Arsha Bodha Center

Love Swami T. Meditation class on Saturday mornings are really nice. Advanced classes on 3rd Wednesday evenings

Arsha Bodha Center is a true jewel for those interested in understanding the spiritual wisdom of India.

Swami Tadatmananda conducts classes on meditation, the Bhagvad Gita, the Upanishads, and the Sanskrit language, among others. I have had the privilege of attending one series of the Gita (it takes over a year), and a Sanskrit class.

Swamiji takes a unique approach to teaching the Gita - explaining the Sanskrit verses line by line, through translation and interpretation, and most importantly by helping the student understand the practical application of this great work. His clear, patient, and insiteful teaching, combined with his enormous wealth of knowledge and gentle sense of humor make attending the classes a rewarding learning experience.

I am totally grateful to pujya Swamiji for his amazing teachings on YouTube 🙏 I follow the online classes and meditation courses with so much love and dedication!

I have heard two video presentations of Swami Tadatmananda. He is indeed a great teacher and can explain extremely difficult concepts of Hindu Dharma in a simple and yet brilliant way. I hope one day, I can visit the Arsha Bodha center and meet him in person.

I stumbled on swami-ji's youtube channel last year and was hooked by his discourse on the nature of reality as explained using the metaphor of the clay pot. From there on, I listened to his entire series of lectures on Advaiyta Vedanta and now am going through the same on Adi Shankara's Atma Bodha.

I was brought up in a hybrid religious tradition made up of Arya Samaj teachings and Sanatana Dharma. I grew up learning the Vedic mantras of the former and the stories of the latter including Ramayana, Mahabharata and Puranas.

I have made sporadic attempts over the past few decades to achieve a deeper understanding of the basic doctrine of Hinduism such as reading a translation of the Bhagvata Gita, but found it confusing, esoteric and just plain incomprehensible. I have been (and still am) , as the swamiji and Sant Kabir say, like the veiled woman, who has to lift her veil to see the complete picture. (ghunghat ka pat khol, tujhe piya milenge).

Swamiji's discourses on Advaiyta Vedanta have well and truly dispersed my confusion and miscomprehension with regards to Hinduism. I have always known that Hinduism isn't a single Religion but a spectrum of varying belief systems. What Swamiji has revealed, is the common and unifying foundation and elements of these varying belief systems with precision, clarity and simplicity. Moreover, his discourses have finally shown how truly great the Hindu Tradition is.

The ultimate goal of Advaiyta Vedanta maybe to end suffering. My goal was to simply improve my understanding for which I thank Swamiji to help me achieve.

I felt moved to write this review after having just woken up from a vivid dream, the details of which vanished, leaving only one thought behind. I wasn't in the dream, just a witness to the events in the dream. This has been happening for a few days now. The veil is still there for me, but has become a tad more transparent.