Brochure - Chinmaya Mission Dallas/Fort worth

Pujya Guruji
Swami Tejomayananda is a living portrait of simplicity with
depth, humility with courage, and wisdom with devotion.
Always jovial, smiling, and welcoming, he is readily accessible
and approachable to all who seek the
knowledge of Vedanta from him.
Pujya Guruji
Swami
Tejomayananda
As the Head of Chinmaya Mission
Worldwide, Swami Tejomayanandanow
known in the Mission as Pujya
Guruji - has continuously and
dynamically pursued Pujya Gurudev
Swami Chinmayananda’s grand
spiritual and organizational vision.
As he puts it, “I am not in Swamiji’s
shoes, I am at His feet.”
In overseeing the Mission’s global activities and projects, Swami
Tejomayananda’s tours around the world are extensive and
continuous. Pujya Guruji excels in expounding a wide spectrum
of Hindu scriptures, from Ramayana to Bhagavad Gita to the
Upanishads.
Traveling at a bewildering pace, Pujya Guruji Swami
Tejomayananda conducts Jnana yagna (3-7 day Vedanta
lecture series) and spiritual camps around the world. He is in
different cities and various countries every week. His gentle
manner, devotional heart, intellectual clarity, joyful wit, and
open availability have earned him intergenerational appeal and
endeared him to millions across the globe. His easy manner
and devotional rendering of Vedantic texts have drawn many
newcomers into the spiritual fold.
Pujya Guruji has served as acharya, or dean, of the ‘Sandeepany’
institutes of Vedanta both in India and California. He has written
commentaries on scriptural texts, translated Pujya Gurudev’s
commentaries into Hindi, and authored a number of books. One
of his key contributions is ‘Hindu Culture: An Introduction,’ a text
acclaimed for its clear description of the basics of Hinduism and
adopted as a text in some American high schools.
Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayananda, along with other acharyas
from North American centers will conduct the Chinmaya Family
Camp from Dec. 24 to 30, 2009 held at the Hilton DFW Lakes
Executive Conference Center, Dallas, TX.
Swami Shantananda
(Princeton)
Br. Girish Chaitanya
(Austin)
Brni Aparna Chaitanya
(Florida)
Acharya Prabhakar Ghate
(Dallas)
Swamini
Shivapriyananada
(Toronto)
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Acharya Asha Ghate
(Dallas)
Swami Sharanananda
(Chicago)
Br. Prabodh Chaitanya
(San Jose)
Smt. Lakshmi Sukumar
(Sand Diego)
Br. Uddhav Chaitanya
(Dallas)
Family Camp
At the Chinmaya Family Camp hosted by CM D/FW, you will
find a place for your family to meet other Chinmaya families.
A family camp is designed to develop and strengthen our faith
and spiritual values in multiple ways. One, by bringing families
together in a setting in which kids see their parents involved and
having fun. Second, is by being with peers who share spiritual
values. A third is by seeing other families who value their faith
and have integrated it into the family’s life.
Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayanandji will expound on one of the
Vedantic gems of Hindu scripture, the Kaivalya Upanishad; and
chapter XVII of the Bhagavad Gita. He will help us understand
what it takes to go beyond our day-to-day life to be truly happy.
By identifying our strengths and weaknesses, we can make the
right choices and express joyfully.
Kaivalya Upanishad
Upanishads are the philosophical portion of Vedas. It’s poetic
diction, systematic development of thought and scientific
in arrangement of highly philosophical ideas make Kaivalya
Upanishad one of the most striking minor Upanishads. In this
Asvalayana, the great teacher of Rg Veda is a disciple and Lord
Brahma, the Creator himself is the teacher, which makes this
as the most valuable amongst the minor Upanishads.
Bhagavad Gita Chapter XVII
(Yoga of Threefold Faith)
The sattvic, rajasic and tamasic gunas (qualities) dictate our moods
and choices. Our mental mood propels our actions – be it in the choices
of our food, yagna (service), tapas (austerity) or dana (charity).
Each one of these can be further dissected at the body, mind and
intellect (BMI) level so that we understand the subtle manners in
which the gunas interact and influence
our choices.
We can easily avoid confusion, mental
fatigue, and anxiety that result from
being swept by the influence of the
gunas.
Are we ready to take up the challenge of
invoking our dynamic inner personality
by eliminating the tamasic and
rajasic gunas? Find out how faith can
miraculously transform routine rituals
to spiritual actions and reveal the sattvic gunas within each one of
us.