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Timeless wisdom for a focused life.

Teachings on awareness, energy, and purpose — alongside the retreats, talks, and travels that fill the rest of the journey. Drawn from ten years as a Hindu monk and decades of teaching, written to be applied to your life today.

Spiritual AdventuresAug 6, 20101 min

Casting a Metal Statue, Swamimalai

Suri Narayanan shares and demonstrates to the participants of Vedic Odyssey's 2010 South Indian Odyssey about the traditional process of casting a metal statue. Suri lives in Swamimalai, South India…

Spiritual AdventuresAug 3, 20101 min

Mike's South Indian spiritual adventure

Mike from Colorado shares his experience of being on Vedic Odyssey's 2-week spiritual adventure to South India in January 2010, the people he met, places he visited and what he got out of it. Here's…

Spiritual AdventuresAug 2, 20101 min

Enchanting Darjeeling in the Himalayas

Draped like a green velvet over a steep Himalayan mountain ridge Darjeeling is covered with lush forests and endless tea plantations.The small town Darjeeling is densely packed with endless shops and…

Children & YouthJul 31, 20101 min

We had a great camp!

Campers and teachers gather for a group photo in front of the Sri Venkateswara temple in Pittsburgh.

Children & YouthJul 28, 20102 min

Ahimsa and our life (youth camp)

We've been using the book "Dancing with Siva" as our class text book. It was written by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami and published by his Himalayan Academy located at Kauai's Hindu Monastery in…

Photography & TravelJul 27, 20101 min

2010 Kumbha Mela flashback

I was sharing yesterday with a friend some of the photos I had taken at the Kumbha Mela in Haridwar, India, earlier this year and felt inspired to share a few of them on the blog.

Spiritual AdventuresJul 25, 20101 min

A Spiritual Adventure in the Himalayas

Join our 16-day spiritual adventure in Nepal and North India. From the majestic Himalayas to sub-tropical jungles, ancient villages to bustling Asian cities, our spiritual adventure will enthrall you…

Children & YouthJul 24, 20101 min

Hindu Youth Camp Begins

Off to the Sri Venkateswara (SV) Hindu Youth camp in Slippery Rock in Pennsylvania. The week long camp will host 96 campers from the ages of 8 to 18. I've been invited to be one of two teachers at…

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