well as many other important preaching programs.

To view the recordings of the Brahma samhita lectures recorded over the
weekend lectures, please click:
http://vedicculturalcenter.org/BrahmaSamhitha

We would like to thank our Feast Sponsors for November.
Anshul and Ashima, Ariana Motwani, Saritha and Ramesh Perla, Nitin Mujumdar, Vivek Yadav, Radha
Ramaiah, Sumeet Kedia, Nupur and Sumit.

Vedic Thoughts

“Those words which do not describe the glories of the Lord, who alone can sanctify the atmosphere of the
whole universe, are considered by saintly persons to be like unto a place of pilgrimage for crows. Since the all
-perfect persons are inhabitants of the transcendental abode, they do not derive any pleasure there.”
SB 1.5.10
“On the other hand, that literature which is full of descriptions of the transcendental glories of the name, fame,
forms, pastimes, etc., of the unlimited Supreme Lord is a different creation, full of transcendental words di-
rected toward bringing about a revolution in the impious lives of this world's misdirected civilization. Such tran-
scendental literatures, even though imperfectly composed, are heard, sung and accepted by purified men
who are thoroughly honest.” SB 1.5.11