Friday, May 3, 2013

Arsha Vidya Nilayam


The knowledge of the Vedas is Arsha Vidya . It didn't start at a given time . The Vedic tradition that has been coming down to us in an oral form has no beginning . Therefore , we say Arsha Vidya is beginningless . It is not a mystic tradition , a set of beliefs , which will die when the person holding it dies . Any belief's survival requires organization . But here without organization , without hierarchical structure , without a papacy , without diocese , without congregation and parish , it has survived . To do this , it must have an intrinsic worth . It is not simply beliefs handed down ; it is knowledge handed over . This teaching , " I am the whole " is the knowledge or the vision of the Rishis . This is not the only knowledge given to us by the Rishis ; they have given us a lot . But this is the one thing that stands out , the one thing that backons everyone , the one thing that cannot but fascinate everyone -even a dull person . This knowledge , the Arsha Vidya is the most fascinating , the most helpful , the most yearned for . Once one has gained this vidya , one can make the other also see it .

Arsha Vidya is communicable . It is a vision that can be communicated and shared by a person who himself of herself has been exposed to the sampradaya , methodology of teaching . This methodology of teaching is so thorough , it doesn't leave anything to be desired . Arsha Vidya is a tradition of immediate blessing . It is not something that blesses you later . It is a tradition of immediate blessing and that is why it works .

Arsha Vidya Nilayam was officially registered as an Institution of Traditional Scriptural Learning in Ipoh . The founder Acharya of Arsha Vidya Nilayam is His Holiness Sri Swami Jitatmananda Saraswati . Currently , Gita classes on Saturdays , Sunday Vedic classes for children and teenagers and also Dakshinamurty Puja on every Thursdays are conducted at Ashram . May Isvara bless Swami Jitatmananda Saraswati with a long life and good health so that more people can benefit from his teachings .

Signing off ,
~ Dhesegaan~

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