SELF ILLUMINATION – A 10-day Immersion course
Meditation, Yoga Practice and Vedanta Philosophy with Swamiji
A beautiful opportunity to re-set yourself with Yoga Asana, meditation and immerse into a life-changing Vedanta philosophy with our respected teacher Swami Abhishek Chaitanya Giri.
Take this time to practice, chant, eating pure/ sattvik food and self-reflection.
Our daily routine for 10 Days from 21st Feb to 2nd March 2018
In these 10 days, every day we will start our day at 6.30 am with meditation, chanting and Asana with Kelly Johnson. After breakfast and getting ready at 10:00 am we will have sufficient time to sit to reflect and contemplate on the previous day’s teachings.
We will have 3 lectures per day with Swamiji. Every lecture with Swamiji will be of 60 minutes.
The first lecture at 11:30 am on Sadhana Panchakam followed by lunch. In the afternoon there will be time to rest a little and to spend time contemplating and reviewing the teachings to put into application, practice chanting and making your own notes as guided by Swamiji. The second lecture at 5:00 pm on Sadhana Panchakam.
After dinner, we will end our day with the third and llast lecture in the evening at 7.30 pm on Bhaja Govindam, a beautiful text to bring clarity and focus in life.
9 lectures of Bhaja Govindam
16 lectures of Sadhana Panchakam
Daily Meditation and Yoga sessions
A brief overview of studying the text Sadhana Panchakam and Bhaja Govindam
Bhaja Govindam composed by Adi Shankaracharya contains practical teachings to examine our purpose of life, thoughts, desires and to overcome our weaknesses and fallacies. It encourages us to question our existence, look at our obstacles, problems and the cause of suffering. It gives us a definite guideline to refrain and withdraw from that which obstructs our way.
Sadhana Panchakam is composed by Adi Sankaracharya who wrote commentaries, texts and hymns expounding on the teachings of Vedanta. In Sadhana – means/practice, Panchakam – set of 5 verses, he provides 40 steps as a means/practice to achieve the end goal Moksha. revealing the entire teaching of Vedanta. Each verse having 4 lines and 2 steps in each line making it altogether 40 steps. Vedas teach us how to conduct ourselves in daily life and make right choices. When we are ignorant about the goal of life, we make wrong choices. This study will provide us with the goal of life and means of achieving it.
- Learn the meaning and implication of the verses
- Sanskrit chanting in the traditional tune
- A brief history of its author, Bhagwan Shankaracharya
- The importance of Vedantic system and its difference from all the theosophical and atheist systems.
- The spiritual disciplines based on Vedic teachings and its implication in daily life.
- Understanding how this succinct text unfolds the highest spiritual truth in a very lucid manner.
– Note: On Saturday and Sunday 2 lectures per day will be held and the students will be given free time after lunch for their walk, hobbies, outings. The students must return to the Ashram before 8.30 pm and must commit to a healthy, vegan, intoxicant free lifestyle on the weekends too. Free time must also be used for self-reflection. ‘Mauna’ or silence will be encouraged during the program.
– Arrival on 20th Feb. Check out on 3rd March 2019
– Students who wish to stay extra days before or after the course: USD 50/per day
– Includes: course and study material, accommodation in twin sharing, all meals, 100-hour continuing education certificate.
Dates: 21st February to 2nd March 2019
Fees: USD 390 – twin sharing room
USD 490 – Single room
– Includes: course and study material, accommodation in twin sharing, all meals, 100-hour continuing education certificate.
