Aum Bramarpanam brahma havih
Brahmagnau brahmanaahutam
Brahmaivatena gantavyam
Brahmakarma Samdhinaa
Aum Shanti Shanti Shantih
- Bhagavat Gita Chapter 4, slk 24
All of creation is a single, circular entity. This circular connection can be witnessed in nature when exploring water. Ocean water vaporizes into steam; this steam takes the form of clouds which condense and become rain; the rain becomes ice on mountain peaks which melt and become water; this water flows down a river and joins the ocean. This cycle continues. As water moves through this cycle, in its true sense the water is not different but takes various forms and gives us crops in the fields and turns into the Ganga river and other such sacred places. The changing forms of water bring to life flowing reality. Life is a combination of several such cycles and all of these cycles are part of one big cycle which we call “Brahman.” Brahman defined literally means ‘that which encompasses everything.’ Brahma- Karma is activity as a whole. The work is Brahman, the perceiver is Brahman, and the act of perception is also Brahman.
It is easy to logically understand the idea that everything is Brahman; however, there is a great gap between the knowledge of Brahman and the experience of Brahman. In the Bhagavad-Gita, Krishna’s emphasis is not on the logical understanding, but more importantly, on the experience of becoming. The one facet that separates our understanding from experience is a thin wall within called ‘I.’ we hold on to this ‘I,’ thus we remain separated from the experience. Everything we are becomes our ego, and everything we do can also become our ego. If we do things for the purpose of strengthening this ego, then our actions will not be useful. Even the concept of ‘I see Brahman in everything’ can be attained to strengthen our ego. The idea that we say this is Brahman and that is Brahman and performing japa in this way will not make us realize that everything is Brahman. Realizing that all is Brahman does not progress in this way. It is not by sitting in front of a tree and repeating ‘This tree is Brahman’ that you will truly see the tree as Brahman because the ‘I am’ in the thought that ‘I am perceiving this tree to be Brahman’, is always the achievement. As long as I am looking at something as an achievement, something is lost and something is gained. There is not much difference between gaining and loosing; they are both part of the same duality. Without our knowledge, this duality further manifests in the form of Brahman and Abrahman, or God and the creation, or divine and devil. They are not two different things. In fact, even if we say that deep inside when we truly reflect, we find the Brahman in this world, and then we are acknowledging that there is a tree and somewhere hidden deep inside there is Brahman which is invisible to others, but I can see it. This is not the experience; the experience is that there is no such thing as the tree and Brahman. However, this concept of Brahman does not apply only to objects. Many people perceive Brahman to be person-like; thus, Krishna begins this sutra with the process of seeing, stating that even the process of seeing is also nothing but Brahman and this is Brahma Karma.
- to be continued...
Love,
Raghuram
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Monday, May 28, 2007
Amritanshuram's wedding
My dear Friends
This is to cordially invite you for the wedding of my son Amritanshuram
love,
Raghuram
This is to cordially invite you for the wedding of my son Amritanshuram
love,
Raghuram
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
“Sanatan Dharma” Yoga Retreat - 2007
Yoga Bharati is pleased to announce a three days ‘Yoga Retreat’ with Discourse Series by Shri Raghuramji on the topic ‘Sanatan Dharma’.
For many years Shri Raghuramji has been visiting USA to bless us with his knowledge and insight of ‘Science of Yoga’. This great ancient science has its roots in ‘Sanatan Dharma’ and this aspect has been quite evident through many of his lectures.
Unlike many other spiritual teachings which are more mystic in nature, Shri Raghuramji’s discourse is always applicable in day to day life and we find useful solutions to normal human problems. He answers all kinds of questions most satisfactorily and convincingly. This discourse series will provide deeper understanding of various dimensions of ‘Sanatan Dharma’ with guidance as to how ‘Science of Yoga’ can take us to the path of Dharma in our daily life.
For the long weekend of ‘Labor Day’ there will be approximately 18 hours of discourse series that will include discussions, Q/A sessions. In addition there will be daily sessions of Yoga and Meditation. In order to better facilitate the discussion and Q/A sessions you are requested to submit:
Two Discussion Topics (select top two topics of your interest)
Questions – submit questions (on the attached form) for Q/A session
Time permitting your topics/questions will be included in the respective session.
