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Jnanapravaha Retreat Schedule 2023-2024

Past- & Upcoming Vedanta Retreats 2023/24

You can find below information on Vedanta workshops, courses and retreats which are planned to take place at Jnanapravaha, Manjakkudi in 2023-2/24. If you are interested to join a retreat or workshop in person please contact the organizer or Acarya directly. If you want to join online via Zoom meeting, you can request a Zoom link by clicking the ‘Join with Zoom’ button if the retreat is open for Online participants via Zoom.

Retreat Schedule 2023/24
Retreat Schedule
2023-2024

August 2023

August 2023

12-15 Aug 2023
Dṛg Dṛṣya Vivekaḥ    with Acharya Smt. Suryapriya Rangarajan
12-15 Aug 2023

Dṛg Dṛṣya Vivekaḥ

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Smt. Suryapriya Rangarajan
✨ About Acharya Smt. Suryapriya Rangarajan
✨ Contact Organizer: Retreat 12-15 August 2023
✨ Join Live Stream – Retreat Date: 12-15 Aug 2023

About this Retreat

Dṛg Dṛṣya Vivekaḥ is a small Prakarana Grantha consisting of 46 verses, the author taken to be Swami Vidyaranya, based on the style of the text. This grantha highlights the jiva-vicara. Jiva, his bondage, liberation and sadhana are talked about. To be pleased with oneself, one has to learn how not to project upon the other. That is intelligent living. Dṛg Dṛṣya Vivekaḥ unfolds the vision to help one discover and then abide in the pleased self.

Schedule:  Approximately 5 classes per day spread over IST 09:30AM – 07:30PM with adequate breaks for Lunch, Rest and Tea.

Date:   12th–15th August 2023

Language:    தமிழ் – Tamil (Predominantly)

For more information contact:    buvanajayakumar [at] gmail.com
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Smt. Suryapriya Rangarajan
✨ About Acharya Smt. Suryapriya Rangarajan
✨ Contact Organizer: Retreat 12-15 August 2023
✨ Join Live Stream – Retreat Date: 12-15 Aug 2023

About this Retreat

Dṛg Dṛṣya Vivekaḥ is a small Prakarana Grantha consisting of 46 verses, the author taken to be Swami Vidyaranya, based on the style of the text. This grantha highlights the jiva-vicara. Jiva, his bondage, liberation and sadhana are talked about. To be pleased with oneself, one has to learn how not to project upon the other. That is intelligent living. Dṛg Dṛṣya Vivekaḥ unfolds the vision to help one discover and then abide in the pleased self.

Date:   12th–15th August 2023

Schedule:  Approximately 5 classes per day spread over IST 09:30AM – 07:30PM with adequate breaks for Lunch, Rest and Tea.

Language:    தமிழ் – Tamil (Predominantly)

For more information contact:    buvanajayakumar [at] gmail.com
19-22 Aug 2023
Bhaja Govindam    with Swamini Sumatmananda Saraswati
19-22 Aug 2023

Bhaja Govindam

 Swamini Sumatmananda Saraswati
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Smt. Suryapriya Rangarajan
✨ About Swamini Sumatmananda Saraswati –
✨ Contact Organizer: Retreat 19-23 August 2023
✨ Join Live Stream – Retreat Date: 19-23 Aug 2023

About this Retreat

Bhaja Govindam is a profound and most popular text by Adi Shankaracharya. In this short text of 31 verses Acharya gives a strong wake up call for us to examine the human goals and pursuits in the light of discrimination and seek the higher knowledge.

Acharya examines real life situations and points out their limitations. Bhaja Govindam contains essence of Vedanta and urges one to think – Why am I here in life ? What is purpose of my life ? Why am I chasing wealth, fame, status etc and yet have no peace? To all these questions Acharya gives the answer – Bhaja Govindam. We will also learn to chant these verses, reflect and discuss the verses for a thorough understanding.

Schedule:  3 classes per day &  Phala Shruti of Vishnu Sahasranama in night Satsangs.

