The Hindu Renaissance

Jeffrey Armstrong at podium photo"The motivational speaker, who left his corporate job ten years ago to foster the spread of Hindu and Vedic culture in the West, looks like a typical American till he opens his mouth."
The India Times

Around the world there are three rapidly evolving groups of followers of the Hindu Dharma. In India, there are 750 million Hindus struggling with the residual effects of colonization and a national and political crisis of identity. Another 30 million Hindus live as immigrants to other countries outside of India. They are trying to reunite on important issues that concern all Hindus, like education of the next generation and maintaining Hindu cultural values in often unfavorable environments. The third Hindu group consists of approximately 100 million Nava or new Hindus who are practicing some form of yoga and looking to India and Hindu/Vedic knowledge for guidance.

Jeffrey Armstrong (Kavindra Rishi) is working with all three of these groups. He travels to India on a regular basis to inspire and speak before civic groups, temples, ashrams, colleges and universities on overcoming the current challenges to Hindu identity in India. This includes: correct portrayal of Hindu identity in schools and texts, issues of health and preventive medicine, countering the dangerous effects of forcible conversions by Christians and Muslims, development of appropriate technology, and many Group of Hindus watching Jeffrey speakmore important Hindu issues.

As the Media and Communications Director for both the Vedic Friends Association (VFA) and the Hindu Collective Initiative for North America (HCI-NA), and as an adjunct professor for Hindu University, he travels the world speaking to Hindu youth groups, academic conferences, temples, and Hindu community groups to help restore the voice of Hindu Dharma throughout the world and to inspire the next generation of Hindu youth to be proud of their great Vedic/Sanatana Dharma heritage.

As a Nava-Hindu himself, Kavindra has been teaching the Vedic knowledge full-time for the last twelve years and is the founder and director of the Vedic Academy of Sciences & Arts (VASA) which is dedicated to bringing the Hindu/Vedic Sanatana Dharma culture and knowledge to the entire world. In this role he speaks at corporations, yoga ashrams, yoga retreats, Ayurvedic medical and astrological conferences, Ayurvedic astrology conferences, and teaches a variety of seminars based on the Vedic knowledge.

2010 WAVES Conference Announced...
DARTMOUTH, MA, July 13, 2010 (Press Release): The World Association of Vedic Studies (WAVES) announced its 8th International Conference today. The WAVES conference attracts the leading academic scholars on Vedas and Hinduism, and is the largest conference of its kind in the Americas. Jeffrey Armstrong will appear as a featured speaker. The conference will be held August 4th - 7th, 2010 at the University of West Indies St. Augustine campus, Trinidad & Tobago  
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The 19th Annual International Conference of Vendata Announced...
July 28th - 31st, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA
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Swami Ram Dev endorses Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar by Jeffrey Armstrong 07/07/2010 - Ottawa, Canada
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"At a recent event in Ottawa Canada Swami Ramdev publicly endorsed the book and honoured Armstrong for his work on behalf of the international Hindu culture and community. In Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Armstrong informs the reader about the greatness of India and the real meaning of Avatar. The book speaks to Hindu students and youth in a contemporary way giving them new tools to clearly explain their culture. Swami Ram Dev said: “Everyone should read this book.” Included in the book are two brief summary chapters explaining the great epics and Avatars of India: The Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar also received a copy during his visit to Vancouver Canada this past week."
~ from "Vedic Book Opens Doors in the Commercial Markets" by Sri Nandanandana dasa (Stephen Knapp) courtesy of... www.dandavats.com






You Tube Video
Interview with Jeffrey


Speaking in Holland at a workshop on communicating what the experience of being Hidnu is and what it means in a culture that may question that experience.