When: August 31, 2007 to September 3, 2007 (3 days)
Where: YMCA Camp Loma Mar
9900, Pescadero Rd
Loma Mar, CA 94021
Phone (650)-879-0223
The attendees are expected to stay at the camp for the retreat. The camp facility has arrangements for lodging and boarding; registration package will include all the details. The site is approximately 40 miles from San Jose and San Francisco airports. Transportation details will be listed in the registration package.
Retreat fee: Approx $ 200 per attendee (approximate current estimate). Fee for children will be determined later
Registration: Register online www.yogabharati.org/yogaretreat and payment can be made thro’ paypal info@yogabharati.org and indicate “Sanatan Dharma yoga retreat” in the memo section.
Initial Deposit $100. Please mail the form in attached document and deposit check by June 15. Write check payable to Yoga Bharati. Camp fee is approximately $200 per person, full details available with registration package. Mail the form along with the check to either of the following address:
Anil Surpur
7630 Kirwin Lane
Cupertino, CA 95014
-or-
Sharad Dandekar
5777 Indian Pointe Dr
Simi Valley, CA 93063
Contact Details:
SFO Bay area
Sharat Joshi (408)-823-6986
Vijay Rayankar(408)-206-6194
Venkat Reddy (510)-386-3315
Anil Surpur (408)-646 3067
Los Angeles (LA) area
Rajendra Kelkar (818) 368 – 5336
Radhika Ambatipudi (661) 257 – 4781
Sai Pallaparty (805) 375 – 7238
Kanaka Ayyar (805) 877 – 9561
Ashok Sapre (562) 690 – 6355
Kartik Chandrasekaran (818) 366 – 5641
Sharad Dandekar (805) 584 – 1658
For many years Shri Raghuramji has been visiting USA to bless us with his knowledge and insight of ‘Science of Yoga’. This great ancient science has its roots in ‘Sanatan Dharma’ and this aspect has been quite evident through many of his lectures.
Unlike many other spiritual teachings which are more mystic in nature, Shri Raghuramji’s discourse is always applicable in day to day life and we find useful solutions to normal human problems. He answers all kinds of questions most satisfactorily and convincingly. This discourse series will provide deeper understanding of various dimensions of ‘Sanatan Dharma’ with guidance as to how ‘Science of Yoga’ can take us to the path of Dharma in our daily life.
For the long weekend of ‘Labor Day’ there will be approximately 18 hours of discourse series that will include discussions, Q/A sessions. In addition there will be daily sessions of Yoga and Meditation. In order to better facilitate the discussion and Q/A sessions you are requested to submit:
Two Discussion Topics (select top two topics of your interest)
Questions – submit questions (on the attached form) for Q/A session
Time permitting your topics/questions will be included in the respective session.
When: August 31, 2007 to September 3, 2007 (3 days)
Where: YMCA Camp Loma Mar
9900, Pescadero Rd
Loma Mar, CA 94021
Phone (650)-879-0223
The attendees are expected to stay at the camp for the retreat. The camp facility has arrangements for lodging and boarding; registration package will include all the details. The site is approximately 40 miles from San Jose and San Francisco airports. Transportation details will be listed in the registration package.
Retreat fee: Approx $ 200 per attendee (approximate current estimate). Fee for children will be determined later
Registration: Register online www.yogabharati.org/yogaretreat and payment can be made thro’ paypal info@yogabharati.org and indicate “Sanatan Dharma yoga retreat” in the memo section.
