Chinmaya Mission Portland

Mere listening to my yajnas will not add to your beauty. These ideas are to be reflected deeply and digested slowly. This process is hastened only when you discuss what you have studied with others. Devi/Study Groups constitute the heart of our mission. The ideas gathered by you, when discussed with others, not only become deeply rooted in yourself, but as they become clearer in your own understanding, they also inspire those who listen to you. Thus, each student, while trying to strengthen his own understanding, can become an instrument for the spread of this knowledge. This process is the dynamic STUDY SCHEME followed in the Vedantic tradition. This is not a Chinmaya methodology, it is the most ancient Vedantic tradition of study.

Param Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda

The most important follow-up measure of the Gnana Yagnas is the Study Group program. The basic concept of the Study Group is to study the scriptures by those who have curiosity/thirst to benefit from the perennial wisdom of the Rishis.

A group of 1O- 15 like minded people get together at a place, time and day mutually agreed upon for 90 minutes a week for a systematic study of the scriptural texts prescribed in the Study Group Scheme by Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda after testing its validity over several years. A few thousands of Study Groups function under the guidance of Chinmaya Mission Centers around the world.

Adult Study Groups by Chinmaya Mission Portland

Here are the list of study groups conducted by Chinmaya Mission Portland, please feel free to join them. Apart from reading and discussing a proposed text, the study groups also watches DVD of Satsangs with Gurudev, Guruji and other acharyas of Chinmaya Mission.

Study Group Name Curriculum Leads Place / Time

Krishna Self Unfoldment Anurag Chawla
Kishore Pathial MJCCC
Sundays 9:45-10:50AM

Purna Self Unfoldment Sachin Godse
Easwar Srinivas MJCCC
Sundays 9:45-10:50AM

Pampa Bhaja Govindam Rajeev Singh
Venkatesh Chaya MJCC
Sundays 9:45-10:50AM

Brahmaputra Tattva Bodha Srinivas Alai
Gopi Selvaraje MJCC
Sundays 9:45-10:50AM

Kapila Manah Shodhanam Subha Pathial MJCC
Sundays 10:50-11:35AM

Saraswati Self Unfoldment Meera Kanagal MJCC
Sundays 10:50-11:35AM

Tapti Tattva Bodha Rashmi Sahgal 2853 NW 127th Avenue,
Portland OR 97229
Wednesdays 7:00-8:30PM

Intel JF Studygroup Various short essays of Pujya Guruji
Self Unfoldment Sachin Godse
Sudhir Namboothiri JF, Intel Corporation,
2111 N.E. 25th Avenue
Hillsboro, OR 97124.
Wednesdays 12-1PM

Bhajan Group Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8
Various Shlokas & Bhajans Suma Krishnamurthy 15516 NW White Fox Dr.
Beaverton, OR 97006
Fridays 6:00-7:00PM

Books used in Adult Study Groups

FAQs about Adult Study Groups