The Three fold approach
Concurrent School
There are existing Veda Patashalas and many Vidhyarthis study in these. Few of these Patashalas already have evinced interest in Samhita to be implemented in their premises. Samhita will supply teachers and study material to these Patashalas.
Samhita will ensure that its curriculum becomes a regular and essential part of the Patashala activity. It will also monitor that the subjects are taught efficiently in the limited time allotted to it and ensure continuity in teaching.
Patashalas with a minimum strength of 10 vidhyarthis would be chosen initially. The time allotted shall be 1½ hours per batch every day. The batches as prevalent in the Veda Patashalas shall be maintained so that there is no confusion and loss of time to Veda Paatham (Vedic learning).
Bridge School
The interested passed- out students from the Veda Patashala is the target for the bridge schools. This passed-out student’s suitability will be ascertained by Samhita committee. Those found suitable would be counseled about the agenda of the bridge school and trained exclusively and intensively. Bridge school shall be a residential facility and they would be trained till they pass out 10+2. During their academic studies at the Bridge school, vidhyarthis would also be taught other Vedic/Vedanta subjects common to all shakas 1½ hours every day. The bridge school pass-out would join colleges to their liking for further studies. On passing out from college many of these vidhyarthis would be the possible candidates for being teachers in Samhita. Others can pursue careers of their liking.
Model Patashala
Based on our experience as we evolve, we plan to set up a Model Patashala which would combine Veda Adhyayanam and Concurrent studies in a single place funded by the localities. The Model Patashala would be evolved to set a benchmark for the future Patashalas for not only its course content but day to day administration, funding and other matters of management.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
FAQs
What is the Grand Goal??
To make Veda Adhyayanam – A natural course of Action!!
Is this a New Idea??
No - This is not a new idea – such idea has been existent even from Maha Periyava’s period
So?? - What is New Now??
•First and the Most important – now there are buyers of this idea!!!
•Take the School to Patashala not vice-versa
•Involve all sections of the community and meet their major requirements
•Learn from Past Mistakes
WHO? HOW? WHEN?
Samhita wishes to do it in a 3 Pronged Approach in the following sequence
•Concurrent School
•Bridge School
•Model & Modern Patashala
Started ??
•Yes - The concurrent school
1.Jagatguru VedaKavya Vidhya Bhavanam (Sama Veda Patashala) – Kallikuppam, Ambattur
2.SDPP Yajur Veda Patashala – Nemilichery, Chrompet
3.Adambakkam Kainkarya Sabha (Sama – Yajur Veda Patashala), Adambakkam
4. Kshetropasana -Yajur Veda Patashala Sriperumbadur
To make Veda Adhyayanam – A natural course of Action!!
Is this a New Idea??
No - This is not a new idea – such idea has been existent even from Maha Periyava’s period
So?? - What is New Now??
•First and the Most important – now there are buyers of this idea!!!
•Take the School to Patashala not vice-versa
•Involve all sections of the community and meet their major requirements
•Learn from Past Mistakes
WHO? HOW? WHEN?
Samhita wishes to do it in a 3 Pronged Approach in the following sequence
•Concurrent School
•Bridge School
•Model & Modern Patashala
Started ??
•Yes - The concurrent school
1.Jagatguru VedaKavya Vidhya Bhavanam (Sama Veda Patashala) – Kallikuppam, Ambattur
2.SDPP Yajur Veda Patashala – Nemilichery, Chrompet
3.Adambakkam Kainkarya Sabha (Sama – Yajur Veda Patashala), Adambakkam
4. Kshetropasana -Yajur Veda Patashala Sriperumbadur
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Samhita - The Interface
We are very glad to announce that His Holiness of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam has blessed the name of "Samhita" to this project.
A dedicate website is being prepared shall be put in place shortly. We blocked the domains http://www.samhita.ac.in/ and http://www.samhita.in/
Samhita - The Interface is very keen to start its operations at the earliest and is in the process of recruiting teachers.
