Rajanaka News August 12, September Sessions, What's Rajanaka, & Pogo

 Saturday, August 12, 2023

 

Aho’Rajanaka,

 I hope this finds you well.  Gone fishin’.   Like Pogo.  Remember him?  Everyday it seems I look more and more like'im.


For hearts, ideas and inspiration, rest and contemplation, and reclamation of soul.  We’ll resume regular programming come September.  New Sessions, we’ll get another chance to take some chances, land on the familiar and turn it unfamiliar, see what happens when we take up the new and unexplored, when we go deeper into the forest, to the ocean bottom, to the vault of the sky.  I hope you find some time in these next few weeks to replenish and inspirit yourselves as I hope to do.  Some people vacation from work, I vacation so that I can do a bit more work.  I promise to bring you what the journey brings.


I want to urge you not to be deterred or concerned but to drop in yer' life-fishin' pole. Take a seat. When it comes to our Sessions, not by tuition or time, by all the busyness of the world or the tremors of discontent that shake our souls in this perilous age.  We can, we must, we willwork it out.   There will be recordings will be available any time.  Download and listen while you commute or when you need to step from the world that storms and burns and journey into the heart, wherever that goes and wherever it takes you.   The Archive is vast but don’t let that daunt you.  Pick up one Course, one Session, one recording or set of recordings at a time.  This life of learning is little by little and again and again.



Remind yourself: the heart’s domain is vast, like the horizon that manifests without conclusion, the beauty always stands right before you.  We need that beauty, that prospect of imagination and self-inquiry, because we are human and should remind ourselves, because meaning is created and can’t merely be acquired, because in troubled times we have to keep looking forward even when we might prefer to turn away.  We’re going to be here for each other. 


When I’m asked occasionally what is Rajanaka---is it a body of teachings, a method of learning, what is it?  I think of what Appa said to me.  Rajanaka is being present for each other, it is an invitation to share our gifts and to offer what the soul yearns to feel and to know.  Sometimes that comes easily, other times it is a struggle.  But we will be there for one another, and you are welcome any time you can come.

 

Here's the Early Fall Sessions Curriculum.


EARLY FALL COURSES BEGINNING SEPTEMBER: 

THURSDAY POETRY, SATURDAY MYTHOLOGY, SUNDAY MAHABHARATA

 

THURSDAY EVENINGS, 7PM EASTERN, FIVE SESSIONS

“FOR THE LOVE OF MA: THE POETS AND POETRY OF GODDESS KĀLĪ”

FIVE SESSIONS ON ZOOM BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 7TH

(September 7/14/21/28 October 5)

Zoom Link: https://rochester.zoom.us/j/98183733328 

Tuition is $100, payable by PayPal (svcourses@gmail.com) or Venmo (douglas-brooks-8)

 

 

SATURDAYS EVENINGS, 5PM EASTERN, FIVE SESSIONS

“KRSNA TALES: YOGIN, PRINCE, LOVER, GOD, SORCERER”

(September 9/16/23/30 October 7)         

Zoom Link: https://rochester.zoom.us/j/95057662268 

Tuition is $100, payable by PayPal (svcourses@gmail.com) or Venmo (douglas-brooks-8)

 

SUNDAY MAHABHARATA, 5PM EASTERN

(Resumes September 10th and carries on until we’re done in 2065 on my 108th birthday)

Zoom Link: https://rochester.zoom.us/j/314987250 

Tuition is $16 per Session, payable by PayPal (svcourses@gmail.com) or Venmo (douglas-brooks-8)

 

 

I have too much as usual plenty to say about the current state of affairs in our beleaguered world but not to burden you here.  It’s August.  Take some time to rest, if you can.  Write to me anytime (douglas@rajanaka.com).  Our community is vibrant, caring, and inclusive---and you’re welcome now, then, and whenever you can make it.

 

Please take care.  We’ll talk soon.  Lots Recording Archives and tons of free stuff too below the line.  Download some recordings and go for some walks.  Listen, laugh, learn---it’s what we do. 

 

Breathe, we’re gonna get through this together.

