Newsletter April 2013 Discover Vedanta, Being Alive to what is www.discovervedanta.com

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DISCOVER VEDANTA
NEWSLETTER
April 2013
Dear friends,
The year 2013 started very meaningfully for us with a launch of a 3 day interactive workshop
from 4-6 January in Matheran. We are also pleased to announce other interesting activites and
events initiated for the year. The upcoming events include an evening seminar by Surya Tahora
in Brussels on 23 May followed by a 2 day workshop on ‘Leading with Wisdom’ with an audience
of European CEOs. The next destination for Surya is south of France, Toulouse, where he will
conduct several talks from 26-30 May followed by series of talks in Paris from 1-7 June. Back
in India, there will be an intensive 10 day Vedanta retreat in Coimbatore, South India from 9-18
July. Finally, the prestigious Adaita Academy has requested us to write articles for their
website which has a very wide readership.
We would like to start by our upcoming intensive retreat in South India, before giving details
about other events,
1. Upcoming 10 day retreat in Anaikatti, South India, 9-18 July 2013
The retreat will take place in Anaikatti, located at the foothills of the Nilgiri Mountains,
situated 25 km away from Coimbatore in South India at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Institute for
Vedanta and Sanskrit, founded by Swami Dayananda Saraswati. The Institute is amidst a lush
green national forest reserve, which makes it an ideal location to inquire and contemplate into
realities of existence without any distractions.
The participants will be taken through Taittriya Upanishad and Chapter 9 of Bhagavad Gita. In
addition, there will be morning meditation, yoga/tai chi classes and dialogue sessions.

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To see some photos of this retreat center, you can visit the following page
http://discovervedanta.com/gallery-anaikatti.htm
To participate to this retreat, please visit http://discovervedanta.com/upcoming-events.htm and
go to registration paragraph. You can download the brochure of this event in pdf format at this
link:
http://discovervedanta.com/downloads/brochure-retreat-anaikatti-2013.pdf
Note that closing date for registration for this intensive is 11 June 2013.
2. ‘Cultivating human values for living the vision of Oneness’, 3 day workshop in
Matheran, India, 4-6 January 2013
Watch Video and do not miss the interview of Neema Majmudar & Surya Tahora at 5:35 of this
video to know why we launched a new series of workshops with an interactive format that
engages participants in dialogue and group discussions.
See Photos
Watch Video
Read description
3. Leading with Wisdom – PhiloMa Cycle of Seminars 2012-2013 in Brussels, Belgium
Surya will conduct Evening seminar on 23 May 2013 entitled ‘Objectivity, discernment &
insight – the way of Vedanta?’ from 19.30-22.30 hrs.
The success of any organization depends upon the extent to which the leaders are in touch with
certain realities of existence and not color them with their subjectivity. Surya will highlight
what are these realities and how to live them within a management context.
Read more at http://www.philosophie-management.com/php/agenda/agenda_detail.php?ag_id=570
2 Day workshop, Leadership and Objectivity, 24-25 May 2013
Two day workshop would include topics such as our responsibility to “deepen our understanding”
of realities of life as leaders and how these realities assist us in our decision making and
actions? It would also cover issues such as how to handle our distorted views of people,
situations and objects and become effective and objective leaders.
The workshop includes morning and afternoon sessions on Indian wisdom. The sessions are
interactive, engaging participants in group discussions and presentations. Case studies drawn

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from personal and work situations, role plays and videos are utilized. Early morning and evening
practices of breathing (pranayama), meditation and meditative movements are also included.
Read more at http://www.philosophie-management.com/php/agenda/agenda_detail.php?ag_id=579
To download the full brochure of PhiloMa Series of Events, click this link:
http://www.philosophie-
management.com/docs/2012_2013_Leading_with_Wisdom/Leading_with_wisdom_prog_004.pdf
4. Introductory talks on ‘Non Duality, a spiritual tradition for our time’, Toulouse,
France, 26-30 May 2013
If you are living in or around Toulouse, please contact us at discovervedanta@gmail.com for
more details.
5. Series of Talks in Paris, France, 1-7 June 2013
Surya will give his second series of talks in Paris, after a very successful one in 2009. If living in
Paris or surroundng areas, don’t miss this opportunity!! You can contact us at
discovervedanta@gmail.com for more details.
6. New posts on Advaita Academy Website
Another good news is that we were invited to contribute to the blog section of Advaita Academy
website where we have posted three articles recently:
(a) Place of meditation in Vedanta
http://advaita-academy.org/blogs/Neema_Majmudar/The-Place-of-Meditation-in-Vedanta.ashx
(b) Relevance of Vedanta in modern life
http://advaita-academy.org/blogs/Neema_Majmudar/Relevance-of-Bhagavad-Gita-in-Modern-
Life.ashx
(c) Food choices and Human growth
http://advaita-academy.org/blogs/Neema_Majmudar/Food-Choices-and-Human-Growth.ashx

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7. Our Page on Facebook
Our Discover Vedanta Page on FB has now reached an audience of over 800 persons and it is
growing ! Note that this page has content which is not available on our website or on our Blog. It
is also a great way for you to share your own articles, links to videos, comments, suggestions,
etc. related to spiritual traditions speaking about Non Duality/Oneness or human maturity.
We suggest you to 'like' (at the bottom of the banner image on the right) this Facebook page in
order to discover in 'real time' all our upcoming events, posts, articles, videos, etc. As a result,
you will be able to interact with the other members who 'liked' this page and make it a platform
of exchange of meaningful information between all of you.
We would appreciate if you could pass on this Newsletter of April 2013 to those who you think
may be interested.
Looking forward to your support and feedback,
Neema and Surya
Neema Majmudar and Surya Tahora
Website: Discover Vedanta, Being alive to what is
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