Initial Deposit $100. Please mail the form in attached document and deposit check by June 15. Write check payable to Yoga Bharati. Camp fee is approximately $200 per person, full details available with registration package. Mail the form along with the check to either of the following address:
Anil Surpur
7630 Kirwin Lane
Cupertino, CA 95014
-or-
Sharad Dandekar
5777 Indian Pointe Dr
Simi Valley, CA 93063
Contact Details:
SFO Bay area
Sharat Joshi (408)-823-6986
Vijay Rayankar(408)-206-6194
Venkat Reddy (510)-386-3315
Anil Surpur (408)-646 3067
Los Angeles (LA) area
Rajendra Kelkar (818) 368 – 5336
Radhika Ambatipudi (661) 257 – 4781
Sai Pallaparty (805) 375 – 7238
Kanaka Ayyar (805) 877 – 9561
Ashok Sapre (562) 690 – 6355
Kartik Chandrasekaran (818) 366 – 5641
Sharad Dandekar (805) 584 – 1658
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Panca Kosa 9 - Basics of Yoga Therapy
INTELLECTUAL PERSONALITY AND ITS WELBEING
Yoga is not something that you practice for an hour and then forget about. It is a way of life. The most important principle in yoga is that our nature is Anandamaya Kosa, or bliss. It means that we should consciously maintain a cheerful disposition. This is an important step in Patanjali’s astanga yoga as one of the niyamas. It means that we should not be bothered by successes or failures, praise or blame. Intellectually, we need to convince our mind that there is nothing more important than being cheerful. Everything else is secondary. The yogic philosophy says freedom is not just our birth right but is our nature. Nothing in this world can permanently take away our nature if we do not become ignorant. It is our ignorance which takes us away from our nature and we become vulnerable to even the smallest external stimuli.
Another area which can easily affect is the emotions.
Emotions are another area that affects our inner harmony. Generally, there are two categories of emotions we experience. One is soft emotions and the other is violent emotions. Anger, hatred, jealousy, greed, etc fall under the category of violent emotions and love compassion, wonder, appreciation, and forgiveness are soft emotions. We can see that soft emotions can make us blissful, satisfied, and peaceful. In addition they can also strengthen our immune system. On the other hand, violent emotions disturb our peace and harmony, create health problems such as high blood pressure, and disturb our sleep patterns, affect digestion, and several other such effects take place which lead to unpleasantness. Though we all have the experience of these emotions we are ignorant of some facts in connection with these emotions which are listed below.
I. Soft emotions are spontaneous and every child is born with these soft emotions.
II. On the other hand, violent emotions, such as anger, appear to be spontaneous but they are not natural they are triggered and prompted by the ego.
III. Soft emotions can strengthen our immune system and violent emotions can trigger immune imbalances.
IV. Sot emotions bring people together and the other break the relationships of people.
V. Love, compassion, and etc are the qualities of our mind and they actually do not depend on the outside world. But if we do not notice, they appear to be dependent on the world outside. This ignorance misleads us and we become attached to the external object or person. This attachment brings about misery and then one starts seeing the soft emotion as bad but he does not recognize that the attachment itself is bad.
VI. In soft emotions there are no expectations where as violent emotions are born out of expectations.
VII. Recognize and be in the state of soft emotions which is our health and is very therapeutical. Leave violent emotions consciously.
SPIRITUAL WELBEING OR BLISS PERSONALITY
The human being has a capacity and innate quality to rise from the level of complaint to tolerance to acceptance to appreciation to development of respect. The degree of unhappiness and discomfort depends upon the amount of complaints we have. As we rise above the unhappiness, our degree of discomfort reduces accordingly. This fact leads to spiritual wellbeing.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
1. When we are doing practices, one has to observe slowness and leisureliness and even if there is some kind of muscle pain initially, slowly one should be able to over come that and enjoy the practices.
2. Uninterrupted discipline of practices is necessary to see results.
3. While doing the practices we have to have inner awareness so that we have the opportunity to listen to our body signals. We need to respect these signals without over exerting ourselves while doing these practices.
4. The same rule namely the inner signals are respected and we should not perform Pranayama and meditation practices in excess.
5. Health is our nature, but anxiety about health takes us away from our nature.
Love,
Raghuram.
