2 Message from Pujya Sri Swamiji 2020 2 Message from Pujya Sri Swamiji 2020 Swami Dayananda Saraswati 1930-2015 “Accommodation is a beautiful and saintly quality. Among all the qualities, ahiṁsā and kṣamā constitute the qualities of a saint. The minimum qualifications for a saint are these two qualities. One need not have wisdom, one need not have scriptural learning to be a saint, but one must have these two values. A saint is a person who never consciously hurts another person by action, word, or thought, and who accepts people – good or bad – just as they are. A saint is he who has an endless capacity to be accommodative, forgiving, and merciful.” -Pujya Sri Swami Dayananda Arsha Vidya Pitham Programs 3 & Special Events 2020 AVG Events Calendar ......................................................................................................... 0 Spring Vedānta Programs ................................................................................................... 0 Summer Vedānta Programs ................................................................................................ 0 Children’s Programs ............................................................................................................ 0 Fall Vedānta Programs ........................................................................................................ 0 Special Vedānta Programs .................................................................................................. 0 Vedānta Teaching Centers .................................................................................................. 0 Temple and Homa Services................................................................................................. 0 2020 Anniversary Celebration ............................................................................................ 0 Other Retreats and Programs .............................................................................................. 0 Books by Swamijis .............................................................................................................. 0 Directions to Arsha Vidya Gurukulam ............................................................................... 0 Ācāryas at the Gurukulam .................................................................................................. 0 Program Fees....................................................................................................................... 0 Arsha Vidya Gurukulam takes pride in celebrating sahasra-candra-darśana (81st Birthday) of our beloved Pujya Sri Swami Viditatmanandaji *Let us honor a lifetime of teaching, compassion, and giving!* August 6-8, 2020 (Thurs–Sat) Please see pg. 19 for more details. 4 Arsha Vidya Pitham Programs 2020 DATES FOR RESIDENTIAL YOGA, AYURVEDA, AND JYOTIṢA EVENTS 2020 April 4 – 5 Yoga Nidrā workshop June 4 – 7 Therapeutic Yoga and Mindful- Ida Cullen ..................................... 0 ness for Chronic Back Pain April 17 – 19 Level I/II Yoga Retreat Julia Lorimer and Swami Jnanan- Bobbie Fultz ................................. 0 anda .............................................. 0 TBD Jyotiṣa - Basics I June 12 – 21 International Jyotiṣa Kumbha Foundation Course Mela Penny Farrow .............................. 0 various speakers ........................... 0 April 18 – 19 Introduction to Jyotiṣa June 18 – 21 Summer Solstice Yoga Retreat Rakesh Sharma ........................... 0 Janet MacLeod ............................. 0 May 29 Ayurveda Seminar: Āhāra-cikitsā Aug. 26 – Sep. 2 Yoga and Sound: Intermediate & Dr. Sunil Joshi and Dr. Shalmali Advanced Training Joshi Ramanand Patel, Mukesh Desai, May 30-31 Ayurveda and Pancakarma and Suddhatma Chaitanya .......... 0 Dr. Sunil Joshi ............................. 0 . Oct. 10 – 11 Introduction to Jyotiṣa Rakesh Sharma ............................ 0 Oct. 16 - 19 Level I/II Yoga Retreat Bobbie Fultz ................................. 0 Jan 1 (Wed) New Year's Day Celebration Feb 14-17 (Fri-Mon) Presidents Day or Weekend Course ............................................... 0 Swamini Svatmavidyananda, Swami Muktatmananda Feb 21 (Fri) Mahāśivarātri ................................................................................................ 0 March 6 - April 2 (Fri-Thu) Four-Week Vedanta Course for Beginners ......................... 0 Swami Muktatmananda Tattvabodha, Bhagavad Gītā and Sanskrit April 10-12 (Fri-Sun) Easter Weekend Family Vedanta Course .................................................. 0 Swami Pratyagbodhananda, Brahmacari Surya Aparokṣānubhūti May 4-9 (Mon-Sat) Yoga Sūtra Course ................................................................................. 0 Swami Govinda Dev Giriji Maharaj Antaraṅga-sādhanas May 22-25 (Fri-Mon) Memorial Day Weekend Family Vedanta Course ......................... 