We request you all to recommend teachers for this noble cause. The advertisement for recruitment of teachers shall shortly appear on dailies and the local tabloids. Kindly spread this message across to your family and friends so that we might get teachers at the earliest.
A dedicate website is being prepared shall be put in place shortly. We blocked the domains http://www.samhita.ac.in/ and http://www.samhita.in/
Samhita - The Interface is very keen to start its operations at the earliest and is in the process of recruiting teachers.
We request you all to recommend teachers for this noble cause. The advertisement for recruitment of teachers shall shortly appear on dailies and the local tabloids. Kindly spread this message across to your family and friends so that we might get teachers at the earliest.
Wanted Teachers
Sri Gurubyo Namah
WANTED TEACHERS FOR A NOBLE EFFORT
Wanted full-time teachers (Brahmins) to teach Science, Mathematics, Samskritam, Tamil, English and Social Sciences (up to High School level) to Vedic Students in Veda Patashalas.
Qualification: Subject knowledge, innovative teaching skills, dedication and faith in Vedic Tradition
Remuneration: At par with that in good schools
Please send in your resume and details on your last salary drawn to
Samhita, No.3, 8th Street, Vaishnavi Nagar, Chennai: 600109
Tel: 26383372, 26371252
Email: interface@indiamail.com
WANTED TEACHERS FOR A NOBLE EFFORT
Wanted full-time teachers (Brahmins) to teach Science, Mathematics, Samskritam, Tamil, English and Social Sciences (up to High School level) to Vedic Students in Veda Patashalas.
Qualification: Subject knowledge, innovative teaching skills, dedication and faith in Vedic Tradition
Remuneration: At par with that in good schools
Please send in your resume and details on your last salary drawn to
Samhita, No.3, 8th Street, Vaishnavi Nagar, Chennai: 600109
Tel: 26383372, 26371252
Email: interface@indiamail.com
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Update - 2
2
Summary of meeting on December 27, 2007
Thank you to one and all for making to the meeting at a very short notice. I am humbled by the interest taken by the busy loukikas in the interest of Veda Paripalanam.
I hope it was a brain storming session with strong points being raised for and against the models of schools to be adopted. I hope every participant would have taken comments made by others during the discussion in the right spirit. My apologies, if any member was hurt by expressions by others during the spirited discussion.
I suppose, it would be right to summarise the meeting as under:
Apart from Divine Grace, definite syllabus, faculties, facilities, patience and perseverance of the organizers are going to determine the success of the project.
Two lines of thoughts have emanated from the discussion:-
There is a line of thought that the output generated from bridge and concurrent course of ‘Interface’ shall/may not be role models to the Brahmin society at large to emulate.
This school of thought views that a separate all encompassing Residential Vedic school (Yajur Vedam only to start with) is to be founded. The input (students) to this school would be fresher from existing Patashalas. The output from such a school can be the role models for the society to emulate.
There is another line of thought which suggests that role models need to be generated from the present lot through Bridge course, and concurrent study. There would be various grades of outputs from these courses as in any program viz exemplary, good, fair and maybe very ordinary as well.
The present lot, if well directed now, will pave way for children from affordable families as well to join Vedam if not from the elite.
It was abundantly clear that both the lines of thought were harping on one point. The presently prevailing system has a lot of scope for improvement.
It is therefore imperative that we move ahead and start working on both the thought process and initiate an action plan.
Further course of action should be – formation of a trust, creation of various working committees in the trust such that specifics are implemented.
Lets get started and the Divine help shall take us along…….
Dr.S.Venugopalan,
No.3, 8th Street, Vaishanavi Nagar,
Chennai: 600109
HP No. 9444208277
Summary of meeting on December 27, 2007
Thank you to one and all for making to the meeting at a very short notice. I am humbled by the interest taken by the busy loukikas in the interest of Veda Paripalanam.
I hope it was a brain storming session with strong points being raised for and against the models of schools to be adopted. I hope every participant would have taken comments made by others during the discussion in the right spirit. My apologies, if any member was hurt by expressions by others during the spirited discussion.