Yoga is not something that you practice for an hour and then forget about. It is a way of life. The most important principle in yoga is that our nature is Anandamaya Kosa, or bliss. It means that we should consciously maintain a cheerful disposition. This is an important step in Patanjali’s astanga yoga as one of the niyamas. It means that we should not be bothered by successes or failures, praise or blame. Intellectually, we need to convince our mind that there is nothing more important than being cheerful. Everything else is secondary. The yogic philosophy says freedom is not just our birth right but is our nature. Nothing in this world can permanently take away our nature if we do not become ignorant. It is our ignorance which takes us away from our nature and we become vulnerable to even the smallest external stimuli.
Another area which can easily affect is the emotions.
Emotions are another area that affects our inner harmony. Generally, there are two categories of emotions we experience. One is soft emotions and the other is violent emotions. Anger, hatred, jealousy, greed, etc fall under the category of violent emotions and love compassion, wonder, appreciation, and forgiveness are soft emotions. We can see that soft emotions can make us blissful, satisfied, and peaceful. In addition they can also strengthen our immune system. On the other hand, violent emotions disturb our peace and harmony, create health problems such as high blood pressure, and disturb our sleep patterns, affect digestion, and several other such effects take place which lead to unpleasantness. Though we all have the experience of these emotions we are ignorant of some facts in connection with these emotions which are listed below.
I. Soft emotions are spontaneous and every child is born with these soft emotions.
II. On the other hand, violent emotions, such as anger, appear to be spontaneous but they are not natural they are triggered and prompted by the ego.
III. Soft emotions can strengthen our immune system and violent emotions can trigger immune imbalances.
IV. Sot emotions bring people together and the other break the relationships of people.
V. Love, compassion, and etc are the qualities of our mind and they actually do not depend on the outside world. But if we do not notice, they appear to be dependent on the world outside. This ignorance misleads us and we become attached to the external object or person. This attachment brings about misery and then one starts seeing the soft emotion as bad but he does not recognize that the attachment itself is bad.
VI. In soft emotions there are no expectations where as violent emotions are born out of expectations.
VII. Recognize and be in the state of soft emotions which is our health and is very therapeutical. Leave violent emotions consciously.
SPIRITUAL WELBEING OR BLISS PERSONALITY
The human being has a capacity and innate quality to rise from the level of complaint to tolerance to acceptance to appreciation to development of respect. The degree of unhappiness and discomfort depends upon the amount of complaints we have. As we rise above the unhappiness, our degree of discomfort reduces accordingly. This fact leads to spiritual wellbeing.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
1. When we are doing practices, one has to observe slowness and leisureliness and even if there is some kind of muscle pain initially, slowly one should be able to over come that and enjoy the practices.
2. Uninterrupted discipline of practices is necessary to see results.
3. While doing the practices we have to have inner awareness so that we have the opportunity to listen to our body signals. We need to respect these signals without over exerting ourselves while doing these practices.
4. The same rule namely the inner signals are respected and we should not perform Pranayama and meditation practices in excess.
5. Health is our nature, but anxiety about health takes us away from our nature.
Love,
Raghuram.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Pancha kosha 8 - Basics of Yoga Therapy
PRANAMAYA AND MANOMAYA KOSA WELLBEING
This will be followed by practice of Pranayama and meditation.
Pranayama practices can be simple practices such as nadi shuddhi, vibhaga Pranayama or sectional breathing, ujjayi, bhramari and other nada anusandhana techniques. Depending upon one’s physical condition, one can practice the rigorous practices such as kapalabhati or bhastrika Pranayama. The idea is not to get caught up at the body or Prana levels but to soften Prana and to come out of it and move further towards an inner journey for meditation. This is the way Patanjali designed his practices of Astanga yoga where in he gives the steps of yama niyamas followed by asanas and as next step. He gives pranayama which will be followed by pratyahara which is necessary preperation for dharana dhyana samadhi, roughly translated as meditation. All these things can be practiced in sequence from gross to subtle. In the case of patients who have serious health problems, such as cancer, need to practice those things which are more of a meditative and imagery type where they can influence recovery by developing harmony from inside out. Subtle practices like Pranic techniques, mind imagery techniques, and breath observing techniques can help. Similarly, the practices should be suitable to the person who is practicing and they should not be taxing. It is not that the disease governs the practice but the condition of the individual who is practicing is what takes priority and determines the techniques that should be used and more important is the techniques to be avoided.