0 Swami Viditatmananda, Swamini Paraprajnananda Tarati śokam ātmavit, Siddhiṁ vindati mānavaḥ (BG 18.46) June 5-7 (Fri-Sun) Weekend Vedanta Course .................................................................. 0 Swamini Paraprajnananda, Mā śucaḥ (BG 18.66) July 2-5 (Thu-Sun) Independence Day Weekend Vedanta Course .................................. 0 Swami Viditatmananda, Swamini Paraprajnananda Sarvatra Samadarśinaḥ (BG 6.29), Durlabhaṁ trayamevaitad 5 Arsha Vidya Pitham Programs 2020 July 6-18 (Mon-Sat) Two Week Bhāṣyam Classes for Adults ........................................ 0 Swami Viditatmananda, Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (2.4.1 onwards) July 19-25 (Sun-Sat) Family Vedanta Course I ................................................................. 0 Swami Viditatmananda, Vivekacūḍāmaṇi 298 onwards July 19-25 (Sun-Sat) Children’s Course I-Unaccompanied by parents (Age 9-16) ................... 0 Commuters welcome July 26 - Aug 1 (Sun - Sat) Family Vedanta Course II ..................................................... 0 Swami Viditatmananda, Swami Muktatmananda Muṇdakopaniṣad 3.1.1 onwards, Bhagavad Gītā 9.1 onwards, Kaivalyopaniṣad July 26 - Aug 1 (Sun - Sat) Children’s Course II-Unaccompanied by parents (Age 9-16) ...... 0 Commuters welcome Aug 2-8 (Sun-Sat) Family Vedanta Course III ................................................................ 0 Swami Viditatmananda & Swami Muktatmananda Kaṭhopaniṣad 2.2.1 onwards, Bhagavadgita 9.10, Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad 1 - 8 Aug 2-8 (Sun-Sat) AVG Next Generation Retreat ........................................................... 0 Swami Advayatmananda Aug 9 (Sun) 34th Anniversary - Kṣamā (Forgiveness) ......................................................... 0 Aug 13-16 (Thu-Sun) Patron’s Complimentary Course I ..................................................... 0 Swami Viditatmananda, Swami Pratyagbodhananda Living in the Present, Śrī Gaṇapati-artharvaṇaśīrṣam August 17 – 24 (Mon-Mon) Summer One-Week Vedānta Course ....................................... 0 Swamini Svatmavidyananda Bṛhadāranyaka Upaniṣad Sept 4-7 (Fri-Mon) Patron’s Complimentary Course II ....................................................... 0 Swami Pratyagbodhananda, Swamini Svatmavidyananda Kaupina-pañcakam Sept 9-15 (Wed-Tues) One-week Vedanta Course for Adults .................................................. 0 Swami Tattvavidananda, Swami Pratyagbodhananda Sat-Darśanam, Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad Sept 18 - Nov 21 (Fri-Sat) Fall Vedanta Nine-week Course for Adults ............................... 0 Swami Tattvavidananda Kaṭhopaniṣad, Second Adhyāya Nov 26-29 (Thu-Sun) Thanksgiving Family Vedanta Course ............................................. 0 Swami Tattvavidananda Vedanta and Meditation Dec 24-31 (Thu-Thu) Year-end Family Vedanta Course ..................................................... 0 Swami Pratyagbodhananda Vivekacūḍāmaṇi 40 - 80 Jan 1, 2021 (Fri) New year’s Day ........................................................................................ 0 Mahārudrābhiṣekam 6 Arsha Vidya Gurukulam Special Events 2020 New Year’s Day Celebration Friday, January 1, 2021 • 9:30 a.m. Join us to welcome the New Year in the presence of Lord Dakṣiṇāmūrti ~ Program ~ AbhiÛekam to Lord DakÛiÙËmÍrti New Year's Day Message from Swamiji ¼rati PrasËdam (Lunch) New Year’s Day - AbhiÛekam Sponsorship $101 Arsha Vidya Gurukulam Special Events 2020 Friday, February 21 Mahāśivarātri Celebration Tuesday, April 28 Śaṅkarācārya-jayantī Sunday, July 5 Gurupūrṇimā Celebration Thur-Sat, August 6-8 Śatābhiṣekam of Swami Viditatmanandaji Sunday, August 9 Gurukulam’s 34th Anniversary Tuesday, August 11 Kṛṣṇa-janmāṣṭamī Saturday, August 15 Jayantī of Pujya Swamiji Dayananda Saturday, August 22 Gaṇeśa-caturthi Wednesday, September 23 Fifth Anniversary of Pujya Swamiji’s Mahāsamādhi Saturday, November 14 Dīpāvalī Celebration Friday, December 25 Gītā-jayantī - Gītā-parāyaṇa Thursday, December 31 Mūla-mantra-japa (9:00 am - 1:00 pm) Friday, January 1, 2021 New Year’s Day Celebration (9:30 am - 12:30 pm) * Dates subject to change 7 Spring VedËnta Programs 2020 February 14-17 (Fri-Mon) March 6 -April 2 (Fri-Thur) President’s Day Winter Course Spring Four-Week Vedānta Swamini Svatmavidyananda Course for Beginners Bhūma-vidyā Swami Muktatmananda The 7th chapter of the Tattvabodha, Bhagavad Gītā, Ch. 2, and Chāndogya Upaniṣad Sanskrit is famous for a dia- Tattvabodha logue between the What is revealed in the Upaniṣads is sages Nārada and presented concisely in Tattvabodha: Sanatkumāra. Al- knowledge of the truth, of reality. Because though a highly revered of its simplicity and comprehensiveness, scholar, Nārada, by