People, peers play an important role in our study & living. Knowledge and its manifestation in behavior, resides in humans, not in books and videos.
Connect with others and learn from and share your journey:
Get Introduced:
- Talk to someone close to you and meet them.
- Some locations have weekly meetings and study circles which are useful to stay in touch and for group-reading.
- Attend the yearly Jeevan Vidya Confluence (वार्षिक जीवन विद्या सम्मलेन).
- This gives an opportunity to meet up with a wide range of people and get to know updates from across the country. The sammelan is usually held between October and December at different locations every year.
Join a phone group (what’s app/telegram)
- Adhyayan/अध्ययन discussions
- on Telegram link: (needs the Telegram app)
- Jeevan Vidya Parivar group –
- what’s app, Contact: Ashok at 89639-13018; ashokgopala@gmail.com
- what’s app, Contact: Ashok at 89639-13018; ashokgopala@gmail.com
- School Curriculum & textbooks development group –
- what’s app – contact chani: 96913.52929
- what’s app – contact chani: 96913.52929
- Production & Exchange group –
- to discuss nature-friendly production and human friendly trade. – what’s app, Contact: Ashok at 89639-13018; ashokgopala@gmail.com
- to discuss nature-friendly production and human friendly trade. – what’s app, Contact: Ashok at 89639-13018; ashokgopala@gmail.com
Visit a Study Location
- Visit one of the study locations
- to know more about the study programs and how people are practicing this in various dimensions of their living – behavior, inter-personal relationships, nature-friendly production techniques, etc.
- Join a study program
- a part time (7 days every 3 months for 3 years) or full time study program (6 mths, 1/2/3 yrs) to get to know others more intimately.
Join a regular Discussion Group (Goshti)
The next step after completion of the ‘Adhyayan Shivir’ are the discussion groups or ‘Goshti’s’. This is where what we have read/ understood can be deepened, and verified. Adhyayan does not ‘end‘ with the Adhyayan Shivir’s, it ‘starts‘.
- If you have just started reading,
- attend a study circle close to you.
- If you have attended an adhyayan shivir and are in the process of understanding the books,
- attend a textual-study discussion group (शास्त्राध्ययन गोष्ठी)
- If you feel you have achieved maturity in reading & analysis of all the books:
- and would like to share, verify and further your understanding, attend a meditative discussion group (मनन-गोष्ठी):
- and would like to share, verify and further your understanding, attend a meditative discussion group (मनन-गोष्ठी):
Goshti’s Contact Gowri Srihari: 88171.88463, gowrisrihari@gmail.com
