Note: Due to unavoidable circumstances, A2VS 2019 has been cancelled. We hope to organize it in 2020 with the same theme and speakers.
The theme for 2019 will be Vedanta and Buddhism. The symposium program is being decided. Video recordings of the talk will be available below after the event. This event is open to the general public and free to attend.
10 am - 11 am
11 am - 12 pm
12 pm - 1 pm
Swami Sarvapriyananda is the Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Vedanta Society of New York since January 6, 2017. Prior to this, he served as assistant minister of the Vedanta Society of Southern California for 13 months, beginning on December 3, 2015. Swami joined the Ramakrishna Math and Mission in 1994 and received Sannyas in 2004. Before being posted to the VSSC’s Hollywood Temple, Swami served as an acharya (teacher) of the monastic probationers’ training center at Belur Math. He has served the Ramakrishna Math and Mission in various capacities including being the Vice Principal of the Deoghar Vidyapith Higher Secondary School, Principal of the Shikshana Mandira Teacher Education College at Belur Math, and the first Registrar of the Vivekananda University at Belur Math.
Swami Atmarupananda is the Vice President of the Vedanta Society of Greater Houston. He joined the Ramakrishna Order of India as a monk in 1969 in Chicago and pursued monastic, scholarly, and spiritual training in India for many years. He has travelled widely in the world, giving lectures and retreats, speaking at conferences, and participating in interspiritual dialog. More recently, he spent time at the world headquarters of the Ramakrishna Order outside of Kolkata, India where he was charged with bringing out a revised edition of the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda in ten volumes.
Dr. Jeffrey D. Long is a Professor of Religion and Asian Studies at Elizabethtown College where he teaches courses on Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism (Dharma Traditions), as well as a first-year seminar on Star Wars and Asian philosophy, Sanskrit, and Comparative Theology and Interfaith Engagement. He is the author of three books and a wide array of articles on Hinduism, Indian philosophy, and religious pluralism. In addition to his academic and spiritual interests, he is an avid fan of science fiction and fantasy and classic rock. He also likes cats.