Namastey, 

Arya Pratinidhi Sabha America (Congress of All Arya Samaj organizations of North America) is delighted to invite you to its annual conference to be held on July 28th - July 31st at the Renaissance Concourse Airport Hotel in Atlanta. The theme of this year's conference is the “Value of Vedic Teachings in Modern Times.” This year’s conference is being hosted by Greater Atlanta Vedic Temple.

Humans have remained basically the same whether in ancient or modern times even though life’s theme may change. The absolute truth, however, remains unchanging, irrespective of time, geography, and circumstance.

The reality of this truth is to be told to each and every generation. The purpose of this conference is to bring that eternal absolute truth to the forefront of every person so that the lives of everyone can improve and peace and progress can prevail.

Throughout history, humanity has suffered at the hands of humans. Only by realizing the existence of the one Immutable, Eternal, Omniscient, Omni-Brilliant Ishvar/God and that all humans are the children of this same Omnicreator, Super-soul, Parmatma, Ishvar/God can we live together in peace. The world is full of hostilities, bloodshed, and destruction committed in the name of religion.  Only when we realize that, irrespective of color, creed, nationality, religion, gender, and sexual orientation, we are part of the same nature and the one source of creation, as Vedas call ”Amritsya Putra - O sweet loving child,” can all humans refrain from destructive acts and live together harmoniously.

To this end, this Vedic Conference invites all scholars, humanitarians, scientists, experts in any field, or simply any concerned soul to present on Vedic knowledge at this conference. Please send a short biography and abstract of the paper to be presented by April 30th. A selection committee will make its final decision on which papers will be presented based on relevance, number of speakers, and time available.

Below are a few other session topics on which papers could be sent to mahasammelan@gmail.com. The suggested maximum size of a paper is 2 pages with an abstract of 100 words. The preferred language for the presentation is English. The abstract is due by April 30^th and the paper by May 31^st.

• Value of Vedic Teachings in Modern Times
• Vedas - universal source of True Knowledge
• Synopsis of Vedic Literature
• Vedic Teachings for Mankind
• Vedic Philosophy on Human Life
• Yog/Meditation for Stress Free living
• Importance of Vedic Literature
• Role of Arya Samaj in the New Millennium:
• Providing Vedic Solutions for the Common Man
• Addressing Social/Spiritual concerns
• Arya Samaj association with other Temples, Bharat Swabhiman, VHP, Social Agenda
• Marching towards nobility - Becoming an Arya
• Living Vedic Life through Ahimsa
• Upbringing children in Vedic Way
• Bringing Spirituality in Life
• Doing Panch Mahayajnyas

• Brain Storming Topics
• Arya Samaj - moving forward
• Simplifying Vedic Knowledge in Modern World
• Use of Electronic Media to make the World Noble 

Further details about the conference will follow soon. Please stay tuned.

Warmest Regards,

APSA Mahasammelan Committee
http://sammelan.aryasamaj.com

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