Day Retreat for children

Date and Time: 9 am to 5 pm, Friday 12 January 2007

Venue: 9 Ridgemont Close, Cherrybrook

Teachers: Saroja Narayanan and Jayashree Ramakrishnan

Number of children: 25

Age group: 5 – 18 years

Program schedule:Chanting, learning a sloka (poem) on “Hanuman”, story on “Hanuman”, songs/bhajans, activity workshop, Roleplay followed by a play of cricket in the backyard. Lunch and morning tea and afternoon tea were provided to the children.

Lectures on Spiritual Topics by Overseas speakers

In 2007, Ramanujam and Poornima toured Australia in July to August and gave several public lectures in Sydney, Newcastle, Canberra, Adelaide and Melbourne

2007 – SYDNEY PROGRAM

DATE	TIME	TOPIC	VENUE
Tue 24th Jul 26th Jul	7:30-9:00pm	3 DAY Lecture series on “Essence of Narayaneeyam” by Poornima in Tamil	Residence at Wattlegrove
Fri 27th Jul	7:00-8:00pm 8:00–9:00pm	WORSHIP AND BHAJANS (SONGS) Lecture on “THE POWER OF CHANTING THE DIVINE NAME” by Ramanujam in English	Pennant Hills Community Centre, Yarrara Rd, Pennant Hills ((as part of the “Darshan at suburbs” project by Sri Venkateswara Temple, Helensburgh)
Sun 29th Jul	7:30-9:00pm	Talk and discussion on the occasion of “Guru Poornima” by Ramanujam and Poornima	Girls Scout Hall, Plympton Rd, Carlingford (opposite to Carlingford North Shopping Centre
Fri 3rd Aug	7:30-9:00pm	Lecture on “Sundara Kandam” by Poornima in Tamil	Residence at Newcastle
Sat 4th Aug	4:00-5:00pm	Mass Prayer session for World Peace, Harmony and Prosperity for public led by Ramanujam in English	Strathfield Town Hall, 65 Homebush Rd, Strathfield
Sun 5th Aug-Tue 7th Aug	7:30-9:00pm	3 DAY Lecture series on “Thirumalai” by Ramanujam in English	Wattlegrove – For venue details please contact Mohan on 9825 6780
Wed 8th Aug-Fri 10th Aug	7:30-9:00pm	3 DAY Lecture series on various spiritual topics with musical recitation of songs by Poornima in Tamil	Homebush Boys High School, Bridge Rd, Homebush

2007 – MELBOURNE PROGRAM

DATE	TIME	TOPIC	VENUE
Sat 21 July	10.15 – 16.15	“Infinite ways to infinite Bliss” – a full day program with various activities. PROGRAM SCHEDULE: 1015-10.30 Assembly & introduction 10.30-11.30 Lecture on “Four paths to bliss” by Ramanujam 11.30-11.45 Questions & discussions 11.45-12.30 Workshop on Happiness and practical meditation – Ramanujam & Poornima 12.30-12.45 Questions & discussions 12.45-13.30 Light vegetarian Lunch 13.30-15.00 Live webcast presentation from India featuring Swamiji – Lectures and Q&A session 15.00-16.00 Lecture on “The glory of Guru” by poornima 16.00-16.15 Closing & acknowledgements	East Burwood Hall, East Burwood Reserve, 310, Burwood Highway, East Burwood 3151 (Mel Ref 62B7)
Sun 22 July	9.30 – 16.00	“Revealing your inner happiness” – an insightful, practical workshop PROGRAM SCHEDULE 9.30 -10.00 Arrival & Registration 10.00-10.15 Introduction 10.15-11.00 Talk on “Inner peace and your daily life” by Ramanujam 11.00-11.20 Morning tea break 11.20-12.00 Practical session 12.00-1.00 Lunch 1.00 – 3.00 Live webcast presentation from India featuring Swamiji – Lectures and Q&A session 3.00 -3.15 Afternoon tea break 3.15 Workshop on “Wheel of life” by Warren Frehse 4.00 – Closing and Acknowldgements	Balwyn Library community meeting room, 336, Whitehorse Road, Balwyn

2007 – ADELAIDE PROGRAM

DATE	TIME	TOPIC	VENUE
Fri, 10 Aug	7.00 – 8.30 pm	Lecture on “Four paths to Bliss” by Ramanujam	Residence at 13 Scot Avenue, Clovelly Park
Sat, 11 Aug	2.00 – 4.00 pm	Lecture on “The purpose of life” by Ramanujam	Sri Ganesha temple, 3A, Dwyer Street, Oaklands Park

Seminars and workshops for University students:

Workshop

Program: 2 day Seminar

Venue: University of Sydney, Sydney

Period: July – Aug 2007

Lecturer: Ramanujam Mukundagiri

Age group: 18+

Program schedule/topic: Universal aspects of Hindu religion

Workshop

Program: Workshop

Venue: University of NSW, Sydney

Date: 30 July 2007 (during Hinduism awareness week at UNSW between 30 July and 3 August 2007)

Facilitator: Ramanujam Mukundagiri

Age group: 18+

Topic: Science and Hinduism – Talks, discussion and Q & A session on how modern day science is already covered in Vedas – using examples from Astronomy, Chemistry and Physics

Lectures on spiritual topics through Radio & Television

Recorded lectures of Swamiji was aired for 30 minutes on every Monday between 7 and 7.30 pm by the Australian Tamil Broadcasting Corporation (ATBC) radio station for 6 months commencing 12 Nov 2007. The lectures consisted of various spiritual topics, including practical aspects of spirituality, human values, practical guidelines for spiritual growth and life histories of several devotees of the Lord.

Ramanujam’s talks on spirituality were telecast by TVS TV channel (UHF 31) in July – August 2007 during his Australian tour. The scheduled slots were Monday – 5.30 pm, Wednesday – 8.00 am and Sunday – 2.00 pm.

Ramanujam gave a few live and recorded talks on spirituality and also answered several questions from public on the ATBC Radio station.

Regular lecture series on spiritual topics by GOD members:

Deepak Vinod

Deepak Vinod, a disciple of Swamiji has been serving the spiritual needs of the community in Sydney by conducting regular lecture series on the holy texts, Srimad Bhagavatham, Ramayana and Bhagavad Gita for many years in and around Sydney.

Further, Deepak conducted weekly classes in the “Baktha Mal” program from 6 – 8 pm every Sunday in 2007. The program is a yearly program in respect of the book titled “Baktha Maal” written by Nabha ji which is about the life stories on the great devotees of God.

A summary of the regular lecture series by Deepak is listed in the table below

Year	Topic	Venue
2007	Conducted various single day house programs on Ramayana / Bhagavatham / Bhagavad Gita	Various places in and around Sydney
Aug 2007	8 day Lecture series on Lord Krishna during the 8 day s of celebrations of the birth of Lord Krishna	Temple in Yennora
2007 – 2009	Lectures on Sunderkand – a chapter in Ramayana	Adelaide
2007	One year Bhaktha Maal course conducted every Sunday attended by 15 students	Various residences

Weekly Sunday devotional music Classes

Deepak Vinod conducted weekly devotional music classes for children and adults during 2009.

Day: Sunday

Time: 9 am to 12 noon

Venue: 30, Hollows Place, Bonnyrigg

Teacher: Deepak Vinod

Target group: Children and adults

Content of the class: To teach how to play the musical instrument, Harmonium and songs/bhajans and recital of Ramayana