TEACHERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
Sri Dhira Chaitanya
Sri Dhira Chaitanya has been a student of Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati since his childhood and attended the Vedanta courses conducted by Pujya Swamiji in Mumbai, (76-78) and Saylorsburg (87-88). He is the co-author of the 10-year Vedic Heritage Teaching Program for children which is currently being used in schools in India and in communities all over the world, and is translated into Tamil, Hindi and Gujarati. Having a professional background as a Child Psychiatrist-Physician, he is uniquely able to explore the intersections and points of departure of Psychology and Vedanta and is able to understand and respond to cross cultural issues of adults and children alike. He teaches Vedanta and Sanskrit in the Tri-state area. He can be contacted at dhirachaitanya@hotmail.com
Sri Swami Tadatmananda
Arsha Bodha - Center for Spiritual Teachings of Ancient India
Sri Swamini Mayatitananda
Please visit Swamini's website at Wise Earth Monastery
Radha (Carol Whitfield, Ph.D.)
During the 1970s, Radha studied Advaita Vedanta and Sanskrit with Swami Dayananda Saraswati. Since her return from India, she has taught Vedanta extensively on both coasts and was one of the founders and the administrative manager of Sandeepany West, Institute for the Study of Vedanta and Sanskrit, located in Piercy, California, and later, of Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Institute for the Study of Advaita Vedanta and Sanskrit, in Pennsylvania. She currently teaches Advaita Vedanta and Sanskrit in California. She is a faculty member of the East West Psychology Department at the California Institute of Integral Studies, where she teaches Advaitia Vedanta and Spiritual Counseling. She is a Jungian-oriented clinical psychologist in priviate practice in Berkeley, California. One of her interests is the synthesis of Western psychology and Eastern spirituality. ( Website and online classes: www.arshakulam.org )
Janani Cleary
Janani Cleary studied Sanskrt and Vedanta at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, in Mumbai, with Swami Dayananda from 1975 to 1978. Since her return to the US she has been teaching Vedanta classes wherever the opportunities arise. She currently resides in South Florida.The following is a list of Janani's classes in the Palm Beach area.
1. Bhagavad Gita class
Sundays at 6:00 pm
Theosophical Society
Palm Plaza, U.S. 1 & SE 10th St.
Deerfield Beach, FL 334412. Upanishad class (currently Kathopanishad)
Wednesdays at 7:30 pm
Theosophical Society
Palm Plaza, U.S. 1 & SE 10th St.
Deerfield Beach, FL 334413. General Vedanta, Chanting & Meditation class
Tuesdays at 7:00 pm Yogasol
215 NE 22nd St., Delray Beach, FLThese classes have been ongoing but in the event someone would like to attend, please confirm that the class is taking place on the evening that you plan to participate. You may do so by calling Janani at 561 523 3696 or 561 737 4124.
Vijay Kapoor
Sri Vijay Kapoor took Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati as his guru at a family camp the very first year Swamiji came to the US. Later, Sri Kapoor was one of the pioneers to establish the 2 ½ year course taught by Pujya Swamiji in Piercy, California, started in 1979. To attend this course, he left his job as a Marketing Manager for the Hewlett-Packard Company and moved his entire family to live in Piercy. Pujya Swamiji asked Sri Kapoor to be the Secretary for the Arsha Vidya Pitham at its inception, and he is still serving in that capacity today.
After his graduation from the Piercy course in 1982, Sri Kapoor resumed his work at HP, and also started teaching Vedanta in the San Francisco Bay Area. He took early retirement in the year 2000 to devote his time to the study and teaching of Vedanta and Sanskrit. In 2007, Sri Kapoor established the Arsha Vidya Center (AVC), whose goal is to promote Pujya Swamiji’s teachings in the local area. Toward that goal, both Swami Viditatmananda and Swami Tattvavidananda have been visiting the Bay Area regularly for talks, classes and retreats. Sri Kapoor currently teaches two Vedanta classes per week to about 50 students, two Sanskrit classes per week and has established 4 Gita Home Study groups in the area.
WebsiteHe can be reached at vijaykapoor@gmail.com.
Swami Brahmanishthananda
Swami Brahmanishthananda Saraswati is based in Guntur,AndhraPiradesh,India,But He has moved to Edmonton,Alberta, Canada.His present Ashram details are as follows-Brahma Vidya Gurukulam-Seminary of Vedantic Studies, 1228-62 street, Edmonton, T6L2H9, Alberta,Canada.
Ph# 780-450-2756;Fax 780-450-1263.
Bobbie Fultz
Bobbie Fultz is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor and has been teaching Iyengar Yoga since 1991. Currently based in Colorado, Bobbie conduct workshop nationally and internationally on Yoga and Scoliosis. Bobbie brings an extra "twist" to her teaching with her own scoliosis. She has made several trips to India for study directly with B.K.S. Iyengar and his children, Geeta and Prashant. Boobie was the resident Yoga teacher at AVG for 8 years and had moved to Colorado since July 2007. She continues to conducts workshop periodically at AVG. Bobbie'sLetter to her students who studied with her at AVG, Saylorsburg.
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Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Institute of Vedanta & Sanskrit
P.O. Box 1059, Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, 18353, USA Tel: 570.992.2339
email: info@arshavidya.org
