Inauguration of 'ATMASHRAMA'

[Prahlad Raj Kulkarni]

namaskAra,

By the grace of Shri Hari Vayu & GurugaLu,  ‘ATMASHRAMA’ announces a grand inauguration of it’s ‘ASHRAMA’ in BSK 6th stage (also called as Pavamanapura) on the Wednesday, 27th April, 2011. 
His Holiness Shri Shri 1008 Satyatma Teertha Swamiji will be performing Mula Rama Devara Puje and there by bless the noble cause of ‘ATMASHRAMA’ & it’s activities.

All the operations of ‘Atmashrama’ will be functional from this new location.  Our Guruji Shri Atmadasa Acharya will commence with ‘BhAgavatha sapthAha’ & ‘Sarva mUla’ series pathA (initially GIta BhAshya) on this auspicious day. 

The ‘Ashrama’ is being constructed in a phase-wise approach depending on the availability of funds. Hence, we would request all the spiritually oriented philanthropists to donate for this noble cause. 
‘Atmashrama’, as you already know has a vision of imparting the Vedic wisdom to a modern man.  It has already taken great strides in this regard and has achieved significant milestones that it can boast of, by the grace of the Lord.

Some of the inventions & products list can be found in the foot note of this email. 

There are a lot of sites still available around the ‘Ashrama’ parisara. If anyone is interested in investing for their long term spiritual benefit, we can provide the necessary guidance.

Haraye Namaha,
Prahlad

{On behalf of Atmashrama}

http://www.atmashrama.org

A Note from our Founder…

Atmashrama is a multifaceted, non-profit spiritual and cultural center having a global reach, striving to rekindle the Vedic Wisdom for Modern Living to today’s modern man who is full of anxiety, worry, stress, disease and is crunched for time and space.
The Ashrama spearheads diverse initiatives aimed at uplifting humanity by spreading knowledge and practice of absolutely essential, authentic means for the enrichment and all round upliftment of mankind.

The Ashrama is effectively and efficiently catering to the needs of few devout and dedicated aspirants, who want to make a difference in their own life and are on the path to set a blazing trail, which is a model for others.
Our Primary Activities are:

Samskrita Awareness Abhiyaan - Reviving our culture through innovative teaching methods and products for Sanskrit Awareness

Gita Prachara Abhiyaan - Nurturing Spiritual Growth through High Impact Bhagavad Gita Classes

Jeevan Samruddhi Abhiyaan - Enriching Quality of Life through Atmopasana Dhyana Yoga Meditation

Nisarga Samrakshana Abhiyaan - Caring for the Environment through Vedic Farming Initiative
Please spread the good word about our institution and products by arranging for wide publicity among your friends, family, neighbourhood and institutions and help us to enrich the lives of many more deserving people.
You can also join our fast growing team of dedicated Atmashrama Paricharaks whose sole aim is to make a difference to the quality of life of today’s man. You can also take the lead to start an Atmashrama  center in your location. Please write to us for complete guidance in this regard.  Looking forward to your continued support in all our endeavours.


A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ATMASHRAMA PRODUCTS:

1. Vyakarana Deepika
Vyakarana Deepika is a flash/ppt presentation containing introduction to Panini Sutra Scheme,Sangnya,Paribhasha & Ach Sandhis with animation. Further portions are currently being developed.

 We are very much pleased to present this software free to all our scholar friends on this group. Please send a private request (select the reply-all option) if you want to receive this software through e-mail. The elite scholars in this group are requested to send their feedback with corrections/suggestions so that we can enhance the product accordingly and make it error free. 

For others who might be interested, we are offering this software package absolutely FREE on purchase of any ONE of Atmashrama products, just as a token of encouragement for our work and to give us an opportunity, enthusiasm and strength to undertake many more of such innovative projects. 

