Vedanta Academy Experience

A schedule & environment
designed for your spiritual upliftment

Dharma Lifestyle

Sadhana Discipline

Satsang Community

The Vedanta Academy Experience offers a unique opportunity to further your spiritual journey. Over five days, experience a lifestyle thoughtfully designed by Swami A. Parthasarathy for the comprehensive development of the personality – rooted in the three fundamental spiritual disciplines of Gnana (knowledge), Bhakti (devotion) and Karma (action). All this, with the support and company of Academy students and fellow class members from around the world.

Vedanta Academy

Founded by Swami A. Parthasarathy in 1988, Vedanta Academy is a world resource for the study of Vedanta. It offers a structured three-year residential course designed to develop the intellect and educate students on the path to spiritual evolution.

Staying at the Academy offers participants direct exposure to the course — a simple, disciplined lifestyle, allowing one to deepen their understanding and experience subtler living.

Typical Daily
Schedule

Typical
Daily
Schedule

4:15 AM	Wake Up (Optional)
4:25 AM	Prayer (Optional)
4:30 AM	Personal Study
5:45 AM	Tea
6:20 AM	Yoga
7:10 AM	Sports/Gym/Jog/Walk
8:00 AM	Shower
8:30 AM	Breakfast
9:30 AM	Archived Lecture by Swamiji
10:45 AM	Break
11:30 AM	Campus Work
12:45 PM	Break
1:15 PM	Lunch
2:00 PM	Rest/Free Time
4:00 PM	Small Group Discussion
5:00 PM	Tea
6:00 PM	Big Group Discussion by Sunandaji
7:00 PM	Break
7:15 PM	Bhajans: Devotional Singing
7:45 PM	Break
8:00 PM	Dinner
9:00 PM	Retire

4:15 AM	Wake Up (Optional)
4:25 AM	Prayer (Optional)
4:30 AM	Personal Study
5:45 AM	Tea
6:20 AM	Yoga
7:10 AM	Sports/Gym/Jog/Walk
8:00 AM	Shower
8:30 AM	Breakfast
9:30 AM	Archived Lecture by Swamiji
10:45 AM	Break
11:30 AM	Campus Work

12:45 PM	Break
1:15 PM	Lunch
2:00 PM	Rest/Free Time
4:00 PM	Small Group Discussion
5:00 PM	Tea
6:00 PM	Big Group Discussion by Sunandaji
7:00 PM	Break
7:15 PM	Bhajans: Devotional Singing
7:45 PM	Break
8:00 PM	Dinner
9:00 PM	Retire

FAQs

Personally experience a unique knowledge and environment directed to improving all aspects of life: physical health, emotional strength, intellectual clarity.
Get a glimpse of a world which is full of cheer and enthusiasm for work and play.

Designed for E-learning students and those who attend regular study classes with our local Vedanta faculty.
Prior exposure to Vedanta would be required.
All classes are in English, so a basic knowledge of the language is required.

Academy is situated near Lonavla – a hill station between Mumbai and Pune. Get Directions.
Reach Pune or Mumbai and from there you can avail of independent taxi services. Rates would be subject to distance and type of vehicle.
It takes approximately 3 hours from Mumbai and 1.5 hours from Pune to the Academy by road.
If you are not a citizen of India, you would require an Indian visa or PIO/OCI card to enter the country. The closest airport is Mumbai International Airport.

Attire for lectures, literature sessions, group discussions and meals: Vedanta Academy uniform. The uniforms can be procured on campus.
Other times: Loose fitting clothing. Avoid sleeveless clothes. Ladies are requested not to use shorts or skirts.
Yoga: Track pants and not shorts.
The temperature in July ranges between 25 and 30 degrees celsius.
Waterproof jackets would be recommended.

There are 90 twin bedded guest rooms.
Participants may be requested to share a room with fellow participants.
The campus houses three state-of-the-art lecture halls, two yoga studios, a gym, a jogging track, cricket and soccer grounds, along with basketball, volleyball and pickle ball courts.

3 nutritious vegetarian meals with vegan options of all cuisines.

Smoking, consuming alcohol, non-vegetarian food or recreational drugs is prohibited on Academy premises.
Use of mobile phones is restricted to your rooms.
On request, the academy provides limited internet access at specified times, in designated areas of campus.

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