Please remember that the 2014 Bhutanese Children’s Backpack Drive is going on through AUGUST 10th! Bring the following items in a gender-neutral backpack: ¨ 1 Gender-Neutral Backpack ¨ #2 Pencils (24 ct.) ¨ Eraser ¨ 1 Box of Crayons (24 ct.) ¨ 1 Pack of Colored Pencils (12 ct.) ¨ Read more…
Chinmaya Mangalam letter CMW Hari Om CMDFW Members! During this summer we were privileged to assist Chinmaya Mission West with the purchase of a property near Corsicana TX. Pujya Swami Tejomayananda, Head of Chinmaya Mission Worldwide has shared his vision regarding the property in the attached letter. Thanks, Read more…
Registration for cultural music/dance and language classes is now open. The classes for returning students begin September 13, 2014 and for new students on October 4, 2014. Classes would like a minimum enrollment of 3-4 students. We are still looking for volunteer teachers for Hindi class for S3 session and Read more…
Hari Om, There will be an Open House which will run over first two weekends (Sept 6/7/13/14) in all Balavihar sessions. Please invite your relatives, friends and their children who are new to CMDFW. They can visit any session at any location and enjoy the experience of Balavihar and/or Read more…
Jan. 28 – Feb. 01 Click here for the audio discourses During the discourses on Vishnu Sahasranamam held at Chinmaya Chitrakoot, Swami Sarveshananda provided an extensive introduction to this treatise by going over the context in which the mantras were revealed. Composed by Shri Veda Vyasa, we encounter this sacred Read more…
Dec. 08, 2012 Click here to see the photos This year’s banquet was yet another memorable event. 350 adults purchased tickets and we had 143 teenagers and children registered for the banquet. Beautiful banquet invitations (thanks to the Parmar family) were distributed well in advance. A dynamic emcee Sridhar Karra Read more…
Aug. 27, 2012 Click here to see the photos We have EXCEEDED our goal for the BIBS Project- Bhutanese Back To School Drive. Our goal was to collect 120 backpacks and supplies, however, we collected 188 BACKPACKS with more than enough supplies! To those of you that sincerely and generously Read more…
April 01, 2012 Click here to see the photos Reading, singing and/or hearing the seven cantos – baalakaanDa, ayodhyaakaanDa, aranyakaanDa, kishkindhaakaanDa, sundarakaanDa, lankaakaanDa, and uttarakaanDa – of Rama kathaamruta (Sri Ramayan story) over the first nine auspicious days of Chaitra maasa (first month of the Hindu Calendar) is supposed to Read more…
Identifying with the Self Mar. 12 – Mar. 16, 2012 (Discourses conducted by Swami Sarveshananda at Chinmaya Chitrakoot, CM D/FW) After explaining how to disidentify with our false convictions, Swami Sarveshananda reminded us that while pain may be inevitable in some life experiences, misery is optional. Avoid the unnecessary comparisons Read more…
Wisdom in Being Self-Conscious Jan. 16 – Jan. 20, 2012 (Discourses conducted by Swami Sarveshananda at Chinmaya Saaket, CM D/FW) After a thorough test of Nachiketa’s readiness to be a qualified seeker, Lord Yama responds to his question of What is the Truth? Lord Yama clarifies that all religious practices Read more…