Traditional and Legacy Learning Centers

Veda Agama Samskrutha Maha Patashala

Sri Sri Gurukulam Campus, The Art of Living International Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Parama Poojya Sri Sri Ravishankar Gurudev, with the grace of the almighty had established the Veda Vignan Maha vidya peeth, The Art of living International Ashram in the outskirts of Bengaluru in 1981. The Veda patashala also coincided with the school education was started to develop Vedas as well as science side by side, within the ashram. The Panchagiri educational campus of Vede Vignan Maha Vidya Peeth consists of many educational institutions such as Sri Sri University, Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir School, Sri Sri Ravishankar PreUniversity College, Sri Sri College of Ayurvedic & Medical Sciences and Sri Sri Scientific Yoga Center. Like adding a gem to a crown the Veda Agama Samskrutha Maha Patashala was started from 15th Oct 2002, with the efforts of Guruji.

https://www.vasmp.org/

Chinmaya Mission Washington Regional Center (CMWRC®)

Established in the late 1980’s to serve communities in the Washington DC Metropolitan area, Maryland, and Virginia. It is an affiliated center under Chinmaya Mission West (CMW) and Central Chinmaya Mission Trust (CCMT‐India). CMWRC® is registered as a non‐profit organization and is overseen by a Board of Trustees. The day‐to‐day operations are run by dedicated volunteers and managed by an Executive Committee. Chinmaya Mission® was established in India in 1953 by devotees of the world-renowned Vedanta teacher, His Holiness Swami Chinmayananda. Guided by his vision, devotees all around the world formed the nucleus of a spiritual renaissance movement that now encompasses a wide range of spiritual, educational, and charitable activities, ennobling the lives of thousands in India and across its borders.

https://cmwrc.chinmayadc.org/

Bhavana Society

About the Bhavana Society, its traditions, monastics and community: The Bhavana Society is a community of monastics and lay people living according to the precepts and practices laid down by the Buddha, Siddhattha Gotama, over 2500 years ago. The Pali word “Bhavana” means mental cultivation and Bhavana is dedicated to the practice of Theravada Buddhist meditation that refers to the oldest school of Buddhism. Located in rural West Virginia, the monastery and meditation center provides opportunities for people to come to organized retreats as well as personal retreats and personal visits of varying lengths. Lay people who are dedicated to the practice of Theravada Buddhism may live at the center in support of the monastery for periods from two weeks to a year or more. There is also the opportunity of novice and full ordination for those interested and qualified.

https://bhavanasociety.org/

Vishwa Madhva Sangha

www.madhva.org

Siva and Saivism Sects

Shaivism or Saivism is the name given to a group of religious traditions which regard Lord Siva, also spelled as Shiva, as the highest Supreme Self or Brahman and worship Him accordingly. It is considered to be one of the oldest, if not the oldest, sect of Hinduism, whose antiquity is said to be rooted in the prehistoric traditions of ancient India, dating back to the Indus Valley civilization (5000 BC) or even earlier. Followers of Saivism are popularly known as Saivas or Saivites. The early Vedic Indians worshipped an aspect of Lord Siva, known as Rudra, whom they both feared and revered. In the later Vedic period some Upanishads emerged, such as the Svetasvatara Upanishad and the Katha Upanishad, in which Lord Siva was depicted as the highest Supreme Brahman. It was also the period during which the Vedic religion underwent a radical transformation where by Vaishnavism, Saivism and Shaktism rose to prominence and the ancient Vedic deities such as Brahma, Indra, Agni and Varuna yielded their place to Vishnu, Siva and Shakti.

https://www.saivism.net/

Hinduism Today Magazine

Hinduism Today is a quarterly magazine published by the Himalayan Academy, a nonprofit educational institution, in Kapaʻa, Hawaiʻi, USA. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally, currently in 60 nations. Founded by Sivaya Subramuniyaswami in 1979, it is a public service of his monastic order to promote an understanding of the Hindu faith, culture, and traditions.

https://www.hinduismtoday.com/

Back issues of Voice of Shankara Journal

Journal: An English-cum-Sanskrit half-yearly journal, ‘Sankara Bharati’ (The Voice of Sankara) is being published by our Centre since May 1976 originally under the distinguished editorship of Dr. T.M.P. Mahadevan and at present under the editorship of Prof. R. Balasubramanian, former Chairman, Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi. The great teacher of Vedanta, the late Shri V.R. Kalyanasundara Sastrigal was the Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Journal for a number of years. The journal periodically features research articles on Advaita Vedanta written by eminent scholars. Adi Sankara’s works are transliterated and translated into English with notes and commentaries wherever necessary.

http://advaitacentre.org/archives/

Samskrita Bharati

A non-profit organization, is primarily dedicated to the mission of popularizing Sanskrit as a spoken language. Moving beyond veneration of Sanskrit as a classical or exotic language, Samskrita Bharati seeks to make this a contemporary language whose everyday usage becomes customary and widespread. This goal is being gradually realized with steady progress in the escalating numbers of Sanskrit speakers globally, increase in Sanskrit speaking families worldwide, and even a rise in Sanskrit spoken villages in India. Such preliminary success has served as a powerful catalyst to effect further change, and initiate a potent cultural renaissance movement. As a language, Sanskrit is the cultural backbone of India. It holds the key to India's timeless, rich, cultural heritage. Knowledge of Sanskrit opens new vistas in areas such as Indian philosophy, yoga, ayurveda, mathematics, etc. By restoring Sanskrit to its rightful place in the cultural legacy of India, it is believed that the fate of India's cultural heritage will also be secured. Besides being a treasure trove of knowledge, Sanskrit has the power to unify India. The language of Sanskrit holds no boundaries. The appeal is widespread across people from all walks of life, different generations, religious backgrounds, and regional affiliations. Samskrita Bharati is a 501-(c)-(3) non-profit organization.

https://www.samskritabharatiusa.org/index.php

Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana or VYASA

A registered charitable institution (1986) working for making Yoga as a socially relevant Science. Based on the teachings of Swami Vivekananda the four streams of Yoga with unity in their diversity, the key essence of Indian culture, applications of Yoga to bring health, harmony, peace the world over are now spread across the globe in nearly 30 countries. The mission of VYASA is to combine the best of the East (Yoga and Spiritual lore) with that of the West (modern scientific research).

http://www.svyasa.edu.in/