+++ Important Information for Upcoming 2009 Batch +++
Student Services
Policies & Procedures - Ethics (School, student)
We welcome you to Vedika Gurukula.
With great pleasure we bring to the world sage wisdom contained in the ancient traditions of Ayurveda, Yoga, and Vedanta for self-healing and upliftment of humanity.
We aim to empower the committed ones with right knowledge and deep skills so that they can, in turn, go out in the world when they are ready and be teachers and healers from an authentic and informed place.
It is Vedika Global's vision that sage wisdom be transmitted at an affordable cost to sincere seekers, and that those prepared for advanced learning should be taught free, and that deserving students get a scholarship to study.
With this lofty vision in mind, we bring to you the highest quality, one of a kind, scripture-based program and education style of the sages with mantras, shlokas and sutras illumining the way.
- To serve you better, we invite you to read our website thoroughly especially the sections: About Us, Mission, Pioneering Characteristics, Aims and Objectives and lastly the About Gurukula section that carries detailed information. We have made every attempt to inform you of all aspects on the Gurukula model of education. Also browse our Student Services section as well as Programs to get an idea of the thoroughness of our education process
- Secondly, I invite you to contact me, Susan George, Director Admissions at 1-877-708-3342 Ext. 15 or . I will be more than happy to answer your questions and make you more familiar with the Gurukula education process. I will also coordinate your visit to a class in progress at our Berkeley facility or to a study intensive as the Gurukula's guest. You can then witness and experience for yourself the marvelous Gurukula style of education. You will be glad you did!
- Next, when you are ready, I will guide you through the process of filling out the online application form that gives us information about yourself and why you wish to study Ayurveda, Yoga, and Vedanta in depth, and how you may want to integrate this knowledge in your life and career in detail. This application will help us understand you and your goals and how we can best serve you in fulfilling your education goals. So please take your time filling this out.
- Please note that Admissions to the 2009 Gurukula Batch that begins formal classes on January 28th, 2209, will close on December 31st, 2008. Please be sure to submit your application on or before this date.
- Please note that in 2009, first year classes will be held on every Wednesday evening (with the exception of festivals and major holidays) at our Berkeley facility from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM and there will be 4 weekend intensives (Sat/ Sun) from 9:00 Am to 6:00 PM and one 3 day retreat. The costs of all classes, intensives and retreats are included in the Gurukula tuition for the year.
- Please note that applications for Level 1 for the following year (starting in January 2010) are also available for evaluation and consideration during this time.
- After you have submitted your application online and you are a match with Vedika Gurukula's missions, then you will receive an invitation to formally enroll in the Gurukula.
- At the time of paying your fees, you will be asked to sign a financial
contract as well as a contract
of mindfulness (Shiksha Sankalpa); laying out Vedika Global's
spiritual and ethical policy and code of ethics.
To be able to access the contracts and get User Login and Password - please contact Director Admissions, Susan George at 1-877-708-3342 Ext. 15 or . - In between submitting your application and starting formal studies at the Gurukula in January 2009, it is recommended that you join the mandatory preparatory course work that will be taught October-through November over 6 classes, three hours long each. Preparatory classes will be held on Mondays nights, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM on October 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th and 3rd and 10th of November. Click here for more details on preparatory classes and why you will benefit from taking them and the curriculum covered. The cost for the series of classes is $ 250.00 payable to Vedika Global.
- It is highly recommended that you come to all preparatory classes and buy a CD for the ones you cannot attend. If you enroll after the preparatory classes are over, you will be asked to buy the entire set of preparatory class CDs and review them well before formal classes begin in 2009.
- Please remember that we are here to hold your hand through every step of the way from anticipation to fulfillment of your education at Vedika Gurukula. Just pick up the phone and call us at 1-877-708-3342 Ext. 15 or .
Blessings,
Susan George
Director, Admissions
Vedika Gurukula's Policies
Learn Ayurveda and Serve Humanity at the same time
One hundred percent of your fee to the Gurukula is a contribution to parent organization Vedika Global, Inc. a not-for-profit dedicated to altruistic social service in the field of healing through application of sage spirituality- Ayurveda for body, Yoga for mind and Vedanta for soul.
Waiving of Additional Fees
In principle, Vedika Global does not believe in application fee, processing fee, registration fee, equipment fees and other miscellaneous fees that are a norm with educational institutions these days. Education should enrich the students and not leave them burdened with loans and liabilities.
It is with a sense of service towards seekers and a sense of global fiscal responsibility that Vedika Global wants to ensure that students do not graduate with overwhelming student debts on their shoulders.
Save Trees
At the Gurukula, we are offering learning per the ancient sage's way of simplicity and essential goodness with minimum procedures or paper work. Unnecessary paperwork, more often than not, burdens the spirit of seeking and learning and also undermines the process of trust and mutual cooperation that are the hallmark of a Gurukula's relational style of education. We offer to seekers the opportunity to study the purest wisdom of the sages from the heart in the simple and serene manner that you deserve, and that's the way it should be.
Gurukula does not profit on sale of scriptures
The cost of texts is not included in the cost, but these are available at cost.
These are essential texts on Ayurveda, Yoga philosophy and Vedanta sourced from India, especially for the students; this is an approximate amount, unused balance will be returned to the students.
Spiritual Foundation and Policy of Vedika Global
Vedika Global, Vedika Gurukula's parent organization is dedicated to the awakening and development of consciousness and realization of the Highest Truth through traditional, scriptural-based study of Ayurveda, Yoga and Vedanta.
Vedika Global welcomes and embraces true seekers of knowledge from all faiths and religious backgrounds. Vedika Global, Inc. does not promote or promulgate any one religion.
While recognizing that the Divine Source of all can take and express itself in many forms (and formlessness), Vedika chooses to honor the Divine in all in the form of Shakti or Great Feminine Energy Durga that lives within each one of us. By honoring and celebrating Shakti with devotional song, prayer, ceremonies, mantra, meditation and selfless service (seva), we honor, celebrate, recognize and realize the best within ourselves.
