[Advaita-l] Fwd: Retreat by Swamini Svatmavidyananda

[V Subrahmanian]

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From: Nithin Sridhar <sridhar.nithin at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 8:23 AM
Subject: Retreat by Swamini Svatmavidyananda
To: V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>


*A Unique Dialogue from the Bṛhadāraṇyaka-Upaniṣad*

The word “Upaniṣad” means that which eliminates all that is most
undesirable in one’s life —namely fear and sorrow— and leads the spiritual
aspirant to the knowledge of oneself as pūrṇa, whole and free of strife and
limitations. The teaching in the Upaniṣad is always presented in the form
of a special dialogue between the guru and the śiṣya known as saṃvāda,
where the student listens to the teacher with utmost reverence. In this
retreat, we shall be studying in depth a special dialogue between the sages
Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi, which expounds the truth of the self as
limitlessly whole and joyous. Presented within the larger backdrop of
 āśrama-dharma (duties at various stages in one’s life), this timeless
dialogue highlights the purpose of marriage and married life
(gṛhasthāśrama) in the Hindu dharma as a salient preparation for
self-knowledge (ātmajñāna) and renunciation (sannyāsa).

*Dr. Swamini Svatmavidyananda Saraswati* has taught at several universities
nationally, including UC Berkeley. She is widely recognized as a scholar of
Advaita Vedanta, and is a disciple of Pujya Sri Swami Dayanandaji
Saraswati, an internationally known Acharya of the Advaita Vedanta
tradition, interfaith leader, and scholastic author of Vedanta, responsible
for the inception of the All India Movement for Seva (AIM for Seva), a
non-profit enabling rural Indian children to receive a proper education.
She is widely in demand for lectures and seminars, in the USA and
internationally, for her expertise in interreligious engagement, and
in-depth training and scholarship on Advaita Vedanta.

Date :  *July 31 to August 4, 2019  *

Venue :  Cauvery Kanya Gurukulam,  Bommuru Agrahara village, Near Pashchima
Vahini Circle, Palahalli Post, Belagola Hobli, Srirangapatna Taluk, Mandya
district , Karnataka -571606, INDIA

Fees :  *Rs. 7500/-  (includes food and accomodation)*

Contact details: Nithin Sridhar- sridhar.nithin at gmail.com, +91-7760079475;