FIFTH SUNDAY SESSION, 29 MARCH, 2015, 5-8 P.M.

The fifth Sunday Session was held on 29 March when three of us met.Debipriya Basu, Deepanwita Datta and myself attended the session. There was an initial reading from SRI SRI RAMAKRISHNA KATHAMRITA in Bengali along with elucidations by Sugata Bose. Thereafter, Debipriya Babu at length dwelt on his great interest in devotional music, especially Kali Kirtan and expressed his desire to sing in the different Ashramas of the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission. This was followed by general discussion on the Mission's welfare activities and the cause of fund-raising for Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama, Muzaffarpur Eye Hospital and Ramakrishna Math, Haripad Ashrama. Sugata Bose talked of the great necessity of quickly raising the amount of INR 10 crores for RKM Muzaffarpur. He then recounted the history of Haripad Ashrama in brief and its recent state of extreme poverty. There was also a brief reading from and discussion on Swami Vivekananda's "Is Vedanta the future religion?"

Overall, it was a slightly disoriented discussion that took place and the programme in future needs a tighter reign by the moderator so that the Session's activities may be executed more efficaciously. We thank the participants and request their future participation in a more impersonal and effective manner so that our mission to serve the Mission comes to fruition.