2. Ide Sumano Vaanim (A Tribute to Sanskrit) -
Ide Sumano Vaanim is an audio album containing a collection of 8 soul-filling Sanskrit songs offering a tribute to Sanskrit. This album was specially prepared for the historic World Book Fair terming the event as "Samskrita Vijayotsava". This was released at a special function during the fair and over 1000 copies of which have been sold during the fair itself. This album can be part of every Sanskrit Meet or School Day celebrations. We are presently working on developing a video version of this album. Any support is greatly solicited.
Lyrics: Acharya Atmadasa
Music : Tirumale Srinivas
Price Rs: 50

3. Samskrita Varna Maala Chart
Attractive pictorial representation of Samskrita Varna Maala (like ABC chart of English)
Price Rs: 20

4. Atmopasana Dhyana Yoga - DVD
Atmopasana Dhyana Yoga is a simple yet profound, authentic Universal Meditation technique,  to gradually eradicate the root cause of problems modern man is facing today. This DVD introduces the concept of Atmopasana Dhyana Yoga and also includes a 30 min guided meditation procedure.
Price: Rs 300/-

5. Atmopasana Dhyana Yoga - Handbook
This is a companion book to Atmopasana Dhyana Yoga - DVD, elaborating on the concepts presented in the DVD.
Price: Rs 50/-

6. Samskrita Word Game 

This is an electronic board game with an indicator which glows on selection of right answer. A set of 10 question boards having 10 Multiple Choice questions were prepared with the following subjects

Author - Work
Work - Subject
Vibhakti - Artha
Karaka - Nimitta
Lakaara - Artha
Relatives - Relationship
Sandhi - Sandhi Name
Samasa - Samasa Name
Shabda - Artha
Shabda - Pratyaya

(One can add several such questions boards to the game) 

Tthis game was kept at the Atmashrama Stall for visitors to play at the Book fair. This attracted thousands of people who played and enjoyed testing their Sanskrit skills with the help of this game and won several exciting prizes. To our surprise, several institutions and individuals have expressed a desire to get one set of this game for their institution. We have promised that we will start taking orders for the game after the exhibition.

7. Vedic Farming DVD

Atmashrama supports natural living in an effort to protect our environment from pollution. With this vision, Atmashrama has taken up the Vedic Farming initiative as an alternative to the widely practiced, highly polluting modern chemical farming emplyoing toxic fertilizers. Vedic Farming is being successfully practiced in a 7 acre farm near Bangalore. Vedic Haridra, produced by regular performance of Agnihotra and Atmopasana Mantra chantings was distributed during the Book Fair. A short documentary on this Vedic Farming practice was also prepared. People interested to receive this DVD may kindly contact us. 

8. Sanskrit Searchable Unicode E-Library

This is a Unicode  E-Library which uses a third party software to achieve the grep functionality of unix on Windows with cool graphical interface. Supports regular expressions. It also presents the list of occurrances of the search term in files stored in several directories on disk in a user-friendly manner. The searched results can be further clicked to open the original file and to go automatically to the exact location where the word occurs. One can also easily navigate between multiple occurrances in the same file using the convenient browse within file option. Very useful for researchers and students. Create your own e-library in secs.  

Works currently included in the E-Library
4 Vedas
Mahabharatam
Bhagavatam
Complete Sarva Moola works of Shri Madhwacharya

If anyone has access to unicode files of other Puranas, Vedanga texts, Bhashyas pls send them to us so that we can further enhance the e-library. We will be sharing this freely with anyone who is interested. Also, we are in the process of enabling web based search capability to this E-Library

The elite scholars of this group are hereby requested to spread the word among their institutions, schools, colleges, family and friends and give wide publicity.

[Prahlad Raj Kulkarni]

namaskAra,

Further to my earlier email regarding the subject, please find enclosed an Invitation for the inauguration of 'ATMASHRAMA', that also has the route map.

If you are planning to attend, please reply to me as it will help us in making arrangements for 'Teertha Prasada'.

Haraye Namaha,

Prahlad