I used to feel small and insignificant inspite of my professional achievements. It is through your teachings that I have started to value myself. I don’t feel small anymore even though I still have some limitations. This is the best gift I have received from the teachings of the Vedanta and you.

I had come to this retreat with an absolutely Blank Slate. After attending your 10 day retreat, all I have been doing over the last two days is talking about & practising whatever I have learnt from you. I am myself surprised to see how easily I start a conversation about teachings of Vedanta with anyone I meet, be it a patient I am seeing, a friend who is keen to know, how the retreat was, or just people , colleagues with whom we work. That itself is proof of how wonderful your teachings have been. Besides being an excellent teachers, You both are really sweet, caring, and compassionate. I really feel you have to be on a bigger stage and I will do all that I can to get you there.

Thank you dear Neema and Surya for this wonderful retreat at Parimal. This retreat in Hubental was especially enriching and inspiring for us. Chapter 15 of Panchadasi opened a gateway to our fulfillment and the values of values clarified how we can prepare our mind to understand our truth. Neema, you taught in such a clear, brilliant and at the same time so loving way that touched us deeply. Surya deepened the teaching in his meditations in simple and clear words. To be able to experience you both together is an inspiration for us! What can be more valuable! With gratitude and love.

The seminar was an immense enrichment for all participants. I talked to many friends and they felt the same as me, we were fascinated by the ease, clarity and brilliance of Neema's lectures. The logical structure, and the possibility to ask questions at any time made it easier for us to understand how to make necessary changes in our lives to make it more meaningful. For me personally, the most important thing was the reminder that if freedom (moksha) is our goal, we can use everything we experience in life to achieve it. Surya's meditations allowed us to process the knowledge more deeply. With gratitude and love.

Thanks for such a wonderful weekend spent with you and Surya. I feel refreshed by the teachings and so full of joy and love for this process of knowing. The more I relax into the knowledge and how it works, my desire gets stronger. It sounds like a paradox but that is how it feels. I could only get to this level of well-being and peace that I feel within myself with Vedanta and you explaining everything so clearly. I have said it so many times but I can’t express enough how grateful I am for you in my life. Every retreat, every class is a blessing and I can’t thank you enough for what you gift to the world.

I loved the teaching and found the summary of Atma Bodha outstanding as it put the whole text together. It became very clear the way one verse is connected to the other and how the text moves in a progressive logical sequence to unfold the entire vision of Vedanta. Sometimes I felt you were talking directly to me and addressing my doubts. This immediacy of the teaching would enable me to weave what I have learnt here into my daily life. Another thing that struck me is the quality of students that you both are able to attract- everyone here is highly intelligent, very good human beings, have love for learning and commitment to this teaching tradition. All the different events during the retreat- prayers, outings, ganga aarti etc. made us come together and bond very deeply as a group.