-to be continued...
This will be followed by practice of Pranayama and meditation.
Pranayama practices can be simple practices such as nadi shuddhi, vibhaga Pranayama or sectional breathing, ujjayi, bhramari and other nada anusandhana techniques. Depending upon one’s physical condition, one can practice the rigorous practices such as kapalabhati or bhastrika Pranayama. The idea is not to get caught up at the body or Prana levels but to soften Prana and to come out of it and move further towards an inner journey for meditation. This is the way Patanjali designed his practices of Astanga yoga where in he gives the steps of yama niyamas followed by asanas and as next step. He gives pranayama which will be followed by pratyahara which is necessary preperation for dharana dhyana samadhi, roughly translated as meditation. All these things can be practiced in sequence from gross to subtle. In the case of patients who have serious health problems, such as cancer, need to practice those things which are more of a meditative and imagery type where they can influence recovery by developing harmony from inside out. Subtle practices like Pranic techniques, mind imagery techniques, and breath observing techniques can help. Similarly, the practices should be suitable to the person who is practicing and they should not be taxing. It is not that the disease governs the practice but the condition of the individual who is practicing is what takes priority and determines the techniques that should be used and more important is the techniques to be avoided.
-to be continued...
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Pancha kosha 7 - Basics of Yoga Therapy
PRACTICE OF YOGA
GROSS PERSONALITY OR ANNAMAYA KOSA
The most practical and useful, yet flexible and accommodating, program has been given by sage Patanjali. This program goes from gross to subtle and from outer to inner. Patanjali suggested some disciplines at the interactive and the individual levels called yama and niyama, so that the outer gross world does not affect our inner peace. According to one’s own tendencies and the environment one lives one can figure out what disciplines one has to incorporate into one’s lifestyle. Some of these things include: consciously being cheerful and not hurting others through words or even in thoughts.
Further, we need to perform physical exercises to maintain our physical being. When we are born, we are born with body parts which are designed to do a certain amount of activity in order to remain healthy. In that sense our body is not a mere physical structure but it is a part of the ‘mind – body – consciousness’ continuum. The exercise has to be done in such a way that we enjoy it and perform it smoothly. Exercises alone are not sufficient for efficient way of being. We also need to effectively and adequately relax We should do practices which will take us to a deeper level of relaxation than sleep, or any other unconscious methods of relaxation, can give us. This is where yoga plays a great role since yoga is the only known technique which can give us such deep relaxation which normally known sleep or external – agents – based – relaxation techiniques.
Some of the exercises recommended are:
1. Walking for 30 min – 1 hour, daily.
2. Walking up and down the staircase for at least twenty steps.
3. Sitting on the floor using our joints.
4. Hands stretch and hands in and out breathing exercises.
5. Some exercises for strengthening the back or spinal cord.
6. A set of three Suryanamaskaras or Sun salutations
All these things can be performed for half hour
The regiment of yoga positions such as asanas generally recommended is:
a. Standing poses such as ardha kati chakrasana, pada hastasana, ardha chakrasana, trikonasana and parivrutta trikonasana etc
b. Sitting poses such as paschimatanasana, ustrasana ardha matsendrasana, etc
c. Supine postures such as viparita karni, sarvangasana, halasana etc
d. Prone poses such as bhujangasana shalabhasana, dhanurasana.
e. All the asanas have to be followed at the end or when ever one feels necessary a long Shavasana, DRT or the corpse pose.
-to be continued...
GROSS PERSONALITY OR ANNAMAYA KOSA
The most practical and useful, yet flexible and accommodating, program has been given by sage Patanjali. This program goes from gross to subtle and from outer to inner. Patanjali suggested some disciplines at the interactive and the individual levels called yama and niyama, so that the outer gross world does not affect our inner peace. According to one’s own tendencies and the environment one lives one can figure out what disciplines one has to incorporate into one’s lifestyle. Some of these things include: consciously being cheerful and not hurting others through words or even in thoughts.
