Arsha Drishti is pleased to announce a 3-day in-person retreat with Swami Advayatmananda over the Martin Luther King Jr. US holiday weekend. Venue: Paradise Vacation Estate in Temecula, California – A beautiful and spacious venue located on a 5 acre garden property just north of San Diego. Registration: Please submit this Registration Form by … Continue reading
Hé GovindAn Ode to Krishna September 6th, 2024San Diego, California AIM for Seva San Diego cordially invites you to celebrate with us at our 2024 Donor Appreciation Event and we humbly ask for your support to continue educating the children and the construction of the new Coeducational Rural Residential Schools. … Continue reading
Śrī-Dakṣiṇāmūrti-Stotram is beautiful poem and prayer addressed to Īśvara, the source of all that is, who is presented in the form of teacher. The author Ādi Śaṅkarācārya succinctly unfolds the vision of non-duality in ten verses, exploring the erroneous assumptions we make about ourselves and the world which lead to … Continue reading
Next Session – October 13th, 2024 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. When: The next session will be on Sunday, October 13th, 2024. Where: Attend in-person or join via Zoom. For … Continue reading
Swamiji’s Podcast Interview Swamiji was recently invited to be a guest on the “A Little Bit of Happiness” Podcast hosted by Deepak Atri. To watch or listen to Swamiji’s recent appearance, please find the relevant links below: YouTubeSpotifyApple Podcasts On his podcast, Deepak has spoken with other teachers in the Arsha Vidya … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
