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PUERTO RICO, June 28, 2002: The Vedanta society of Puerto Rico is honored to welcome Swami Pareshanandaji, the director of Ramakrishna mission Ashram in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on his third visit to Puerto Rico. He will stay in Puerto Rico from July 2 to July 12, 2002. He will give a formal lecture on Meditation and Spiritual life in San Juan on the evening of July 3. Swamiji will give a retreat in San Juan on July 4 for the 100th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda leaving his physical body. He will give a religious discourse on July 5 at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez. For more information please e-mail “source” above. Swami Pareshananda was born in the District of Nadia in Bengal, India. He entered the order in 1967 and took his final monastic vows in 1976 from the then president of the order Swami Vireshwaranandaji. He then held the strategic responsibilities throughout the mission centers in India until in 1988 when he is assigned as director of the Ramakrishna Ashram in Buenos Aires. Swami Pareshananda, who speaks fluent Spanish, has developed a work of both continuing and also expanding Vedanta in Latin America. He travels throughout Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and other countries) directing groups as well as giving personal spiritual instructions.

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