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Vedanta Society  

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  • Vedanta Society is the name for organizations that have been established around the world to promote Vedantic ideas. Vedanta or the “end of the Vedas” refers to the time in India between 500 and 200 BCE during which several schools of thought developed, often by way of commentary on earlier sutras. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Vedanta Society]

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