The First All-Russian Congress of Advaita Vedanta`s Followers and Communities
Moscow July 22-26 2008

The First All-Russian Congress of Russian-speaking followers of Advaita Vedanta takes place in Moscow (Profsoyuznaya street 61, Kaluzhskaya metro station) in July, 22-26.

We invite religious and spiritual organizations, communities, monasteries, groups, Yoga centers and practitioners of traditional Advaita Vedanta (as it`s given by saints Rishi Vasistha, Dattatreya, Shankara, Ramana Maharshi and siddhas), and Neo-Advaita`s followers from Russia and CIS countries.

The Congress is conducted under the aegis of World Community of Laya Yoga, the Monastery-Academy of Yoga "The Collection of Mysteries" on a joint initiative of disciples of Swami Vishnu Dev, the followers of Advaita Vedanta and Laya Yoga with the assistance of Moscow Dharma Center "Sacred Abode of Aryans" and Regional Nonprofit Spiritual & Physical Development Organization "Laya Yoga" (Saint-Petersburg).

At The Congress:

• lectures and speeches of teachers (Guru), masters and sadhus of various schools, currents and directions of Advaita Vedanta teaching;
  
• reports-lectures, research work reports, speeches of philosophers, practitioners, orientalist scientists – researches of Advayta Vedanta;
  
• presentations of spiritual currents, communities, groups and centers of Advaita Vedanta followers;
  
• presentation of the project "Vedic Civilization of God-Men - "Divya Loka";
  
• presentation of the Virtual Project “Arya Loka” - virtual Holy Land of Ariyas;
  
• traditional philosophic public debates about the Nature of the Absolute where monks and laymen can participate;
  
• video films and video lectures of enlightened Masters Sri Ramana Maharshi, Sri Punjaji, Ramesh Balsekar, etc.;
  
• mysteries – theatrical performances based on the fragments of sacred scriptures and puranas telling about living of saints and siddhas;
  
• traditional and modern bhajans;
  
• collective meditations, worship rituals and invocation of Advaita saints` blessing;
  
• prasad;
  
• spiritual arts (Vedic music, singing, spiritual poetry, Vedic dance and iconography);
  
• exhibition of iconographic images, photographs of saints, siddhas, deities and sacred symbols;
  
• Hatha Yoga lessons;
  
• Chankramanam (meditative walking technique);
  
• healing séances and advices of Ayurveda, Vedic science of design (vaastu), Vedic astrology (jotish), chiromancy and numerology experts;
  
• distribution of books, video and audio records;
  
• presentations of publishers of books on Advaita Vedanta;
  
• "Advaita and Transhumanism" (how to live and improve oneself in modern high tech world being a follower of Advaita Vedanta philosophy).
  

Code of Ethics

Contact us:

Academy of Yoga

8 904 905 0093 Mataji Satya Tejasi
8 902 682 3408 Prabhu Aishwarya Nandana

Moscow

8 926 525 4219 Vladimir Balakin
8 916 608 3507 Tatyana

Saint-Petersburg

8 921 975 1122 Elena Yukhno

8 (812) 591 5818, 8 921 894 6618 Svetlana

Hotels for visitors from other cities

Official website: http://www.advayta.org
E-mail: atman@advayta.org