
Interview with Rommert van Dijk
On November 21, Vedanta teacher Rommert van Dijk will give a lecture on ‘Love and Vedanta’. In this book, ‘love’ is discussed in a relative and absolute sense. In the run-up to that, I spoke with him.
By: Simon de Jong

Vedanta and Love
With joy 😉 we announce: a meeting in center de Roos in Amsterdam with the Dutch Vedanta teacher Rommert van Dijk. The first event organized by the Vedanta NL foundation.
The subject is Vedanta and Love. What is love? Why do we experience a lack of love? And how can we solve this?

Sanskrit course for Vedanta
Sanskrit is the language in which Vedanta is revealed. The unique layering of Sanskrit words is unparalleled. The pronunciation and phonology of this language is very precise. It has made me very self-aware about the way I speak and articulate.
By Simon de Jong

Two video interviews with Andre Vas
During the 10-day seminar in Thonse, India, in January 2026, one of the participants, Georg Schiller, made two video interviews with Andre Vas.

Vedanta NL Foundation
The Vedanta NL Foundation is in the process of being established! This autumn it will be registered by the notary. The board consists of Petra de Boer (chairman), Otto Munters (treasurer), Diederik Blomhert (secretary), Simon de Jong and Peter van de Griendt.

Being ‘one with each other’
Satsang report meeting with Swamini Chidekasarananda June 28, 2026, in Samaya, Werkhoven.
The report of this satsang is expressed in my own words. Not every word in this blog is literally said by Swamini or questioners.

Ishvara and Pandora’s Box
This brother-sister satsang spontaneously arose via email. It addresses themes of how to live and how to qualify. But also the question of whether injustice exists, and whether the divine is partial or merciless. Because it contains universal themes for every self-inquirer, we decided to publish it as a blog. The conclusion is crucial: We must first understand the completely neutral nature of empirical reality, which is nothing but dry cause and effect. Only then are we ready for correct self-knowledge.

Digital Assistant
The digital assistant of Vedanta.nl is made to provide precise and practical answers to questions about life wisdom and Vedanta. Ask any question related to spirituality. These may also be personal questions.
by: Otto Munters

Interview with Andre Vas
For the third year in a row, Andre Vas was in Europe to teach the infinitely enriching knowledge of Vedanta. Before the seminar began, we took a walk through the picturesque German town of Kleve, not far from the Dutch border, in the serene Rhine basin.
Door: Simon de Jong

Interview with Ferit Arav
As editors of vedanta.nl, we were pleasantly surprised to discover Ferit Arav’s website (arav.live). The website is as modest in design as the man himself. Its content is a treasure trove of predominantly Vedantic texts in Dutch, entirely in the spirit of Vedanta, and freely available.
By Simon de Jong

Vedanta family tree
These names are symbols of the divine truth of yourself. Through these ways the knowledge has been passed on that benefits us all, to discover our freedom.
Every Vedanta teacher teaches the same self-knowledge, if all goes well, with the same complete methodology. One truth, one self, one teaching.
By Simon de Jong

Advaita (non-duality)
Many of us are (perhaps vaguely) familiar with the concept of Advaita (non-dualism). Reality appears to consist of a multiplicity, but in reality is not-two, but one. How on earth? Well, the ground of everything is simply consciousness, and all impermanent things are a temporary expression of that.
By Simon de Jong

Discover true freedom
Welcome to the timeless wisdom of Advaita Vedanta, a non-dual philosophy rooted in the ancient Vedas. Through revered texts such as the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, and Brahma Sutra – we explore the deepest questions of life: “Who am I? What is my relationship to the cause of the universe? What is the ultimate purpose of life? How do I permanently free myself from the feeling of being a small-limited-mortal being? What was there before the universe came?”
By Andre Vas

Vedanta.nl
Vedanta.nl is a new platform intended to pass on information about Vedanta in the Netherlands and Belgium.
With an agenda for meetings with Vedanta teachers.
Vedanta.nl is a continuation of vedanta-studiegroepen.nl.