These terms govern your use of dharmaopenschool.com, operated as Dharma Open School by Aniruddha Dāsa. By using the site you accept them.
Using what you find here
You may read, study, print and share this material for your own study and for teaching, including in a class, provided you do not sell it and you say where it came from.
You may not republish substantial parts of the site as your own work, mirror it, or use it to train a commercial model without written permission.
If you use a class plan or an explanation from here in your own teaching, an attribution is appreciated but not demanded. Teaching is the point.
Teacher reflections and historical portraits
The short reflections shown in the floating study card are original editorial summaries of themes associated with the named teachers. They are not direct quotations and must not be cited as the teachers' exact words.
Portraits in that card are historical photographs selected from public-domain or openly licensed collections. Source and rights details are kept in the site's image attribution record.
Accounts
- You are responsible for what happens under your account.
- One person, one account. Do not impersonate anyone, and do not claim titles or positions you do not hold.
- You must be 18 or older to create an account. Reading requires no account.
- We may suspend an account that breaches these terms or the community guidelines.
What you post
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You confirm that what you post is yours to post, and that it does not infringe anyone’s copyright.
What we do not promise
This is an educational resource assembled with care, but it is not infallible. Śāstric interpretation is a serious matter and the material here is offered for study, not as a ruling.
Nothing here is medical, legal, financial or psychological advice. Calendar and tithi calculations are provided for guidance; confirm important observances with your local authority.
The site is provided as it is. We do not guarantee it will always be available or error-free.
Changes
We may update these terms. Substantive changes will be dated here, and material changes will be announced to signed-in members rather than made quietly.