Harvard Divinity School, now in its third century, has in recent decades distinguished itself by venturing to be more robustly interreligious. So I think it'll be an exciting time for us to reflect on the meaning of their being here and to celebrate their presence in our midst.Ī little bit of background, perhaps, will help.
But to inaugurate this new program for the year by having them speak on a more personal level about how it is that they came to their own communities, what it means for them to take up the Monastic calling, and how they see studying as fitting into that. But Swami Sarvapriyananda, Shweta Chaitanya, Akshar Parthenak, three distinguished academics who have come here for serious study this year. Is to hear from our three distinguished Monastic visitors here this year, and I'll introduce them more in a moment. So tonight, we're having a very exciting event, and I think we'll enjoy it and my introduction will be brief. A conversation with the three Hindu monastics visiting HDS this year, each representing a different Hindu tradition: Swami Sarvapriyananda (Ramakrishna Mission), Brahmacharini Shweta Chaitanya (Chinmaya Mission), and Sadhak Akshar–Guru: Mahant Swami Maharaj (BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha).
