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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Download Updated Booklet A talk by Swami Advayatmananda Saraswati (Presented as Brahmacārī Daksha Chaitanya prior to his Saṃnyāsa-Dīkṣā) Marundeeshvara Temple, Chennai, India November 19, 2014 Swami Advayatmananda Saraswati, while still a brahmacārī (Daksha Chaitanya), was invited to speak at the beautiful and sacred Marundeeshvara Temple in Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai, India, on November … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Weekend Retreat Live Online November 25 – 28 Register to Attend Download Text Brahmavidāśīrvādaḥ is a work attributed to the famous 14th century teacher Śrī Vidyāraṇya that presents the essence of Advaita Vedanta in the form of meditative prayers seeking blessings for gaining an assimilated and abiding vision … Continue reading
