Arsha Vidya Pitham, Saylorsburg, PA

Hitchcock (revised Edition) 〈2025〉

The 1985 revised edition is noted for being more measured and insightful than the original.

: Truffaut, a critic-turned-director, wanted to convince American critics that Hitchcock was not just a commercial entertainer but a serious auteur —a master artist with a unique visual language. Hitchcock (Revised Edition)

: The revised version features improved graphics, film stills, and excerpts from Hitchcock’s sketchbooks and storyboards. Core Cinematic Concepts Explored The 1985 revised edition is noted for being

In August 1962, young French New Wave director François Truffaut sat down with Alfred Hitchcock at his Universal Studios bungalow for 50 hours of intensive interviews. Hitchcock (Revised Edition)

Hitchcock (Revised Edition)

Lord Daksinamurti

The 1985 revised edition is noted for being more measured and insightful than the original.

: Truffaut, a critic-turned-director, wanted to convince American critics that Hitchcock was not just a commercial entertainer but a serious auteur —a master artist with a unique visual language.

: The revised version features improved graphics, film stills, and excerpts from Hitchcock’s sketchbooks and storyboards. Core Cinematic Concepts Explored

In August 1962, young French New Wave director François Truffaut sat down with Alfred Hitchcock at his Universal Studios bungalow for 50 hours of intensive interviews.

Hitchcock (Revised Edition)

Arsha Vidya Gurukulam was founded in 1986 by Pujya Sri Swami Dayananda Saraswati. In Swamiji’s own words,

“When I accepted the request of many people I know to start a gurukulam, I had a vision of how it should be. I visualized the gurukulam as a place where spiritual seekers can reside and learn through Vedanta courses. . . And I wanted the gurukulam to offer educational programs for children in values, attitudes, and forms of prayer and worship. When I look back now, I see all these aspects of my vision taking shape or already accomplished. With the facility now fully functional, . . . I envision its further unfoldment to serve more and more people.”

Ārṣa (arsha) means belonging to the ṛṣis or seers; vidyā means knowledge. Guru means teacher and kulam is a family.  In traditional Indian studies, even today, a student resides in the home of this teacher for the period of study. Thus, gurukulam has come to mean a place of learning. Arsha Vidya Gurukulam is a place of learning the knowledge of the ṛṣis.

The traditional study of Vedanta and auxiliary disciplines are offered at the Gurukulam. Vedanta mean end (anta) of the Veda, the sourcebook for spiritual knowledge.  Though preserved in the Veda, this wisdom is relevant to people in all cultures, at all times. The vision that Vedanta unfolds is that the reality of the self, the world, and God is one non-dual consciousness that both transcends and is the essence of everything. Knowing this, one is free from all struggle based on a sense of inadequacy.

The vision and method of its unfoldment has been carefully preserved through the ages, so that what is taught today at the Gurukulam is identical to what was revealed by the ṛṣis in the Vedas.