A Tale of Two Seekers: Lessons from the Chandogya Upanishads
EVENING LECTURE
with Swamini Svatmavidyananda Saraswati

Wednesday, July 10, 2024
6:30 PM - 8 PM (PT)
In-person at Center for Spiritual Enlightenment and globally online.

Offered on donation basis. Pre-registration required.
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This talk will unfold the symbolism in the story of Indra and Virochana seeking Self knowledge from Lord Prajapati, and highlight the salience of cultivating a sattvic mindset and emotional maturity for the gain of Self knowledge.

OVERNIGHT OPTION
Give yourself a truly immersive personal retreat experience and apply to stay overnight at CSE the day before and/or after this program. Limited space available. (APPLY HERE)

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. Dr. Saraswati is the Acharya of Arsha Vijnana Gurukulam, which was founded in 2004 and has centers in Atlanta, GA; Eugene, OR, Washington DC, Detroit, MI; Milwaukee, WI; and Fort Meyers, FL

As a founding member of the “Global Women’s Peace Initiative,” she has traveled globally, addressing the ever-increasing challenges that face humanity in a global ethos. An erudite scholar, Swamini-ji addresses contemporary challenges facing the world, from global warming to religious/social unrest, in her unfolding of the Upanishads, the foundational spiritual texts of the Hindu tradition. https://arshavg.org/index.html