Brochure - Chinmaya Mission Dallas/Fort worth
Brochure - Chinmaya Mission Dallas/Fort worth
Brochure - Chinmaya Mission Dallas/Fort worth
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Camp Benefits<br />
Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayanandaji trains us in the<br />
subjective science:<br />
• Achieve an everlasting peace through contemplation<br />
and meditation.<br />
• Identify where we currently exist in this seemingly<br />
chaotic situation.<br />
• Know where we want to be in the beautiful<br />
cosmos.<br />
• Observe and analyze our choices.<br />
• Learn the characteristics of sattvic, rajasic and<br />
tamasic gunas (qualities).<br />
• Master the skills to take change and elevate it to<br />
a changeless state towards controlling our own<br />
future.<br />
• ... and much more!<br />
Camp Activities<br />
• Satsangs with acharayas<br />
• Meditation<br />
• Bhajans and Vedic Chanting<br />
• Nature Walks<br />
• Cultural Programs<br />
• Children’s Activities<br />
• Yuva Kendra program<br />
• Banquet<br />
<strong>Chinmaya</strong> <strong>Mission</strong><br />
<strong>Chinmaya</strong> <strong>Mission</strong> creates vehicles for self-unfoldment:<br />
from Vedantic institutes that train teachers, to Jnana<br />
yagna and spiritual camps, to regular spiritual study<br />
classes for adults, children and youth, to social service<br />
and educational projects (including schools, hospitals,<br />
rural development and retirement homes), to a rich<br />
array of Vedantic literature in print, audio and video<br />
media.<br />
Over 300 centers worldwide serve as a meeting and<br />
bonding ground for like-minded individuals. Join us at<br />
the <strong>Chinmaya</strong> Family Camp from Dec. 24 - 30, 2009 at<br />
Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center.<br />
Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center<br />
1800 Highway 26 East, Grapevine, Texas, United States 76051-9641<br />
Tel: 1-817-481-8444 Fax: 1-817-481-3160<br />
<strong>Chinmaya</strong> Saaket<br />
17701 Davenport Road<br />
<strong>Dallas</strong>, Texas 75252<br />
Phone: (972) 250-2470<br />
Register at<br />
www.cmdfw.org<br />
For further information contact<br />
Sandhya Gavva: 972-491-0606 Satheesh Chandran: 214-488-1415<br />
Sunil Maini: 972-5276272 U.K. Gupta: 972-307-0102<br />
Venu Menon: 469-374-0910 Ashok Dandekar: 972-491-0018<br />
THE JOURNEY FROM CHANGE TO CHANGELESS<br />
CHINMAYA FAMILY CAMP 2009<br />
HOSTED BY CHINMAYA MISSION D/FW<br />
December 24 - 30, 2009<br />
PUJYA GURUJI SWAMI TEJOMAYANANDAJI<br />
<strong>Chinmaya</strong> Family Camp 2009<br />
Commemorating the 10 th year of<br />
<strong>Chinmaya</strong> Saaket inauguration<br />
: Motto :<br />
To give maximum happiness to maximum people for maximum time.
