Swamini Sadvidyananda Saraswati
Swamini Sadvidyananda Sarswati is a disciple of Swami Dayananda Sarswati. She teaches Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads in a simple language that can be understood by any lay person that has the desire to know the truth of life. She is a Sanskrit scholar and has direct access to shastra. She studied Vedanta and Sanskrit for more than a decade with His Holiness Swami Dayananda Sarswati in ancient Gurukulam system of learning. Her compassion for the afflicted and her simple life-style makes her a Mahatma of common people. She is fluent in English, Gujarati and Hindi.
She entered in spiritual life with the background of very religious and sacred family with knowledge seeking mind. From year 1981 to 1988 she studied Vedanta in Surat, Gujarat under Swami Pratygbodhanandaji, another the disciple of Swami Dayananda Saraswati. In 1983 she met Swami Dayananda Saraswati for the first time in Vadodara. She also studied Vedanta under Swami Viditatmananda Saraswati at Adhyatma Vidya Mandir, Ahmedavad.
She completed the last portion of the course (October 1988 to December 1989) in Arsha Vidya Gurukulam in Saylorsbrug, PA, USA after which she studied Prastha-trayi - Gita, Upanishad, Brahma-sutra, primary texts of Vedanta, Panini Sanskrit and Vedic chanting from October 1990 to May 1994 in Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Annaikatti, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu.
She has been teaching the Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads in Gujarati in across Gujarat (e.g.,Navasari, Bardoli, Valsad, Bilimora, Vyara and Bhavnagar) including tribal areas to educate school age children. From 2003 to 2013 she traveled abroad extensively for lecture tours in other countries including USA, Canada and New Zealand. She has led three days children camps across the breadth of the United States.
She was invited by the Acharya of Swami Dayananda Ashram, Rishikesh to teach Vedanta and Panini Grammar for three years course students from March to October 2018. In November 2018 she also taught Yoga-darshan by Muni Patanjali in the three Yoga camps by Sri Nandakumar and Rakesh Upadhyay in Rishikesh Ashram.
She has also attended and presented papers in various conferences such as National Education conferences in Pune and Gwalior, Sri Vidya International Conference, Mysore, Namami Shankar, (Bhashya-parayanam) Kanyakumari, Vedanta Conference, Rishikesh and Vedanta conferences in abroad. Under the banner of her Trust – Arsha Vidya Tirhta, Navsari she has translated and published more than 37 small books of Swami Dayananda Saraswati into Gujarati. The trust had sponsored and published the book on Ayurveda, an Ancient system of medicine. She has recently written and published a detailed book on Yoga based on the ancient commentaries. And from 1998 to 2003 she also translated Swami Dayananda Saraswati's “Gita Home Study” (2000 pages) into Gujarati in 26 volumes. The second print of the same was in 14 volumes (2005 to 2009) and now the third print of the same book is available in 9 hard bound volumes.
All her classes on Gita, Upanishad, Primary books on Vedanata, Bhagvata-Puranam in Gujarati are recorded and now classes are available in mp3 format for the benefit of the sincere students who are not able to attend the classes in person.
Since 2011 she is preparing the table calendar based on various spiritual and cultural topics centered on Gita and Life of Lord Krishna. Since corporate world is often seen disconnected with spirituality, she has successfully worked on an opportunity where a corporate group publishes annual data calendar. Here using different spiritual themes one relates to business values, ethics and principles that inspire socially focused business practices. Using a central theme such as Value based Management, Personal organization, Yajna - The Worshipful lifestyle, Successful Living, Yoga-Darshana, From Consumer to Contributor, Multiple Role Playing, Global Family and Harmony, etc. One can use month-wise story theme across the month of the year. The same is later converted into “Corporate Study Class” where senior directors and managers attend to learn business values and application from spirituality.
Swamini Sadvidyananda Sarswati is the Patron of Veda Samskruti Samiti, an organization with a goal to spread awareness of Sanatana Dharma among its followers. To achieve its goal, Veda Samskruti Samiti conducted workshops, seminars, Certificate Courses, Book release functions, Printing and distributions of books on Sanatana Dharma and coordinated with organizations with similar goals since 2013. More than 100 Webinars have been conducted with highly knowledgeable scholars from reputed universities delivering lectures on various topics connected with Sanatana Dharma.
She is the advisor to the Certificate Courses in Sanatana Dharma (CCSD), being run by Veda Samskruti Samiti. The syllabus of the course is designed and finalized under her guidance. The courses are organized in four levels and are being run with her blessings. Swamini has delivered many webinars to the Veda Samskruti Samiti members and the students of CCSD on various topics connected with Sanatana Dharma from 2020 onwards.
Thus she is constantly active to teach and to spread the profound knowledge of Vedic vision and Culture, and Vedanta to the seekers in simple Gujarati language but with depth and also in English and Hindi in Abroad. She is regularly visiting tribal areas of Ahwa-Dang, Navsari and Dharampur, Valsad in South Gujarat for education and welfare of the tribal children and adults