North America Vedanta Conference

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The Hindu Cultural Center of North Alabama

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From
The Board of Trustees and Executive Committee,
Hindu Cultural Center of North Alabama (HCCNA), and
Organizing Committee, NAVC 2025

Dear Sisters & Brothers,

We most cordially invite you, your family and friends to attend the North America Vedanta Conference in Huntsville, Alabama on September 12th through 14th, 2025. The purpose of this conference is to

  1. Highlight the timeless Vedantic wisdom from its four principal systems, namely, Advaita (Non-dualism), Vishishtadvaita (Qualified Non-dualism),  Dvaita (Dualism) & Samanvaya Vedanta (Synthesis of Knowledge)
  2. Emphasize on the existence of harmonious Divine Oneness of truth, and
  3. Render spiritual guidance for peace & happiness and thus join a journey towards Spiritual Unity and Blissful Divinity.

Vedanta affirms: Truth or God is one, which Sages call by many names; this oneness of existence and consciousness of the Truth is manifested by limitless diversities for its divine play; each individual soul (or self) being naturally divine, identifies with the Absolute Oneness (or Brahman) and that the truths underlying all religions are harmonious with one another.

Thakur Sri Ramakrishna Paramhamsa, after doing intense Spiritual practice not only in different paths of Sanatana Dharma but in other religions, realized the same God and gave his grand edict, “As many faiths, so many paths.” He asserted that the only goal of life is to realize God by any path one chooses. Swami Vivekananda, his foremost disciple, on instructions from his enlightened Guru to teach people, further expounded that this can be done either by knowledge or by loving devotion or by meditation or by selfless work or by any combination of the above. Through his extensive travels and lectures in India and abroad, he shared practical guidance on how to manifest one’s natural divinity within. Other notable thinkers and spiritual leaders from India have also contributed significantly to this mission of promoting spiritual growth and self-realization.

Sixteen revered Swamijis and Matajis from Vedanta Societies across North America of Ramakrishna order and Chinmayananda mission have graciously accepted our invitation to speak at this conference. These distinguished scholars will share their insights and realized wisdom to help achieve the noble goals of the conference.

There will be devotional stotra recitals and prayerful meditations throughout the conference.

The HCCNA, rooted in the principle of the oneness of Truth, which has been organizing spiritual discourses and retreats regularly since 2009, now has taken a vow to host a Vedanta Conference to appeal to a much greater audience in North America. A limited number  of rooms have been reserved in the adjacent Embassy Suites Hotel. Details for registration and hotel room bookings are available on our website at https://navc.info/registration/. Our dedicated team of volunteers has been working tirelessly to create a memorable and enriching experience for all attendees.

Please join us with your family and friends on September 12th, 13th and 14th, 2025 and help us fulfill this noble vision. If you would like to get involved with this work, please let us know.

We look forward to your gracious presence.

Most humbly and respectfully,

The Board of Trustees and Executive Committee,
Hindu Cultural Center of North Alabama, and
Organizing Committee, NAVC 2025

3 days

4 Principles

5 sessions

16 Speakers

Early Registration Fee
Ends Aug 12, 2025

$300

per person

Includes

2 Lunches & 2 Dinners

Regular Registration Fee
Ends Sep 11, 2025

$400

per person

Includes

2 Lunches & 2 Dinners

Onsite Door Registration
Sep 12, 2025 (if available)

$600

per person

Includes

2 Lunches & 2 Dinners

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SEP 11-27, 1893

It started in CHICAGO at the inaugural World’s Parliament of Religions. Swami Vivekananda, then an unknown Hindu Monk, without proper credential and affiliations, was denied a seat as a delegate.  With the little time that he had, and to reduce is living expence, he travelled to Boston where he met Professor John Henry Wright of Harvard University, Professor Wright invited him to give a lecture at the university.

Professor Wright, impressed with the depth of Swami Vivekananda's depth of knowledge and his oratary skills, encouraged him to attend the Parliament of Religions. On learning that Swami Vivekananda lacked official accreditation and credentials to join the Parliament, he remarked, "To ask for your credentials is like asking the sun to state its right to shine in the heavens."

SEP 11-27, 1893

Swami Vivekananda addressed the audience in this "Response to Welcome" speech as Sisters and Brothers of America.” It met with a standing ovation and thunderous applause that last several minutes, and fthat was the first time when the Vedanta Philosophy and Yoga was inroduced to to the West.

RESPONSE TO WELCOME

Sisters and Brothers of America,

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us. I thank you in the name of the most ancient order of monks in the world, I thank you in the name of the mother of religions, and I thank you in the name of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sects.

My thanks, also, to some of the speakers on this platform who, referring to the delegates from the Orient, have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands the idea of toleration. I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept all religions as true.

RESPONSE TO WELCOME

I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions and all nations of the earth. I am proud to tell you that we have gathered in our bosom the purest remnant of the Israelites, who came to Southern India and took refuge with us in the very year in which their holy temple was shat­tered to pieces by Roman tyranny. I am proud to belong to the religion which has sheltered and is still fostering the remnant of the grand Zoroastrian nation. I will quote to you, brethren, a few lines from a hymn which I remember to have repeated from my earliest boyhood, which is every day repeated by millions of human beings: “As the different streams having their sources in different paths which men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee.”

RESPONSE TO WELCOME

The present convention, which is one of the most august assemblies ever held, is in itself a vindication, a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in the Gita: “Whosoever comes to Me, through whatsoever form, I reach him; all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to me.” Sectarianism, bigotry, and its horrible descen­dant, fanaticism, have long possessed this beautiful earth. They have filled the earth with vio­lence, drenched it often and often with human blood, destroyed civilization and sent whole nations to despair. Had it not been for these horrible demons, human society would be far more advanced than it is now. But their time is come; and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanaticism, of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen, and of all uncharitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goal.

Join Us in a Transformative Journey: SEP 2025

Embark on a profound journey towards Spiritual Unity and Blissful Divinity at the North America Vedanta Conference. Engage with esteemed spiritual luminaries and immerse yourself in the timeless wisdom of Vedanta. Secure your spot today and be part of this enlightening experience that promises peace, harmony, and spiritual growth.