Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya

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SRI DHARMA PRAVARTAKA ACHARYA

Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya (Dr. Frank Morales, Ph.D.) is currently one of the very few Western born spiritual teachers to be fully recognized by the orthodox Hindu community globally as an authentic Dharma Master. He is a fully self-realized sage.

Sri Acharyaji was born in New York City of Spanish and Italian parents. He has been living and teaching in the Midwest for the last 22 years.

From his earliest childhood experiences, down to the very present day, his life has been dedicated to the active pursuit of Truth. Throughout his life, Sri Acharyaji tried to not only pursue a philosophical understanding of life’s ultimate meaning, but he also put what he found into practice in his own life. At an early age, Sri Acharyaji realized that it’s not enough to just have an intellectual understanding of Truth, but that Truth – if it’s going to have any real meaning at all – has to be vividly lived in our everyday lives.

Sri Acharyaji's own journey led him to follow the path of Yoga spirituality and Sanatana Dharma (commonly misnamed “Hinduism”). Sanatana Dharma is a path that has provided many millions of people with profound answers to life’s meaning, and that provides a lifestyle that is healthy, balanced, joyful, and fun! Sri Acharyaji has been intensely practicing Sanatana Dharma for the last 35 years.

In his search for Truth, Sri Acharyaji lived as a Hindu monk for six years on three continents, traveled to India twice, and took initiation in India as an orthodox Hindu priest in 1986.

He earned a B.A. in Philosophy and Theology from Loyola University Chicago, as well as an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Thus, Sri Acharyaji is one of the few Dharma Masters today to have coupled spiritual realization with academic scholarship. Sri Acharyaji is currently a globally recognized spiritual teacher and Dharma Master, Hindu religious leader, and a noted writer.

Sri Acharyaji was the Resident-Acharya (Spiritual Preceptor) of the Hindu Temple of Nebraska from 2007-2009, which represented the first time in American history that a non-Indian had been awarded this office. He is also the President and Acharya of the International Sanatana Dharma Society, a global movement designed to share the life-transforming gifts of Dharma with the world.

In addition to teaching the philosophy of Sanatana Dharma, Sri Acharyaji encourages his students to have a serious life of dedicated practice; and he teaches what it means to practice Truth in everyday life by his own vivid example to all.

Sri Acharyaji stresses the idea that it is not enough to grasp Truth intellectually or conceptually, but that what it truly means to know God is to have a radically experiential transformation in ones’ inner being such that God’s presence becomes an every-day reality in the life of the spiritual practitioner.

In addition to teaching Sanatana Dharma, Sri Acharyaji also writes about the wisdom of many ancient spiritual cultures, and the many connections between pre-Christian European religions (such as Druidism, Asatru, and Religio Romana) and Yoga spirituality. The pre-Christian European religions and Sanatana Dharma are sister paths and expressions of the greater Dharma tradition.

Do you have a sincere interest in such things as Dharma, Yoga, meditation, Hinduism, God, and spirituality? If you find yourself yearning to experience spirituality in a truly vivid and dynamic way, Sri Acharyaji’s students are available to offer spiritual guidance, and to answer sincere questions. Please feel free to contact us today.

The main web site dedicated to sharing Sri Acharyaji's teachings is Dharmacentral.com: DHARMACENTRAL.COM

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