Hindu Students Council

Welcome!http://hindu.stanford.edu/

presentations/Hindu Students Council Report - Welcome New Board.ppt

HSC in the Past

• Guiding spirit

• Special Events

• Festivals

• Satsang

• Classes

• Website

Guiding Spirit

Universalism

• We accept all – right, left, middle, center, etc..

• We focus on spiritual events that bring people closer

Science and Spirituality

• Our responsibility to incorporate science and to question

• Create opportunities for scientific exploration of spirituality and religion

Interfaith

We have a leadership role to play in bringing all faiths together

• We participated in the Baha'i Interfaith Event on Jan 28, 2006, presenting on Hinduism and Charity. Our music group, Dhwani, performed a beautiful song. The event was wonderful - please check the other performances and readings as well.

• Participated in Multi-Faith welcome every year

Special Events

GANDHI JAYANTIOct 2, 2005

Interfaith event. We presented a montage on Gandhi’s life and times, followed by songs, dances, talks on Gandhi and Social Reform, Gandhi and Buddhism, Gandhi and Baha’i,

Gandhi and Christianity, Gandhi and Non-Coercive Societies (Prof Ron Howard) and Gandhi’s Legacy.

Program Slides: http://www.stanford.edu/group/hsc/gandhi/Gandhi%20Jayanti%20-%20Sunday%20-%20final.ppt

Stanford Daily covered the event

http://daily.stanford.org/tempo?page=content&id=17937&repository=0001_article

Gandhi Jayanti 2006

VIVEKANANDA JAYANTI

Apr 15, 2006

Vivekananda Jayanti

• Interfaith event to celebrate Swami Vivekananda’s contribution at the World Parliament of Religions, Chicago, 1893

• Speakers from most major traditions – Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Baha’i and Buddhism – on the theme “How does spirituality translate into action in our tradition?”

• Song and Dance performance• Swami Vedananda from the Vedanta society gave the

keynote address• Coverage in the Stanford Dailyhttp://daily.stanford.edu/tempo?page=content&id=20065&repository=0001_article

Coverage by Stanford DailySwami from SF’s Vendanta Society speaks on forging unity

among faithsApril 17, 2006

By Amna Aziz

“Mankind ought to be taught that religions are but the varied expressions of The Religion, which is Oneness, so that each may choose the path that suits him best.” These words, thundered by Swami Vivekananda at the 1893 World Parliament of Religions in Chicago, paralleled the atmosphere of a multi-faith event at Stanford on Saturday celebrating his life. Swami Vivekananda is universally regarded as a patriot saint of modern India.

Coverage by Stanford DailySwami from SF’s Vendanta Society speaks on forging unity

among faithsApril 17, 2006

By Amna Aziz

Saturday’s event featured music, dancing and lectures to promote awareness about Swami Vivekananda’s life. The speakers, including Swami Vedananda from the Vedanta Society of San Francisco, focused mainly on the concepts of detachment and unity within faith. Religions represented include the Baha’i faith, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism.

Tagore Jayanti

Saturday May 14, 2005

http://www.stanford.edu/group/hsc/tagore/tagoreJayanti2005.html

Stanford students and members of the community completely immersed themselves in Tagore’s prolific poetry, prose, music, and dance this past Saturday (May 14, 2005). The Hindu Students Council organized a night to celebrate Tagore’s contribution in the History Corner. Rabindranath Tagore is a towering figure in the millennium-old history of Bengal who wrote on a vast variety of topics, ranging from Education, Feminism, Social Reform to voicing his controversial opinions against the popularized notions of Patriotism and duty towards one’s own Nation.

… Sumeet Kaur Bhatti

http://www.stanford.edu/group/hsc/tagore/tagoreJayanti2005.html

SPRING SPEAKER SERIES

Lessons from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata

Chinna Jeeyar Swami, head of the

Vishishtadvaita tradition of Hinduism, gave

us a talk. Format provided for an hour of

Q&A.

Dialogue on Kashmir

Kashmiri youth activist Dhiraj Bakaya gave a talk on "Historical Violations in Kashmir."

Prof. Ron Howard from the Dept. of Management Science & Engg. spoke on "Resolving Historical Violations."

Thereafter, a student panel of Kashmiri Muslims, Kashmiri Hindus, Indians and Pakistanis discussed the issue, moderated by Prof. Ron Howard.

http://www.stanford.edu/group/hsc/oldsite2005/kashmirDialogue.html

Festivals

Holi

On Saturday afternoon, Wilbur Field glistened with brightly-colored powder strewn across clothes, faces and even hair. The rainbow-hued powder-fight celebrated Holi, the Hindu holiday that marks the beginning of spring — known to many as “the festival of colors.”

http://www.stanforddaily.com/article/2005/4/11/hinduFestivalCelebratesSpring

Diwali Puja

Oct 7, 2005

Prabha Durneja, a scholar in Hinduism, led the community through Diwali Puja. The worship was inclusive with the audience participating, and the scholar explained each step in English.

A Bharatnatyam dance specially choreographed for the festival was performed.

SHIVRATRI PUJA

Mar 05, 2006

Shivratri Puja, 2005, El Chicano Centro Lounge

Shivratri Puja, 2005, El Chicano Centro Lounge

Shivratri Puja, 2005, El Chicano Centro Lounge

Satsang

Satsang

• Meets every Saturday, 1-2 PM, Bldg 60, 61E (Puja Room)

• Agenda:– Vedic Chanting– Meditation– Reading of the Ramayana– Aarti

OLEMA RETREAT

@ Vedanta Society

Organized by the Stanford Hindu Students Council

Apr 28-Apr 30, 2006

Our Classes

The HSC now offers two classes regularly each quarter.

Practical Spirituality focuses on one yoga each quarter – Karma, Gyana and Raja. Swami Vedananda of the Vedanta Society leads us in a group study and discussion.

Ashtanga Yoga used to be a part of Practical Spirituality and has been extracted into it’s own class due to popular demand. We now have two experienced instructors and a growing community of practitioners, and are indebted to the Jewish community for giving us a space.

http://hindu.stanford.edu

New TeamCo-President: Rajendra Kumar

Co-President: Raghav Goel

Vice Presidents: Tanushree Aggarwal, Prasun Bansal, Rahil Kacheria    Assign yourselves to these roles    +-- Special Events    +-- Speaker Series    +-- Festivals

Art Director: Mohini Rustagi

Financial Director: Ravi Vuthoori

Public Relations Director: Kashmira Daryanani   * Stanford Daily   * emailing for official HSC events   * advertising   * liaising with other religious groups     * shadowing finance

Social Director: Naga Phani Aetukuri, Ooshma Garg (Bala Vihar model for undergrads)

Media Director: Nikil Viswanathan

Orientation Packet

• Please read

• Contact References provided

• You will now be on stanfordhsc-execs

• Nikil will be list admin

• Please decide when you will meet all of next quarter TODAY

• Plan your first meeting this quarter to get ready for next quarter TODAY

Useful Links

http://hindu.stanford.edu/hinduism/hinduism.html

http://hindu.stanford.edu/presentations/

http://hindu.stanford.edu/oldsite2004/

http://hindu.stanford.edu/oldsite2005/

http://hindu.stanford.edu/oldsite2006/