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A residential Youth Camp was conducted at our Math from July 17-19, 2016. About 230 youth from various parts of Tamilnadu arrived at the camp towards the evening of 17th July and enjoyed 2 eventful days of yogasanas, music performances, dramas, games and to top it all and lectures by eminent monks a...

This sloka explains how atma, the absolute consciousness, alone enlightens everything. It also conveys the essential oneness of the Lord and beings.

Swami Vivekananda, after the triumphant tour of the west returned to India in the last week of January 1897. At Madras, Swamiji sanctified the present Vivekananda House by his stay from 6th to 14th February 1897. Those 9 days are now celebrated as “Vivekananda Navarathri”. To commemorate these holy ...

Love in its varied aspects is the motive force behind all the actions of living beings. But love takes its highest form when directed towards the God. Among the different paths leading man towards the attainment of the Supreme Truth is the one of love, devotion, and complete surrender. In this book ...

The most interesting feature of this Upaniṣad lies in the fact that it gives a subtle psychological analysis which is so suggestive that anyone who follows it closely is sure to find himself at last led to the very gate of the Transcendent. Though short , its value is great; and Śaṅkara, it is belie...

Lectures delivered by senior monks on special occasions such as the birth anniversary of an incarnation or saint.

Recording of the weekly talks on Mundaka Upanishad—one of the primary (Mukhya) Upanishads. This talk-series aims at facilitating an easy understanding of the Upanishad keeping spiritual aspirants in view.

Swami Atmashraddhananda, a monk of the Ramakrishna Order delivered the weekly lecture (English)

Special Discourses are conducted by Swami Asutoshananda on Srimad Devi Bhagavatam between October 13-23, 2015 on the occasion of Navaratri day celebrations at the Math campus

Discourse Delivered by Revered Swami Atmarupanandaji Maharaj of Belur Math at Vivekananda Study Circle (VSC), IIT Madras on 31 August and 1 September 2015.

31st Aug 2015: Are Swami Vivekananda’s Ideas really Universal?

1st Sep 2015: Why Search for Oneself?

Upanishads are based on the dialogue between a realized soul acting as the Teacher, Rishi, and a sincere seeker of Truth who approaches Him as a disciple. In Katha Upanishad the teacher is Yama – Death Himself – and the student is a young Nachiketa in his teens. This Upanishad is one of the most pop...

Vivekananda Navaratri was celebrated at Vivekanandar Illam on February 06-14, 2015.

Lectures delivered by senior monks on special occasions such as the birth anniversary of an incarnation or saint.

Daya Satakam is a religious hymn collection composed by Vedanta Desika in praise of the Lord’s Daya (mercy, grace, sympathy and compassion). The talks are in English

Lectures delivered by senior monks on special occasions such as the birth anniversary of an incarnation or saint.

The Isha Upanishad is one of the shortest of the Upanishads, consisting of 17 or 18 verses in total and it is considered a revealed scripture (Shruti) by diverse traditions within Hinduism.