Further, we need to perform physical exercises to maintain our physical being. When we are born, we are born with body parts which are designed to do a certain amount of activity in order to remain healthy. In that sense our body is not a mere physical structure but it is a part of the ‘mind – body – consciousness’ continuum. The exercise has to be done in such a way that we enjoy it and perform it smoothly. Exercises alone are not sufficient for efficient way of being. We also need to effectively and adequately relax We should do practices which will take us to a deeper level of relaxation than sleep, or any other unconscious methods of relaxation, can give us. This is where yoga plays a great role since yoga is the only known technique which can give us such deep relaxation which normally known sleep or external – agents – based – relaxation techiniques.
Some of the exercises recommended are:
1. Walking for 30 min – 1 hour, daily.
2. Walking up and down the staircase for at least twenty steps.
3. Sitting on the floor using our joints.
4. Hands stretch and hands in and out breathing exercises.
5. Some exercises for strengthening the back or spinal cord.
6. A set of three Suryanamaskaras or Sun salutations
All these things can be performed for half hour
The regiment of yoga positions such as asanas generally recommended is:
a. Standing poses such as ardha kati chakrasana, pada hastasana, ardha chakrasana, trikonasana and parivrutta trikonasana etc
b. Sitting poses such as paschimatanasana, ustrasana ardha matsendrasana, etc
c. Supine postures such as viparita karni, sarvangasana, halasana etc
d. Prone poses such as bhujangasana shalabhasana, dhanurasana.
e. All the asanas have to be followed at the end or when ever one feels necessary a long Shavasana, DRT or the corpse pose.
-to be continued...
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
An extraordinary newspaper clip
From www.hindu.com
MADHUBANI, INDIA, March 29, 2007: Rishiprada, a five-year old girl from Raima village in Madhubani District, Bihar, has memorized the entire Bhagavad Gita; she also knows many other Sanskrit verses that she recites with full clarity of the language. Dr. Awadhesh Prasad Chaudhary, Rishiparada's great grandfather said she has been fond of learning verses which in turn prompted him to teach her all the 700 verses of Bhagavad Gita and amazingly, she did not disappoint him. Her father, Shatrumardan Chaudhary, has suggested that in view of her unique talent, the Government should come forward to help for her education.
MADHUBANI, INDIA, March 29, 2007: Rishiprada, a five-year old girl from Raima village in Madhubani District, Bihar, has memorized the entire Bhagavad Gita; she also knows many other Sanskrit verses that she recites with full clarity of the language. Dr. Awadhesh Prasad Chaudhary, Rishiparada's great grandfather said she has been fond of learning verses which in turn prompted him to teach her all the 700 verses of Bhagavad Gita and amazingly, she did not disappoint him. Her father, Shatrumardan Chaudhary, has suggested that in view of her unique talent, the Government should come forward to help for her education.
Monday, May 07, 2007
Yoga Bharati Retreat - Discourse Series on "Sanatan Dharma" / Aug 31-Sept 3, 2007
Yoga Bharati is pleased to announce a three days ‘Yoga Retreat’ with Discourse Series by Shri Raghuramji on the topic ‘Sanatan Dharma’.
For many years Shri Raghuramji has been visiting USA to bless us with his knowledge and insight of ‘Science of Yoga’. This great ancient science has its roots in ‘Sanatan Dharma’ and this aspect has been quite evident through many of his lectures. The discourse series will provide deeper understanding of various dimensions of ‘Sanatan Dharma’ with guidance as to how ‘Science of Yoga’ can take us to the path of Dharma in our daily life
The ‘Retreat’ will be held from Aug 31 through September 3, 2007 in Northern California near San Jose (see attached information; details will follow soon).
For the long weekend of ‘Labor Day’ there will be approximately 18 hours of discourse series that will include discussions, Q/A sessions. In addition there will be daily sessions of Yoga and Meditation. This discourse series will explore in depth various aspects of ‘Sanatan Dharma’. In order to better facilitate the discussion and Q/A sessions you are requested to submit:
Two Discussion Topics (select top two topics of your interest)
Questions – submit questions (on the attached form) for Q/A session
Time permitting you topics/questions will be included in the respective session.