I suppose, it would be right to summarise the meeting as under:
Apart from Divine Grace, definite syllabus, faculties, facilities, patience and perseverance of the organizers are going to determine the success of the project.
Two lines of thoughts have emanated from the discussion:-
There is a line of thought that the output generated from bridge and concurrent course of ‘Interface’ shall/may not be role models to the Brahmin society at large to emulate.
This school of thought views that a separate all encompassing Residential Vedic school (Yajur Vedam only to start with) is to be founded. The input (students) to this school would be fresher from existing Patashalas. The output from such a school can be the role models for the society to emulate.
There is another line of thought which suggests that role models need to be generated from the present lot through Bridge course, and concurrent study. There would be various grades of outputs from these courses as in any program viz exemplary, good, fair and maybe very ordinary as well.
The present lot, if well directed now, will pave way for children from affordable families as well to join Vedam if not from the elite.
It was abundantly clear that both the lines of thought were harping on one point. The presently prevailing system has a lot of scope for improvement.
It is therefore imperative that we move ahead and start working on both the thought process and initiate an action plan.
Further course of action should be – formation of a trust, creation of various working committees in the trust such that specifics are implemented.
Lets get started and the Divine help shall take us along…….
Dr.S.Venugopalan,
No.3, 8th Street, Vaishanavi Nagar,
Chennai: 600109
HP No. 9444208277
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Feedback from Shri.S.K.Sundararajan, HRD Manager
Namasthe'
Very happy to have read an initiative in the precise direction in Education.
Terribly disturbed by the present Educational System and after having made great attempts to do something in the system found powerless in front of the conditioned thinking of the parents of the present society has now changed my approach towards the problems in the present educational system. This interface seems to be a solution for the problems that I have in mind too.
Education is to make a man think ( not for making anybody make money)
Nature provides us with everything, man has intelligently and wisely use nature to satisfy his wants.
In so taking energy from nature the power principle comes in the picture creating a host of problems
Sanatana Dharma after having seen all these has devised ways to solve the same.
On the one hand I am confident that I have the ideas and the ways and means to not only place the vedic scholars in positions which will place them in an enviable position in a corporate set up, but also make others repent for their decisions of not having their children put in this stream.
On the other hand, we can also think of making the society rethink itself on the ground that Education should be perceived differently and not on the ground that it will provide just for satisfying the worldly needs.
On the light of my experiences with the corporate world, now it is very clear that i can place people in many companies even without a single certificate from the schools or colleges!!!
If i could classify the people in the corporate world too, we can find caste system.
The lower caste is the one who uses his hands and legs.
The next level they call themselves executives, they are the ones who carry out instructions.
Then we find the Relationship principle based cadre who can think only in terms of money.
Then the top level management people who "Think",
My focus is on developing this vedic scholars to become thinkers more than the rest.
A thinker need not be a good communicator, he need not know how to read or write, as reading and writing involves practical language which will disrupt the thinking. a original thinker should not have any restrictions or conditioning be it in any form, words or self esteem or social presssure.
Definitely we can develop courses which will make top level thinkers who will attract all powers monetarily and otherwise without even learning to read or write. And I can definetely place them also.
Waiting for your reply
To take this forward.
Thanking you
S.K.Sundararajan
Very happy to have read an initiative in the precise direction in Education.
Terribly disturbed by the present Educational System and after having made great attempts to do something in the system found powerless in front of the conditioned thinking of the parents of the present society has now changed my approach towards the problems in the present educational system. This interface seems to be a solution for the problems that I have in mind too.
Education is to make a man think ( not for making anybody make money)
Nature provides us with everything, man has intelligently and wisely use nature to satisfy his wants.
In so taking energy from nature the power principle comes in the picture creating a host of problems
Sanatana Dharma after having seen all these has devised ways to solve the same.