Date:   19th–22nd August 2023

Language:    English

For more information contact:    sumatmananda [at] gmail.com
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Swni. Sumatmananda Saraswati
✨ About Swamini Sumatmananda Saraswati –
✨ Contact Organizer: Retreat 19-23 August 2023
✨ Join Live Stream – Retreat Date: 19-23 Aug 2023

About this Retreat

Bhaja Govindam is a profound and most popular text by Adi Shankaracharya. In this short text of 31 verses Acharya gives a strong wake up call for us to examine the human goals and pursuits in the light of discrimination and seek the higher knowledge.

Acharya examines real life situations and points out their limitations. Bhaja Govindam contains essence of Vedanta and urges one to think – Why am I here in life ? What is purpose of my life ? Why am I chasing wealth, fame, status etc and yet have no peace? To all these questions Acharya gives the answer – Bhaja Govindam. We will also learn to chant these verses, reflect and discuss the verses for a thorough understanding.

Date:   19th–22nd August 2023

Schedule:  3 classes per day &  Phala Shruti of Vishnu Sahasranama in night Satsangs.

Language:    English

For more information contact:    sumatmananda [at] gmail.com

November 2023

23-27 Nov 2023
Sadhana Panchakam    with Swni. Chidekarasananda Saraswati
23-27 Nov 2023

Sadhana Panchakam

 Swni. Chidekarasananda Saraswati
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Swamini
Chidekarasananda Saraswati
✨ About Swamini Chidekarasananda Saraswati –
✨ Contact Organizer: Retreat 23-27 November 2023
✨ Join Live classes – Retreat Date: 23-27 Nov 2023

About this Retreat

What makes one ready to receive the knowledge unfolded by Vedānta is sādhana, the means. And the means constitute many steps. This pañcakam, set of five verses, unfolds those steps and also the vision.      (Swami Dayananda Saraswati)

Schedule:  to be announced

Date:   23rd–27th November 2023

Language:    English

For more information contact:    chideka2023 [at] gmail.com

November 2023

23-27 Nov 2023
Sadhana Panchakam    with Swni. Chidekarasananda Saraswati
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Swamini
Chidekarasananda Saraswati
✨ About Swamini Chidekarasananda Saraswati –
✨ Contact Organizer: Retreat 23-27 November 2023
✨ Join Live classes – Retreat Date: 23-27 Nov 2023

About this Retreat

What makes one ready to receive the knowledge unfolded by Vedānta is sādhana, the means. And the means constitute many steps. This pañcakam, set of five verses, unfolds those steps and also the vision.      (Swami Dayananda Saraswati)

Schedule:  to be announced

Date:   23rd–27th November 2023

Language:    English

For more information contact:    chideka2023 [at] gmail.com

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✨ About Acharya Smt. Suryapriya Rangarajan

  • Acharya. Smt. Suryapriya Rangarajan is a student disciple of ‘Guruji’ Shri Swami Brahmayogananda. She was initiated by her Guru to this lineage of traditional teaching to take forward the vision of Vedanta. With her Guru’s grace she assumed the Vyasa Peetham in 2018 and has been taking classes since then. Hailing from a family, rich in traditional values and culture, a Chartered Accountant by qualification her prime objective has been Shastra Patanam and Shastra Paatanam, enabling the reach of Vedanta through regular classes in Chennai. In addition to being a successful family woman, her excellence also stands out in the field of literary works in Tamil and English. She had been the pen in bringing out her Guru’s vision through over 25 books. She has personally authored some high profile translations of Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati’s works into Tamil.

