Sunday Satsangs

Next Session – March 31st, 2024 Please Note: This Month’s Satsang will be followed by a catered lunch, rather than the usual potluck lunch Sunday Mornings Occurring Every Other Month Arsha Drishti is continuing a new series of ‘Satsang with Swami Advayatmananda Saraswati’ sessions to take place every other month.   … Continue reading

Pañcadaśī – Chapter 7

Classes begin Oct 28th, 2023 Saturday Mornings Meditation at 8:00 AM Class at 8:30 followed by discussion Download Class TextDownload supplementary materials Pañcadaśī is a profound and comprehensive work written by Śrī Vidyāraṇya, a luminary in the Advaita Vedānta tradition.  We will be exploring the 7th chapter of this work named Tṛpti-dīpa-prakaraṇam – … Continue reading

Harmony in Svaras: 2023 AIM for Seva Benefit Performance

Harmony in Svaras Experience the Seven Notes of Music October 6th, 2023San Diego, California AIM for Seva San Diego cordially invites you to celebrate with us at our 2023 Donor Appreciation Event and we humbly ask for your support to continue educating the children and the construction of the new … Continue reading

Bhagavad Gītā Chanting Class

Arsha Drishti is happy to announce a new weekly online Bhagavad Gītā chanting class, which started on October 29th 2023, led by Seetha Sathyanarayana. Seetha ji, who is a student of Swamiji Advayatmananda Saraswati, has over a decade of experience teaching Bhagavad Gītā chanting.   The classes will begin by providing … Continue reading

Śaṅkarācārya’s Bhagavad Gītā Bhāṣyam – Advanced Sanskrit Reading & Grammar Class

श्रीमच्छङ्करभगवत्पूज्यपादविरचितश्रीमद्भगवद्गीताभाष्यम् Śaṅkarācārya’s Bhagavad Gītā Bhāṣyam New Session Starts Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 10:30 AM Pacific Time Description: Reading and grammatical analysis of Śaṅkarācārya’s भगवद्गीताभाष्यम् Bhagavad Gītā Bhāṣyam. We will be starting with Chapter 2. Prerequisite: Moderate proficiency in Sanskrit, Sanskrit grammar, and comfort with Devanāgarī. When:  Wednesdays 10:30 AM Pacific … Continue reading

Watch Retreat Video – AdvaitaPañcaRatnam: Five Jewels on Non-Duality – Thanksgiving Retreat at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam

Thanksgiving Weekend Retreat at AVGWatch Retreat Video Download Text   AdvaitaPañcaRatnam (also known as ĀtmaPañcakam) is a short text attributed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya that unfolds vision of Vedanta through the succinct presentation of several key teachings: Ātma-anātma-viveka – the discriminative discernment between the self and non-self Adhyāsa – the nature … Continue reading

Recently Completed Retreats

Recently Completed Retreats Yoga and Wisdom – Awakening to RealitySeptember 15th – 17th, 2023Yoga Vidya Center, Germany Advaita Vedanta is a timeless living teaching tradition that explores the realities of oneself, the world, and the Sacred. In the hands of a proper teacher, ancient Sanskrit scripture becomes a powerful guided inquiry … Continue reading

AdvaitaMakaranda

Classes begin Jan 21st, 2023 Saturday Mornings Meditation at 8:00 AM Class at 8:30 followed by discussion Advaita Makaranda is a profound work written by Sri Lakshmidhara Kavi which clearly and poetically unfolds the vision of Advaita Vedanta. These beautiful twenty-eight verses are a journey of discovery into the truth … Continue reading

Māyāpañcakam

Classes begin Oct 15th, 2020 Saturday Mornings Meditation at 8:00 AM Class at 8:30 followed by discussion The Māyāpañcakam is a short text attributed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya that unfolds the fundamental cause of our sense of limitation, separateness, and subsequent suffering, as well as its resolution. Through this text we … Continue reading

New Beginning Sanskrit Course Starting April 10th

A new Arsha Drishti online beginning Sanskrit course will be starting April 10th, 2022. The structure and pace of the course will provide a gentle introduction to the Sanskrit language covering the alphabet, proper pronunciation, Devanāgarī script, grammar, and vocabulary. It will lay the groundwork for the student to properly … Continue reading

Śaṅkarācārya’s AdhyāsaBhāṣyam – Advanced Sanskrit Reading & Grammar Class

श्रीमच्छङ्करभगवत्पूज्यपादविरचितब्रह्मसूत्राध्यासभाष्याद्वयात्मानन्दकृतव्याकरणटिप्पण्यः Śaṅkarācārya’s AdhyāsaBhāṣyam New Session Starts Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 10:30 AM Pacific Time Description: Reading and grammatical analysis of the अध्यासभाष्यम् AdhyāsaBhāṣyam – Śaṅkarācārya’s introduction to his commentary on the BrahmaSūtram with . This is primarily a grammar class, not a BrahmaSūtra class per se. Prerequisite: Moderate proficiency in … Continue reading

The Limitless Glories of Lord Śiva

By Swami Advayatmananda Download PDF (Excerpts originally published in the 2021 Arsha Vidya Gurukulam Souvenir) असितगिरिसमं स्यात्कज्जलं सिन्धुपात्रे सुरतरुवरशाखा लेखनी पत्रमुर्वी ।लिखति यदि गृहीत्वा शारदा सर्वकालं तदपि तव गुणानामीश पारं न याति ॥ ३२ ॥ asitagirisamaṁ syātkajjalaṁ sindhupātre surataruvaraśākhā lekhanī patramurvī ।likhati yadi gṛhītvā śāradā sarvakālaṁ tadapi tava guṇānāmīśa pāraṁ … Continue reading