On the one hand I am confident that I have the ideas and the ways and means to not only place the vedic scholars in positions which will place them in an enviable position in a corporate set up, but also make others repent for their decisions of not having their children put in this stream.
On the other hand, we can also think of making the society rethink itself on the ground that Education should be perceived differently and not on the ground that it will provide just for satisfying the worldly needs.
On the light of my experiences with the corporate world, now it is very clear that i can place people in many companies even without a single certificate from the schools or colleges!!!
If i could classify the people in the corporate world too, we can find caste system.
The lower caste is the one who uses his hands and legs.
The next level they call themselves executives, they are the ones who carry out instructions.
Then we find the Relationship principle based cadre who can think only in terms of money.
Then the top level management people who "Think",
My focus is on developing this vedic scholars to become thinkers more than the rest.
A thinker need not be a good communicator, he need not know how to read or write, as reading and writing involves practical language which will disrupt the thinking. a original thinker should not have any restrictions or conditioning be it in any form, words or self esteem or social presssure.
Definitely we can develop courses which will make top level thinkers who will attract all powers monetarily and otherwise without even learning to read or write. And I can definetely place them also.
Waiting for your reply
To take this forward.
Thanking you
S.K.Sundararajan
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Update - 1
2
Sri Gurubhyo namah
Sri Ramajayam
December 1, 2007
It is indeed highly encouraging that there have been numerous responses to our vision document ‘Interface’. I bow my head in reverence to all those who had the time and inclination to respond, showing that they indeed strive for the Veda Paripalanam and are ready to do their might in making Veda Adhyayanam easy and possible for many.
This is a follow-up paper based on the feedbacks generated, that aims to address the various questions, doubts, aspirations, anxiety and implement suggestions put forth.
Veda Paripalanam – requires multi pronged approach and ‘Interface’ is one of the means. It is therefore imperative that all other approaches (indeed important) for Veda Paripalanam are not in the scope of Interface.
The scope of ‘Interface’ is to make Veda Adhyayanam to Brahmins a ‘movement’. A movement that would stay to guide and encourage making Veda Adhyayanam a natural course of action to the Brahmin boy.
The program and the developments are being reported to His Holiness Bala-Periava and has the blessing Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam. A Sanskrit name for the ‘Movement’ shall be shortly suggested by His Holiness. It is also suggested by Periava that the program be conducted in a place in and around Chennai. His Holiness has suggested a small syllabus for ‘continuing Vedic Education’ (common for all Vedas) at Interface.
A meeting was conducted on 25th November 2007 at the Chennai which was attended by few eminent Vedic Pandits, Patashala gurus, Patashala trustees, an experienced retired teacher (who has some 7 years of experience in teaching academic education to Vedic students) and well wishers. The conclusion has been abundantly and absolutely clear that:
Indeed any Dharmic way of occupation can be taken up after Veda Adhyayanam.
Though it is difficult and strenuous to do academic education with/after Veda Adhyayanam, it is important presently and hence has to be done. The program however has to be highly objective and oriented.
Higher Vedic education (Bhashyam, Shashtram etc) as being sought today, by a cross-section would continue. ‘Interface’ would in fact complement them too with minimum required ‘loukika vidya’.
In addition to the concept proposed in the ‘Interface’ of a bridge course after Veda Adhyayayam, it is also proposed to introduce the ‘Interface’ course contents to the willing Veda- Patashalas. The course content shall be imparted on the basis that the willing Veda – Patashalas shall offer at least 1 ½ hours every day and minimum 3hours on the non-study days (Anadhyayana days). This will enable an adhyayi to have good communication in Sanskrit, English, academic education up to 10th standard by time he finishes his Adhyayanam.
With the advent of Interface program into the Patashalas, it is expected that at a later stage, the bridge interface course can be come shorter. This program then would focus on 10+2 with career counseling.
A very structured and objective syllabus shall be put in place with the help of senior Educationist to achieve the utmost desired results within shortest possible time.