    • ✨ Contact Organizer: Retreat 12-15 August 2023


  • Retreat Organizer:
    Smt. Bhuvana Suryanarayanan

    Phone: +91-89397-26580
    Email: buvanajayakumar@gmail.com

    • ✨ Join Live Stream – Retreat Date: 12-15 Aug 2023

  • JOIN LIVE STREAM ON ‘ADVAITA BHARATI’S’ YOUTUBE CHANNEL
    The retreat classes on ‘Drg Drsya Viveka’ by Acharya Smt. Suryapriya Rangarajan will be live streamed to ‘Advaita Bharati’s’ Youtube channel.
    To join the live stream of the class sessions conducted during the retreat at the Jnanapravaha Vedanta Study Centre, please click the link below and subscribe to the Youtube channel of ‘Advaita Bharati’ in order to get notified ahead of the start of the live streams.

    • ✨ About Swamini Sumatmananda Saraswati –

  • Swamini Sumatmananda is a long term disciple of Pujya Swami Dayananda
    Saraswati and has completed long term residential course in Sanskrit and Vedanta in Coimbatore Gurukulam. She is currently based in Secunderabad where she conducts classes on Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads, Sanskrit, vedic chanting in online and offline mode.

    • ✨ Contact Organizer: Retreat 19-23 August 2023


  • Retreat Organizer:
    Swamini Sumatmananda Saraswati

    Whatsapp/Phone: +91 9618794463
    Email: sumatma [at] gmail.com

    • ✨ Join Live Stream – Retreat Date: 19-23 Aug 2023

  • JOIN THE LIVE STREAM OF SWAMINI’S CLASSES ON ‘BHAJA GOVINDAM’ AT JNANAPRAVAHA
    The retreat classes on ‘Bhaja Govindam’ by Swamini Sumatmananda Saraswati will be live streamed via Zoom.
    To join the live stream of the class sessions conducted during the retreat, please get in touch with Swamini Sumatmananda Ji and she will provide you with the necessary information and the Zoom link to jojn her live classes at Jnanapravaha, Vedanta Study Centre .

    • ✨ About Swamini Chidekarasananda Saraswati –

  • Swamini Chidekarasananda Saraswati is a sannyasini, having been initiated into the Paramahamsa sannyasa ashrama (a traditional renunciate lifestyle) by her Acharya, Swami Sakshatkrutananda Saraswati, Chief Acharya and Chairperson of Swami Dayananda Ashram, Rishikesh.
    In her Purvashrama (previous life before sannyasa,) she has spent many years in the physical presence of great spiritual masters in India, immersed in sadhana, seva and self-study.
    Back in UK, she met Swami Dayananda Saraswati, a traditional teacher of Vedanta and started studying Vedanta under him. Her desire to study further and in depth manifested in the form of a 3 and 1/2 year course which was held in a traditional gurukulam in South India.
    After completing the course, Swami Dayananda appointed Swamini Chideka ji as the Editor-in-chief of his Publications at Arsha Vidya Books and Publications Trust in Chennai, India. She spent more than three years there, editing various spiritual texts in Sanskrit and English, from Upanishads to talks on the Bhagavad Gita.
    Swaminiji is now based in England and continues to share her knowledge of the shastra – Vedanta and The Bhagavad Gita, Sanskrit, Vedic and traditional Sanskrit chanting, kirtan etc..- with all interested to learn. Her life is dedicated to bringing the Wisdom and Light of the Rishis, and traditions of Sanatana Dharma culture to all spiritual seekers, regardless of background, language or culture.
    Om Namo Nārāyaṇāya!

    • ✨ Contact Organizer: Retreat 23-27 November 2023


  • Retreat Organizer:
    Swamini Chidekarasananda Saraswati

    Whatsapp/Phone: +44 7391615742
    Email: chideka2023 [at] gmail.com

    • ✨ Join Live classes – Retreat Date: 23-27 Nov 2023

  • JOIN LIVE STREAM OF THIS RETREAT
    The classes on this retreat on Sadhana Panchakam by Adi Shankaracharya will be streamed live on Zoom.
    To join the live stream of the class sessions conducted during the retreat at the Jnanapravaha Vedanta Study Centre, please contact Swamini Chidekarasananda (Arsha Dipa). Swamini will share the Zoom participation link through which you can join the live classes.