Attachments:
Outline of the following:
1. Retreat details – Program Outline, Dates, Time for arrival and departure
2. Registration details – Fees/Donations, ‘Intend to Attend’ form
3. Facility details – Accommodation, Commuting, Food
Details will follow soon; please send ‘Intend to Attend’ form so we can hold your place.
Retreat Details:
Program Outline:
Friday evening: Arrive at the facility
Friday night (Aug 31):
7:30 to 8:30 pm Registration
8:30 to 10:00 pm Inaugural session
Saturday and Sunday: Two full days with following routine-
6:00 am - Wake up
6:30 to 7:30 am - Yoga Sessions
7:30 to 9am - Morning chores, breakfast
9 am to 12:15 - Two sessions, 1-1/2 hour each with 15 mins break
12:15 to 2 pm - Lunch and rest
2 to 5:15 pm - Two sessions, 1-1/2 hour each with 15 mins break
5:15 to 6 pm - Personal time
6 to 8:00 pm - Round Table Discussion with Dinner
8 to 9:30 pm - Evening Session
9:30 to 10 pm - Meditation session
10 pm - Good night
Monday (Sept 3):
6:30 to 8 am - Morning chores and Breakfast
8 to 11:15 am - Two sessions, 1-1/2 hour each with 15 mins break
11: 15 to noon - Concluding session
Noon - Lunch and depart
Arrival and Departure:
Arrive on Aug 31 by 7 pm
Depart on Sept 3 by 2 pm
Registration Details:
Registration Package will be available by July. Please send us the ‘Intend to Attend’ form below so we can email you the package.
Facility Details:
YMCA Camp
9900, Pescadero Rd
Loma Mar, CA 94021
The attendees are expected to stay at the camp for the retreat. The camp facility has arrangements for lodging and boarding; registration package will include all the details.
The site is approximately 50 miles from San Jose airport. Transportation details will be listed in the registration package.
Note:
The topic of the discourse series is vast and deep. To facilitate the series better and enable all the attendees to attend without any interruptions attention it is required that you do not bring children under the age of 16 to the camp site.
Camp fee for the retreat (approximate current estimate):
$ 200 per attendee
Phone
(650)-879-0223
Fax
(650)-879-2101
Bay Area Contact Persons for Retreat:
Sharat Joshi (408)-823-6986 (Cell)
Savita Joshi (408)-988-8871 (Home)
Anil Surpur (408)-646-3067 (Cell)
Venkat Reddy (510)-386-3315 (Cell)
Vijay Rayankar (408)-206-6194 (Cell)
LA Area Contact Persons for the Retreat:
Rajendra Kelkar (818) 368 – 5336
Radhika Ambatipudi (661) 257 – 4781
Sai Pallaparty (805) 375 – 7238
Kanaka Ayyar (805) 877 – 9561
Ashok Sapre (562) 690 – 6355
Kartik Chandrasekaran (818) 366 – 5641
Sharad Dandekar (805) 584 - 1658
Form - ‘Intend to Attend’
Name:
Contact:
Email :
Phone :
Address :
# of Participants :
Volunteer:
Initial Deposit $100 – Please mail this form and deposit check by June 15
Write check payable to Yoga Bharati
(Camp fee is approximately $200 per person; full details available with registration package) Mail form along with the check to either of the following address:
Anil Surpur
7630 Kirwin Lane
Cupertino, CA 95014
OR
Sharad Dandekar
5777 Indian Pointe Dr
Simi Valley, CA 93063
Topics for discussion (at dinner time each day) –
1.
2.
Questions:
For many years Shri Raghuramji has been visiting USA to bless us with his knowledge and insight of ‘Science of Yoga’. This great ancient science has its roots in ‘Sanatan Dharma’ and this aspect has been quite evident through many of his lectures. The discourse series will provide deeper understanding of various dimensions of ‘Sanatan Dharma’ with guidance as to how ‘Science of Yoga’ can take us to the path of Dharma in our daily life
The ‘Retreat’ will be held from Aug 31 through September 3, 2007 in Northern California near San Jose (see attached information; details will follow soon).