Dedicated teachers with zeal and commitment to the cause shall be recruited to make teaching effective and purposeful.
Suggestions on the course contents, modalities for the success of the ‘Interface’ are being sought.
Please arrange to get interested teachers, possible 1st batch students for the ‘Interface’ bridge course to get in touch with us for further details.
Any queries and suggestions are most welcome ; please contact
Dr.S.Venugopalan,
Reader- Sanskrit - Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Vishwa Mahavidhyala, Enathur, Kanchipuram
Address for correspondence: No.3, 8th Street, Vaishanavi Nagar,
Chennai: 600109. HP No. 9444208277
Email: interface@indiamail.com
Sri Gurubhyo namah
Sri Ramajayam
December 1, 2007
It is indeed highly encouraging that there have been numerous responses to our vision document ‘Interface’. I bow my head in reverence to all those who had the time and inclination to respond, showing that they indeed strive for the Veda Paripalanam and are ready to do their might in making Veda Adhyayanam easy and possible for many.
This is a follow-up paper based on the feedbacks generated, that aims to address the various questions, doubts, aspirations, anxiety and implement suggestions put forth.
Veda Paripalanam – requires multi pronged approach and ‘Interface’ is one of the means. It is therefore imperative that all other approaches (indeed important) for Veda Paripalanam are not in the scope of Interface.
The scope of ‘Interface’ is to make Veda Adhyayanam to Brahmins a ‘movement’. A movement that would stay to guide and encourage making Veda Adhyayanam a natural course of action to the Brahmin boy.
The program and the developments are being reported to His Holiness Bala-Periava and has the blessing Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam. A Sanskrit name for the ‘Movement’ shall be shortly suggested by His Holiness. It is also suggested by Periava that the program be conducted in a place in and around Chennai. His Holiness has suggested a small syllabus for ‘continuing Vedic Education’ (common for all Vedas) at Interface.
A meeting was conducted on 25th November 2007 at the Chennai which was attended by few eminent Vedic Pandits, Patashala gurus, Patashala trustees, an experienced retired teacher (who has some 7 years of experience in teaching academic education to Vedic students) and well wishers. The conclusion has been abundantly and absolutely clear that:
Indeed any Dharmic way of occupation can be taken up after Veda Adhyayanam.
Though it is difficult and strenuous to do academic education with/after Veda Adhyayanam, it is important presently and hence has to be done. The program however has to be highly objective and oriented.
Higher Vedic education (Bhashyam, Shashtram etc) as being sought today, by a cross-section would continue. ‘Interface’ would in fact complement them too with minimum required ‘loukika vidya’.
In addition to the concept proposed in the ‘Interface’ of a bridge course after Veda Adhyayayam, it is also proposed to introduce the ‘Interface’ course contents to the willing Veda- Patashalas. The course content shall be imparted on the basis that the willing Veda – Patashalas shall offer at least 1 ½ hours every day and minimum 3hours on the non-study days (Anadhyayana days). This will enable an adhyayi to have good communication in Sanskrit, English, academic education up to 10th standard by time he finishes his Adhyayanam.
With the advent of Interface program into the Patashalas, it is expected that at a later stage, the bridge interface course can be come shorter. This program then would focus on 10+2 with career counseling.
A very structured and objective syllabus shall be put in place with the help of senior Educationist to achieve the utmost desired results within shortest possible time.
Dedicated teachers with zeal and commitment to the cause shall be recruited to make teaching effective and purposeful.
Suggestions on the course contents, modalities for the success of the ‘Interface’ are being sought.
Please arrange to get interested teachers, possible 1st batch students for the ‘Interface’ bridge course to get in touch with us for further details.
Any queries and suggestions are most welcome ; please contact
Dr.S.Venugopalan,
Reader- Sanskrit - Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Vishwa Mahavidhyala, Enathur, Kanchipuram
Address for correspondence: No.3, 8th Street, Vaishanavi Nagar,
Chennai: 600109. HP No. 9444208277
Email: interface@indiamail.com
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