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Vision:
Vision:
SSVT Educational Mission:
SSVT Educational Mission:
To innovate, integrate, implement and deliver Dharma educational initiatives in service of the Dharmic community and broader community at large. To understand the multiple Dharmic paths of spirituality and liberation...and to make the World a better place.
To innovate, integrate, implement and deliver Dharma educational initiatives in service of the Dharmic community and broader community at large. To understand the multiple Dharmic paths of spirituality and liberation...and to make the World a better place.
Our Core Values for Education at SSVT include:
Our Core Values for Education at SSVT include:
Pluralism: Proactive cultivation of the diversity of Dharmic philosophies, cultures, languages, peoples, and perspectives.
Pluralism: Proactive cultivation of the diversity of Dharmic philosophies, cultures, languages, peoples, and perspectives.
Compassion: Fair and humane treatment of across the temple, Dharmic communities and institutions, partners and environment.
Compassion: Fair and humane treatment of across the temple, Dharmic communities and institutions, partners and environment.
Interdependence: Establishment of partnerships, relationships and groups for mutual gain. Realizing and addressing mutual needs across Hindu, Buddhist and Jain Dharmic communities and beyond.
Interdependence: Establishment of partnerships, relationships and groups for mutual gain. Realizing and addressing mutual needs across Hindu, Buddhist and Jain Dharmic communities and beyond.
Growth: Scaling initiatives, programs and resources to drive and meet increasing educational needs focusing on areas of innovation, change, and increase of subject matter expertise.
Growth: Scaling initiatives, programs and resources to drive and meet increasing educational needs focusing on areas of innovation, change, and increase of subject matter expertise.
Sustainability: Ensuring continuity and preservation of near and long term goals; maintaining initiatives and establishing best practices.
Sustainability: Ensuring continuity and preservation of near and long term goals; maintaining initiatives and establishing best practices.
Identity: Establishing uniqueness of perspectives and communities across the Dharmic spectrum and diaspora; establishment and protection of the Dharmic dignity composed of individuals and communities.
Identity: Establishing uniqueness of perspectives and communities across the Dharmic spectrum and diaspora; establishment and protection of the Dharmic dignity composed of individuals and communities.
Balance: Alignment of spiritual and technical practices as well as traditional and modern approaches to education, service and engagement. Includes a focus on establishing relevance of legacies and traditions to daily living.
Balance: Alignment of spiritual and technical practices as well as traditional and modern approaches to education, service and engagement. Includes a focus on establishing relevance of legacies and traditions to daily living.
Agility: Responsiveness and ability to change and steer approaches for critical Dharmic causes.
Agility: Responsiveness and ability to change and steer approaches for critical Dharmic causes.
Service: Engagement across SSVT and the community of people, resources, expertise for the benefit of Dharma and Society.
Service: Engagement across SSVT and the community of people, resources, expertise for the benefit of Dharma and Society.
Sharing: Collaboration and cooperation in providing and consuming services and resources across communities and partnerships.
Sharing: Collaboration and cooperation in providing and consuming services and resources across communities and partnerships.
Critical Thinking: Rational, Structured, Objective and Systematic approaches to Dharmic educational causes
Critical Thinking: Rational, Structured, Objective and Systematic approaches to Dharmic educational causes
Professionalism: Quality of services leveraging defined success metrics
Professionalism: Quality of services leveraging defined success metrics
Services:
Services:
Education at the Sri Siva Vishnu Temple is multi-discplinary and multi-sampradya. We teach objectively across the discplines of:
Education at the Sri Siva Vishnu Temple is multi-discplinary and multi-sampradya. We teach objectively across the discplines of:
- Sacred texts and languages
- Traditional and academic history
- Personalities, saints, scholars and communities
- Philosophy, inspiration and thought
- Rites, rituals and practices
- Geography, environment and institutions
- Arts and sciences
We also teach and aim to support communities across the Dharma spectrum including all sampradayas and darsanas of Hinduism for the Saiva, Vaishnava and Sakta sects and communities as well as all philosophical branches of the Vedanta, Sankya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisesika, Purva Mimamsa and Saiva Siddhanta alongside Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism and Jainism.
We also teach and aim to support communities across the Dharma spectrum including all sampradayas and darsanas of Hinduism for the Saiva, Vaishnava and Sakta sects and communities as well as all philosophical branches of the Vedanta, Sankya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisesika, Purva Mimamsa and Saiva Siddhanta alongside Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism and Jainism.
We offer classes onsite and virtually alongside alongside quarterly events for Yoga and Health, Women's Empowerment, Summer Camps, Dharmic Education, Discourses, as well as meeting and conference room services
We offer classes onsite and virtually alongside alongside quarterly events for Yoga and Health, Women's Empowerment, Summer Camps, Dharmic Education, Discourses, as well as meeting and conference room services
Education as an institution at SSVT flows from a structured approach where we are always looking to acquire community support, volunteers and external partnerships with other organizations and businesses. Our current Committee is aligned to the following areas to ensure multi-year and multi-decade growth and participation.
Education as an institution at SSVT flows from a structured approach where we are always looking to acquire community support, volunteers and external partnerships with other organizations and businesses. Our current Committee is aligned to the following areas to ensure multi-year and multi-decade growth and participation.
- Innovation and Planning
- Curriculum and Courses
- Programs and Events
- Content Management
- Community, Student and Staff Development
- External Partnerships
- Finance, Resources and Infrastructure
Resources:
Resources:
With a fully stocked physical and virtual library, SSVT's Dharma learning center provides resources and content that are books, videos, audio files, and learning material for all ages, genders and communities. We also provide explicit learning resources for:
With a fully stocked physical and virtual library, SSVT's Dharma learning center provides resources and content that are books, videos, audio files, and learning material for all ages, genders and communities. We also provide explicit learning resources for:
- Children
- Teens, High school and College Students
- Graduate Students
- Parents
- Professionals and Executives
- Seniors and Elders
Primarily content today is in Sanskrit and English as we are looking to scale and grow access to material across other languages of India as needed and requested.
Primarily content today is in Sanskrit and English as we are looking to scale and grow access to material across other languages of India as needed and requested.
We also are scaling community, social services and humanitarian support and partnerships to empower our local, regional and nation-wide Dharmic American communities.
We also are scaling community, social services and humanitarian support and partnerships to empower our local, regional and nation-wide Dharmic American communities.
We look forward to the blessings of your participation, guidance, contributions, leadership and support.
We look forward to the blessings of your participation, guidance, contributions, leadership and support.
Please email any questions, feedback or requests to: education@ssvt.org
Please email any questions, feedback or requests to: education@ssvt.org
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