For the long weekend of ‘Labor Day’ there will be approximately 18 hours of discourse series that will include discussions, Q/A sessions. In addition there will be daily sessions of Yoga and Meditation. This discourse series will explore in depth various aspects of ‘Sanatan Dharma’. In order to better facilitate the discussion and Q/A sessions you are requested to submit:
Two Discussion Topics (select top two topics of your interest)
Questions – submit questions (on the attached form) for Q/A session
Time permitting you topics/questions will be included in the respective session.
Attachments:
Outline of the following:
1. Retreat details – Program Outline, Dates, Time for arrival and departure
2. Registration details – Fees/Donations, ‘Intend to Attend’ form
3. Facility details – Accommodation, Commuting, Food
Details will follow soon; please send ‘Intend to Attend’ form so we can hold your place.
Retreat Details:
Program Outline:
Friday evening: Arrive at the facility
Friday night (Aug 31):
7:30 to 8:30 pm Registration
8:30 to 10:00 pm Inaugural session
Saturday and Sunday: Two full days with following routine-
6:00 am - Wake up
6:30 to 7:30 am - Yoga Sessions
7:30 to 9am - Morning chores, breakfast
9 am to 12:15 - Two sessions, 1-1/2 hour each with 15 mins break
12:15 to 2 pm - Lunch and rest
2 to 5:15 pm - Two sessions, 1-1/2 hour each with 15 mins break
5:15 to 6 pm - Personal time
6 to 8:00 pm - Round Table Discussion with Dinner
8 to 9:30 pm - Evening Session
9:30 to 10 pm - Meditation session
10 pm - Good night
Monday (Sept 3):
6:30 to 8 am - Morning chores and Breakfast
8 to 11:15 am - Two sessions, 1-1/2 hour each with 15 mins break
11: 15 to noon - Concluding session
Noon - Lunch and depart
Arrival and Departure:
Arrive on Aug 31 by 7 pm
Depart on Sept 3 by 2 pm
Registration Details:
Registration Package will be available by July. Please send us the ‘Intend to Attend’ form below so we can email you the package.
Facility Details:
YMCA Camp
9900, Pescadero Rd
Loma Mar, CA 94021
The attendees are expected to stay at the camp for the retreat. The camp facility has arrangements for lodging and boarding; registration package will include all the details.
The site is approximately 50 miles from San Jose airport. Transportation details will be listed in the registration package.
Note:
The topic of the discourse series is vast and deep. To facilitate the series better and enable all the attendees to attend without any interruptions attention it is required that you do not bring children under the age of 16 to the camp site.
Camp fee for the retreat (approximate current estimate):
$ 200 per attendee
Phone
(650)-879-0223
Fax
(650)-879-2101
Bay Area Contact Persons for Retreat:
Sharat Joshi (408)-823-6986 (Cell)
Savita Joshi (408)-988-8871 (Home)
Anil Surpur (408)-646-3067 (Cell)
Venkat Reddy (510)-386-3315 (Cell)
Vijay Rayankar (408)-206-6194 (Cell)
LA Area Contact Persons for the Retreat:
Rajendra Kelkar (818) 368 – 5336
Radhika Ambatipudi (661) 257 – 4781
Sai Pallaparty (805) 375 – 7238
Kanaka Ayyar (805) 877 – 9561
Ashok Sapre (562) 690 – 6355
Kartik Chandrasekaran (818) 366 – 5641
Sharad Dandekar (805) 584 - 1658
Form - ‘Intend to Attend’
Name:
Contact:
Email :
Phone :
Address :
# of Participants :
Volunteer:
Initial Deposit $100 – Please mail this form and deposit check by June 15
Write check payable to Yoga Bharati
(Camp fee is approximately $200 per person; full details available with registration package) Mail form along with the check to either of the following address:
Anil Surpur
7630 Kirwin Lane
Cupertino, CA 95014
OR
Sharad Dandekar
5777 Indian Pointe Dr
Simi Valley, CA 93063
Topics for discussion (at dinner time each day) –
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Questions:
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