Swadhyaya Movement
The Swadhyay Parivar (स्वाध्याय परिवार) [1] (સ્વાધ્યાય પરિવાર) [2] is a devotional movement based in Maharashtra, India. It claims to have over 50,000 kendra locations and 60,00,000 followers in India, Portugal, USA, UK, Canada, and the Middle East who carry out various activities of self-development, self-learning, devotional activities and social awareness activities around the world.[1][2]
Swadhyaya means study of self for a spiritual quest.
Pandurang Shastri Athavale (1920-2003) was the originator of this movement that promotes a particular interpretation and reading of the Vedic scriptures like Bhagavad Gita, Vedas and the Upanishads. His followers are still active with missionary work. For his efforts he was awarded the Templeton Prize in 1997, the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership and India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan in 1999.[3]
Activities "Prayog"
Prayog (प्रयोग) (Experiments) by Swadhyaya Parivar
- Trikal Sandhya
- Yuva/Yuvati Kendra (Previously known as DBT - Divine Brain Trust)
- Bal Saunskar Kendra (BSK)
- Swadhyaya Kendra
- Vruksha-Mandir
- Madhav Vrund
- Yogeshwar Krishi- based on shrimad bhagvad gita :स्वकर्मणातमभ्यचर्य
- ShriDarshanam
- Matsyagandha : based on shrimad bhagvad gita :स्वकर्मणातमभ्यचर्य
- Patanjali Chikitsalay : based on shrimad bhagvad gita :स्वकर्मणातमभ्यचर्य
- Loknath Amrutalayam
- Hira Mandir :based on shrimad bhagvad gita :स्वकर्मणातमभ्यचर्य
Reference and notes
- ^ The Other Gujarat, Takashi Shinoda, Popular Prakashan, 2002, ISBN 8171548741,
- ^ Purvi, Parikh, (2014). Does Character Count: Moral Self-fashioning in the Swadhyaya and Chinmaya Mission Movements (Thesis). University of Pennsylvania.
{{cite thesis}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations. 1397.
- ^ Padma Vibhushan Official listings Govt. of India website.
- Swadhyay Movement Living Religions: An Encyclopaedia of the World's Faiths, by Mary Pat Fisher. Published by I.B.Tauris, 1996. ISBN 1-86064-148-2, Page 109.
- Swadhyaya: A Movement Experience in India - August 2003 Visions of Development: Faith-based Initiatives, by Wendy Tyndale. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006. ISBN 0-7546-5623-3. Page 1.
- Self-Development and Social Transformations?: The Vision and Practice of the Self-Study Mobilization of Swadhyaya, by Ananta Kumar Giri. Lexington Books. 2008. ISBN 0-7391-1198-1.
- Role of the swadhyaya parivar in socioeconomic changes among the tribals of Khedasan: A case study, by Vimal P Shah. Gujarat Institute of Development Research, 1998. ISBN 81-85820-53-8.
- Vital Connections: Self, Society, God : Perspectives on Swadhyaya, by Raj Krishan Srivastava. 1998; Weatherhill, ISBN 0-8348-0408-5.
- "Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities: Sustenance and Sustainability", by Pankaj Jain. 2011; Ashgate, ISBN 978-1-4094-0591-7.