Upcoming Retreats August Weekend RetreatAugust 7th – 10th, 2025 – Peoria, IllinoisTopic – TBDRetreat Organizer: Bakul ji – sidh1973@yahoo.com, 309-621-1174 –––– September Weekend RetreatSeptember 26th – 28th, 2025 – Boston, MassachusettsTopic – TBDRetreat Organizer: Prabodh ji – pro.parekh@gmail.com, 201-669-9613 –––– Hastāmalakīyaṁ (Hastāmalaka-stotram) Five-Day Vedanta CourseOctober 1st – 5th, 2025 – … Continue reading →

Next Session – March 30th, 2025 Sunday Morning 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 March 30th, 2025 from 11 – 12:30 PM Pacific. Where: … Continue reading →

Chanting In-Person & Online हरिः ॐ Arsha Dristhi would like to invite you to join us in celebrating Gītā Jayanti on Wednesday December 11th, 2024. We will be meeting at 4:30 pm (PST) in-person in San Diego CA, and online over Zoom. We will be chanting the Gītā Dhyānam, all … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →