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ORGANIZATIONS

Vedanta Society of Greater Houston

HIGHLIGHTS GUIDING PRINCIPLES
1. Getting the Ramakrishna Math & Mission VSGH is an official branch of the Ramakrishna
Headquarters in Belur, India, to affiliate VSGH Mission of India, and we are guided by the principles
as an official branch within five years (a record) of the Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math, India.
and thereby getting a resident Swami to guide the
congregation; COVID-19 RESPONSE HIGHLIGHTS
2. Teaching classes on the Hindu scriptures and VSGH provided volunteer collaboration with Sewa
Vedanta principles to a wide audience through International for distribution of food & masks during
livestreaming; their food drives, donated food items, and collected
3. Arranging musical and cultural programs; money for the relief effort. Our resident Swami
4. Serving the local community through food drives was invited to participate in several national and
and other charitable activities. international programs aimed specifically at guiding
people through these difficult times. All programs
of VSGH were continued by livestreaming, thus
MAJOR PROJECTS expanding our audience. Counselling was offered to
Classes on the scriptures and principles of Vedanta, those suffering from the effects of the pandemic and
special pujas, Sunday School for youth, charitable the quarantine.
activities, interreligious dialog.

IMPORTANCE OF DHARMIC NETWORK FOR
HUMANITY
To join hands with other Dharma-based
organizations in working for the welfare of all is first
of all the right (dharmic) thing to do; secondly, an
individual organization’s efforts are amplified when
joined with the efforts of others; finally, society at
large judges a community by its contributions.

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