Hindu Renaissance Poet chosen as Award-winning FINALIST

Nava-Hindu mystical poet Kavindra Rishi (Jeffrey Armstrong) has been chosen as an award-winning finalist in the poetry category of the National Indie Excellence Awards 2007, for his book The Night We First Met – A Mystic Journey. The awards will be presented at Book Expo America, held at the Jacob Javitz Center in New York City on June 1-3, 2007. This award-winning book will be on display at the Center’s Crystal Palace Lobby at the New Title Showcase. Award winners will be interviewed by the media, sign books and be hosted at a variety of literary functions…


Articles on the Hindu Renaissance
   

IndiaPost.com

• Human Empowerment Convention a Big Success    November 21, 2008 - India Post News Service

"This Convention is a mechanism to bring awareness to the community of this cancerous development in the body politic of India, which is mainly victimizing the Sanatan Hindu Dharma, and empower the community to address it appropriately, The Convention was held from October 31-November 2. Its Plenary Session, American Dharma Congress, was presided over by Jeffrey Armstrong, well known author, philosopher, Vedic astrologer, and an active practitioner of Sanatan Hindu Dharma and Krishna Consciousness, who has spent his life spreading the knowledge of Vedanta in Vancouver, Canada and USA."

OHMnet Video Interviews with Jeffrey Armstrong

• On the topic of Religious Conversions
• On Karma and Suffering   

These videos are largely in Dutch...however, the interviews with Jeffrey are in English, from the Hindu perspective.

Hinduism Today magazine imageHinduism Today

"Difference is Real"
The Life and Teachings of Sri Madhva
One of India's Greatest Spiritual Masters

by Jeffrey Armstrong ~ Kavindra RishiCourtesy of Hinduism Today
www.hinduismtoday.com


Indians Abroad from the Hindustan Times

• 80 US Organizations launch Hindu Council Initiative
• The Dharma Initiative

The India Times
"The motivational speaker, who left his corporate job ten years ago to foster the spread of Hindu and Vedic culture in the West, looks like a typical American till he opens his mouth."

• Click here to read the entire story from the India Times

• MET Schools of Management guest lectures

• WAVES Conference, Florida, USA - 2008

• World Organisation of Students and Youth in   Mumbai - A Youth Conference in Search of   Civilisation Ties - January, 2006

• HSC - NetOHM 15th Annual Camp inspires    Hindu youth to follow a spiritual lifestyle

• An Epic Weekend: Have We Found Tomorrow's    Heroes?



VACH Seminar - The Vedic Art of Communication for Hindus

This 2 Day Seminar is specifically developed for the International Hindu Community

Photo of Jeffrey Speaking

COMMENTS ABOUT THE SEMINAR

"It was a breath of fresh air to hear positive things about Hinduism from a Western intellectual - a rare phenomenon, indeed! Kavindra's in-depth knowledge of the Hindu scriptures is astounding. But his art of conveying the messages therein is even more striking. A rare combination of ancient Vedic knowledge and the modern art of communicating! Members of the audience were left dumb-founded!!"
Dr. Kamal N. Rauniar
England

"A fascinating seminar for understanding oneself and one's Vedic roots, building self- confidence and assertiveness and learning techniques of effectively communicating the universal principles of the Sanatan Hindu Dharma."
Abhijit Prabhakar Phadnis
Mumbai, India


Achieve:

o Self Development  o Integrity  o Self Esteem  o Assertivness  

o Commitment  o Initiative  o Interpersonal Skills  o Team Work    

o Communication  o Productivity  o Stress Management  o Leadership

Click Here for a Printable VACH Seminar Brochure


Program Highlights
:

I. Effective Communication

  • How to communicate with the press
  • How to communicate with the Western mindset

II. Understanding Vedic Values

  • The Scope of the Vedas
  • Global Ecology & Sustainability
  • Vision of the Hindu Sages
  • Oneness and Identity - Understanding the Conclusions of Vendanta
  • The Desire for Liberation and Freedom
  • Dharma and its Universality

III. Essentials of Leadership
IV. Interpreting and Scripting Hindu teachings into effective English
V. Professional Self Development

 

To sponsor this 2-Day Seminar for your organization,
please contact Sandi Graham 1-866-872-6224
or by email
vasa108@telus.net

 

"Jeffrey Armstrong provides the language skills that are needed to present the Hindu Dharma to the western world. Bloomington Illinois loved his fascinating presentation which was filled with facts and fun! I highly recommend this seminar to the entire Hindu community - we will definitely benefit from Jeffrey's knowledge and extraordinary interpersonal and communication skills."    Shrinarayan Chandak, Bloomington, IL

 

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