 

Saprema, with affection Douglas

 

 

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All FREE Special Saturdays for 2022 and 2023 are in these Archives for download.  For 2022 go here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/a34ja95pg4t8bamatfq3q/h?rlkey=0dcorxwfqhocsiime5rhcju1t&dl=0

For 2023 Specials go here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/rm505c2fcy04y3upn5abv/h?rlkey=6gk1d5rzyypn0r37100wzv5hk&dl=0

 

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Rajanaka Summer Camp 2023, “The Sorcery of Śiva: Teachings on Abhicara and the Luminous Shadow”.
Dropbox Archive link is here:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/836d746qa8917cdcgnjll/h?rlkey=bqb06vxanp69s4o17gar035nx&dl=0

Tuition for the Archive is $200, please use the usual PayPal (svcourses@gmail.com) or Venmo (same email or douglas-brooks-8).


 

THE HEART OF RECOGNITION SESSIONS

Please use the usual PayPal (svcourses@gmail.com) or Venmo (douglas-brooks-8). 

*Dropbox Recordings Available IN FULL, NOW, Anytime!: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/3lvz5j1ajcidwjasy7fsl/h?dl=0&rlkey=qibpejcv3blkq0ngmjx6atsc8

*All Courses are recorded and available on our Archive for download.  

*Tuition for the Archive is $150, please use the usual PayPal (svcourses@gmail.com) or Venmo (same email or douglas-brooks-8).

INDIA is a go.  If you are interested in joining us on the India Pilgrimage that can still happen for you.  There’s room.   There are more details below the line but you can write to me directly with any questions or interests, douglas@rajanaka.com.  Join the Facebook Group Rajanaka 2023 India Pilgrimage even if you don’t think you can come this time.  You’ll meet lovely people and you won’t be able to resist.  This is the real deal.

 

SUNDAY MAHABHARATA

ALMOST EVERY Sunday---DATES AND REMINDER ABOVE---AND there is always ia new story, every bit of it makes sense no matter when you choose to attend!

Time: Sessions on Sundays at 5pm Eastern.
Dates: Every Sunday unless we announce otherwise!

ZOOM link is the same for all Sundays: 

 https://rochester.zoom.us/j/314987250

Tuition: $15 per Session or $20 and all goes to India causes. Your call.

Complete Recorded Archive INCLUDING a free Audio book is here:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bfqt15y3n0uglir/AAAB_89LiCOob0hJI1w8BK7_a?dl=0 

(Remember that you must download Sessions from Dropbox because when you listen directly on Dropbox you receive only the first hour.)

NEW ARCHIVE COURSES ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM THIS PAST SPRING 2023.

·      The Tamil Goddess in Six Sessions, tuition for all Sessions is $95.  You can download from here directly. Tuition is on the honor system, use Paypal or Venmo (svcourses@gmail.com)
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/owz6urldp6rnl4nv6bpdh/h?dl=0&rlkey=7rty7mxnjwk301bjk6vt7qtpi

 

·      Muruga of the Six Temples, tuition for all Sessions is $95 payable as PayPal or Venmo (svcourses@gmail.com), here is the Dropbox link for downloading directly: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/1fwu9qhlghlmz9t1a1sd2/h?dl=0&rlkey=2lz0ox3znbhl0iqc48qu59gpx

You can find all of our Newsletters on the Kalliyam Blogspot here:

https://kalliyam.blogspot.com/2023/01/rajanaka-newsletter-january-10-2023.html

 

And so much to read on the Rajanaka Sammelana, Rajanaka Adesa, and the Contraiety [SIC] Blogspots, links here:

 

https://rajanaka.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-story-in-news-rajanaka-past-and.html

 

https://rajanakadesa.blogspot.com/2023/01/vrata-resolutions-and-new-year.html

 

https://contraiety.blogspot.com/2022/08/what-you-havent-earned-is-more-important.html

 

What will you find?

Six Sessions and PDF to aid in study.  Write to me if you need help.

Description: No form of Hanuman is more important or less understood and studied than the great Pancamukha.  Here Hanuman bears the visage of Varaha the Boar, Garuda the Raptor, Hanuman the Monkey, Narasimha the Lion Man, and Hayagriva the Horse.  We will bring this character to life in mythos, mantra, and mudra, in theory and practice, and there will be new stories and work that extends far beyond what we have done before with the Tantric Hanuman.  Everyone is welcome.  We start at the beginning and we go deep.