Pujya Guruji<br />
Swami Tejomayananda is a living portrait of simplicity with<br />
depth, humility with courage, and wisdom with devotion.<br />
Always jovial, smiling, and welcoming, he is readily accessible<br />
and approachable to all who seek the<br />
knowledge of Vedanta from him.<br />
Pujya Guruji<br />
Swami<br />
Tejomayananda<br />
As the Head of <strong>Chinmaya</strong> <strong>Mission</strong><br />
Worldwide, Swami Tejomayanandanow<br />
known in the <strong>Mission</strong> as Pujya<br />
Guruji - has continuously and<br />
dynamically pursued Pujya Gurudev<br />
Swami <strong>Chinmaya</strong>nanda’s grand<br />
spiritual and organizational vision.<br />
As he puts it, “I am not in Swamiji’s<br />
shoes, I am at His feet.”<br />
In overseeing the <strong>Mission</strong>’s global activities and projects, Swami<br />
Tejomayananda’s tours around the world are extensive and<br />
continuous. Pujya Guruji excels in expounding a wide spectrum<br />
of Hindu scriptures, from Ramayana to Bhagavad Gita to the<br />
Upanishads.<br />
Traveling at a bewildering pace, Pujya Guruji Swami<br />
Tejomayananda conducts Jnana yagna (3-7 day Vedanta<br />
lecture series) and spiritual camps around the world. He is in<br />
different cities and various countries every week. His gentle<br />
manner, devotional heart, intellectual clarity, joyful wit, and<br />
open availability have earned him intergenerational appeal and<br />
endeared him to millions across the globe. His easy manner<br />
and devotional rendering of Vedantic texts have drawn many<br />
newcomers into the spiritual fold.<br />
Pujya Guruji has served as acharya, or dean, of the ‘Sandeepany’<br />
institutes of Vedanta both in India and California. He has written<br />
commentaries on scriptural texts, translated Pujya Gurudev’s<br />
commentaries into Hindi, and authored a number of books. One<br />
of his key contributions is ‘Hindu Culture: An Introduction,’ a text<br />
acclaimed for its clear description of the basics of Hinduism and<br />
adopted as a text in some American high schools.<br />
Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayananda, along with other acharyas<br />
from North American centers will conduct the <strong>Chinmaya</strong> Family<br />
Camp from Dec. 24 to 30, 2009 held at the Hilton DFW Lakes<br />
Executive Conference Center, <strong>Dallas</strong>, TX.<br />
Swami Shantananda<br />
(Princeton)<br />
Br. Girish Chaitanya<br />
(Austin)<br />
Brni Aparna Chaitanya<br />
(Florida)<br />
Acharya Prabhakar Ghate<br />
(<strong>Dallas</strong>)<br />
Swamini<br />
Shivapriyananada<br />
(Toronto)<br />
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Acharya Asha Ghate<br />
(<strong>Dallas</strong>)<br />
Swami Sharanananda<br />
(Chicago)<br />
Br. Prabodh Chaitanya<br />
(San Jose)<br />
Smt. Lakshmi Sukumar<br />
(Sand Diego)<br />
Br. Uddhav Chaitanya<br />
(<strong>Dallas</strong>)<br />
Family Camp<br />
At the <strong>Chinmaya</strong> Family Camp hosted by CM D/FW, you will<br />
find a place for your family to meet other <strong>Chinmaya</strong> families.<br />
A family camp is designed to develop and strengthen our faith<br />
and spiritual values in multiple ways. One, by bringing families<br />
together in a setting in which kids see their parents involved and<br />
having fun. Second, is by being with peers who share spiritual<br />
values. A third is by seeing other families who value their faith<br />
and have integrated it into the family’s life.<br />
Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayanandji will expound on one of the<br />
Vedantic gems of Hindu scripture, the Kaivalya Upanishad; and<br />
chapter XVII of the Bhagavad Gita. He will help us understand<br />
what it takes to go beyond our day-to-day life to be truly happy.<br />
By identifying our strengths and weaknesses, we can make the<br />
right choices and express joyfully.<br />
Kaivalya Upanishad<br />
Upanishads are the philosophical portion of Vedas. It’s poetic<br />
diction, systematic development of thought and scientific<br />
in arrangement of highly philosophical ideas make Kaivalya<br />
Upanishad one of the most striking minor Upanishads. In this<br />
Asvalayana, the great teacher of Rg Veda is a disciple and Lord<br />
Brahma, the Creator himself is the teacher, which makes this<br />
as the most valuable amongst the minor Upanishads.<br />
Bhagavad Gita Chapter XVII<br />
(Yoga of Threefold Faith)<br />
The sattvic, rajasic and tamasic gunas (qualities) dictate our moods<br />
and choices. Our mental mood propels our actions – be it in the choices<br />
of our food, yagna (service), tapas (austerity) or dana (charity).<br />
Each one of these can be further dissected at the body, mind and<br />
intellect (BMI) level so that we understand the subtle manners in<br />
which the gunas interact and influence<br />
our choices.<br />
We can easily avoid confusion, mental<br />
fatigue, and anxiety that result from<br />
being swept by the influence of the<br />
gunas.<br />
Are we ready to take up the challenge of<br />
invoking our dynamic inner personality<br />
by eliminating the tamasic and<br />
rajasic gunas? Find out how faith can<br />
miraculously transform routine rituals<br />
to spiritual actions and reveal the sattvic gunas within each one of<br />
us.