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Sri Swami Dayananda Saraswati is a distinguished, traditional teacher of Vedanta. His depth of understanding and nuanced appreciation of both Eastern and Western cultures make him that rare teacher who can communicate the vision of non-duality to modern listeners. He is able to make one see, with immediacy, the truth of oneself as the whole.

An eminent teacher of Vedanta and an erudite scholar in Sanskrit, Pujya Swamiji is well known for his excellent communication skills. Swami Dayananda has been teaching Vedanta in India for more than four decades, and around the world since 1976. In his public talks abroad, Swamiji has spoken at many of the most prestigious American universities, and has addressed international conventions, UNESCO and the United Nations, where he participated in the Millennium Peace Summit.

A teacher of teachers, Swami Dayananda designed and taught six resident in-depth Vedanta courses, each spanning 30 to 36 months and three more have been conducted with his guidance. The graduates from these courses are now acharyas, teaching around the world. More than one hundred are now swamis and are highly respected as scholars and teachers throughout India and abroad. Some of these swamis and swaminis have conducted their own long-term residential courses under the guidance and assistance of Pujya Swamiji. One was here in 2002 at the Gurukulam in Coimbatore. Also under Swami Dayanandas guidance, numerous centers for Vedic teaching have been founded around the world. The Ashrams founded by Swamiji in India are the Arsha Vidya Ashram in Rishikesh, the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam at Coimbatore and the Arsha Vijnana Gurukulam (http://www.arshavidya-nagpur.org/) at Nagpur. In the U.S., the main center is the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam at Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania. At present his students have set up over sixty centers in India and abroad that carry on this same tradition of Vedantic teaching.

In addition to teaching, Swami Dayananda has initiated and supported various philanthropic efforts. The All India Movement (AIM) for Seva, inaugurated in November, 2000, brings medical, educational, nutritional and infrastructure assistance to villagers in the remote areas of India. This movement enjoys the blessing of all traditional Hindu spiritual leaders who have united as a single body, the Acarya Sabha, through the coordinating efforts of Swami Dayananda. In November 2001, Swami Dayananda convened the first World Congress for the Preservation of Religious Diversity in Delhi, inaugurated by the Dalai Lama and the then Prime Minister Mr. A.B. Vajpayee. An important outcome of the Congress is the formation of a Global Commission for the Preservation of Religious Diversity, spearheaded by Swami Dayananda. The Commission had its inaugural meeting in Bangkok in June, 2002. Swami Dayananda was also active in forming and participating in the Womens Global Peace Initiative, which convened at the United Nations in Geneva in October 2002.

Swamini Brahmalenananda

Swamini Brahmalenananda has been a disciple of Pujya Swamiji since 1967. Keeping in contact with Pujya Swamiji and listening to his public talks, she completed her postgraduation in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and has been working in various medical colleges. In 1994, she completed her residential 3 year Vedanta Course at the Gurukulam in Anaikatti, Coimbatore. Subsequently, she went for a short period to teach the Brahmacaris at Rishikesh and then worked in this Gurukulam as a staff member. In October 1995, she moved to Salem, established the Arsha Vidya Centre and has been teaching there since then, both in English and Tamil. She was entrusted with translating the books of Pujya Swamiji into Tamil, of which the most important is the Gita Home Study. The other books translated by her are the Teaching of the Bhagavad Gita, Value of Values, Sadhana and Sadhya, Isvara In Ones Life and so on. She has also helped in editing various other books like the Visnu Sahasranama, Viveka Cudamani and the GHS in book form. She was initiated into Sannyasa in 1999.

From November 2005, she has been teaching Visnu Sahasranama and Sanskrit on the 1st and 3rd Sundays at the Anaikatti AVG Gurukulam, and the Pancadasi, Visnu Sahasranama and Sanskrit at the City Centre. She also conducts and helps in the Gurukulam camps.

Swamini Vedarthananda and Swamini Saradananda

Both the Swamini's completed the three year course here at the Coimbatore Ashram in 1994. Swi. Vedarthananda has a Ph.D. in Physics and Swi. Saradananda was a teacher. Known for their excellent Vedic chanting, they have both taught Vedanta and Vedic chanting classes in Calcutta, and are currently teaching here at the City Centre in Coimbatore. They also are in charge of the temple.