Tuition for Six Sessions is $150, payable over time if you need, use PayPal (svcourses@gmail.com or nallapaampu@gmail.com) or Venmo (douglas-brooks-8 or svcourses@gmail.com) If you can’t afford full tuition, talk to me.  Your access is guaranteed.  Tuition further promises unlimited access to the Recorded Dropbox Archive that will allow you to listen whenever you like.  Registration for all is by attendance and tuition is on the honor system.

  • Rasa in Theory and Practice.

Six Sessions on Saturday Evenings

ARCHIVE is HERE: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/d4uwwjw17seca2livd6r2/h?dl=0&rlkey=nh4g7xj6x7skeghw4x6tcsk2c

Description: Rasa means essence, taste, liquidity, flavor, sentiment, elemental feeling and emotion.  At the heart of the study of poetry, Rasa Theory is a remarkable, rich, and complex method of analysis and appreciation of artistry and aesthetics.  But rasa is also a roadmap, a process and practice, a method for understanding and exploring our most elemental feelings.  Rajanaka has among the most developed and useful rasa traditions of yoga.  At the center of every yoga is engagement with feeling and the development of “taste”: rasa is the core of our being and here we learn the way through that labyrinth of essence.

Tuition for Six Sessions is $150, payable over time if you need, use PayPal (svcourses@gmail.com or nallapaampu@gmail.com) or Venmo (douglas-brooks-8 or svcourses@gmail.com) If you can’t afford full tuition, talk to me.  Your access is guaranteed.  Tuition further promises unlimited access to the Recorded Dropbox Archive that will allow you to listen whenever you like.  Registration for all is by attendance and tuition is on the honor system.

 

TUITION FOR ANY OF THESE ARCHIVES IS $150 FOR COMPLETE ACCESS. YOU ARE ON YOUR HONOR TO ACCESS THEM AS YOU PLEASE AND OFFER TUITION VIA PAYPAL (SVCOURSES@GMAIL.COM OR NALLAPAAMPU@GMAIL.COM) OR BY VENMO (SVCOURSES@GMAIL.COM OR DOUGLAS-BROOKS-8).  

 

Gayatri Mantra

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/r58rwnp3ryxgi6a6y8yme/h?dl=0&rlkey=59kbd7hjdrl8n809zv8becmdi

 

Lalita 1000 Names

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/18o5rtle7p91hz2/AADQnph8ofpPAX5mtW7mX-L4a?dl=0

 

OM Autobiography

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/11jd30d14ibjjtv3wauaj/h?dl=0&rlkey=1wugbag9m7myo1c50gt6qoa6d

 

Shakuntala for India

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/osx5n6i9vrz5vi5ek9vch/h?dl=0&rlkey=pa7akqysgrauu07mw9te61yb1

 

Pancamukha Hanuman

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/d62llefrjvyidefn3uequ/h?dl=0&rlkey=p774e7zbme37d8cc49ocysog2

 

Rasa Theory

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/d4uwwjw17seca2livd6r2/h?dl=0&rlkey=nh4g7xj6x7skeghw4x6tcsk2c

 

Free Saturdays in 2023

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/rm505c2fcy04y3upn5abv/h?dl=0&rlkey=6gk1d5rzyypn0r37100wzv5hk

 

Sricakra Puja Appa Svadhyaya

https://www.dropbox.com/s/bi7z70589ztuak4/cakra%20puja.wav?dl=0

 

Religion 270 The Meaning of Life

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/ab5ioprn7bk2qgsd8800i/h?dl=0&rlkey=k9g4xukvctff91fkye1wo5mdr

 

Poised for Grace Audio Book

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/iw0za7jwml6m7mc/AACjDhxf9owOXjbkzT2r2k-Ra?dl=0

 

Patanjali Essential Core

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2qd7wc5qroiva3v/AAAaZPvnc9I2JQSrO88Iv1exa?dl=0

 

Sivakamasundari Practicum

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ifddb0hglwrm5hx/AABGyYYfSJ9B_KHhU1LgdsT3a?dl=0

 

Mahabharata Sundays
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bfqt15y3n0uglir/AAAB_89LiCOob0hJI1w8BK7_a?dl=0

 

 

 

 

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