When it comes to Veda Adhyayanam we can only hear the following comments. The comments can be classified as
1. Myth, 2. Social condition (stigma), 3. Practical difficulties.

Myth:
It is good….Very good … but it is not meant for me…Veda Adhyayanam is not for my son or grandson (Read - applicable only others…!!) ….
Those were olden days ….. In fact my great great grandfather was a ganapati/ somayaji etc, etc!!
Veda Adhyayanam is very, very tough
No use.. Veda Adhyayanam is only learning by heart of verses …. No practical use; Nobody knows the meaning….
Tough living conditions in patashala…. It is rigorous, in-humane
Vedam is lost and hence no scope / Veda Adhyayanam has no set grades or standards.
No body is keen on these issues and we don’t have help.

Social Condition (Stigma):
No, it won’t suit us… (Don’t ask me why!!!…)
Not definitely for our social and cultural background…..
We have no Adhyayis in our family in the recent generations …so why should I attempt this now? We shall be aliens in our family circle.
Why should we learn Vedam at all? We don’t want our boy to be a Shastrigal!!
How can we change the society? ….We ought to live the way it does…We cannot get back to the old-age!!
Resistance to life-style, dressing and eating habits
Why make your life stressful?

Practical difficulties:
Where/What is the scope???….
What shall be the future career? Purohityam is not the career that we are interested
How to make a respectable living?
Is it a proven path? Can you prove it?

Only owing to our Periyava’s efforts and tapas we see even now few Veda Adhyayis among our community. It goes to show that the practicing the ‘Preach’ is difficult.
Most Brahmin families refrain from Veda Adhyayanam only because the only career option after Veda Adhyayanam is Vaideekam (read Purohityam),

It is now required that:

We need the will to think dispassionately and think big!!


Break the Myth on the negative aspects of Veda Adhyayanam and bring people around on the importance and sanctity of Adhyayanam.

We need to indulge, implement and create right social conditions so that the stigma associated with adhyayam is eroded and positive feeling are generated about Vedam and Vaideeka way of living.

There are successful people who have done Veda Adhyayanam as a child and are engaged subsequently as Doctors, Engineers, Chartered Accountants, Lawyers, Clerks, Teachers, Lecturers/Professors, Businessmen, Upannyasakar (Discourse specialists), Management consultants etc etc . (Most such persons have been able to lead a vaideeka lifestyle too!!) Though this unique population is small, it is a sizeable ratio of the people who undertake Veda Adhyayanam. Moreover, this unique population have had no formal facilities/guidance and have done all ground work by themselves under odd circumstances. If formal facilities/guidance were available, most Adhyayis can do wonders and many more new career avenues without compromising Vaideeka lifestyle can be discovered. We need to make it possible that Veda Adhyayanam is taken as choice as sva-dharmam not as hopeless last resort alternative.

We need to take pride in our ancestry, have the will to abide by the Brahmna Dharmam and will to take some efforts towards upholding it.

With all this in mind “Samhita” plans to create the infrastructure and social conditions to make Veda Adhyayanam a natural option in Brahmin families.

3 Fold Approach

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.

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