January 12, the Birthday of Swami Vivekananda was celebrated as National Youth Day in a grand manner. Special Address by the Chief Guest Sri T. Ramalingam, Benediction by Srimat Swami Gautamanandaji, Bhajans by Students, Vivekananda College, Distribution of Prizes
Ātma-bōdha is a short Sanskrit text attributed to Adi Shankara of Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. The text in sixty-eight verses describes the path to Self-knowledge or the awareness of Atman. The Vedanta tradition states that the text was written by Shankara for his disciple, Sanan...
Special Discourses are conducted by Swami Vimurtananda on Deviyin Arul between October 07-11, 2016 on the occasion of Navaratri day celebrations at the Math campus.
Antaryogam – 4 days spiritual camp for adults, was conducted at the Math from 28th to 31st July 2016. As a part of the camp, guided meditation, bhajans, spiritual talks, music and drama presentations were organized. Some of the lectures have been reproduced.
Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai, conducted a half-day Spiritual Retreat (in English) for the devotees on Sunday, 17th July from 9.30 am to 1.00 pm. Some of the lectures have been reproduced here.
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...
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...
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?
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...
Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai, conducted a half-day Spiritual Retreat (in English) for the devotees on Sunday, 15th January from 9.30 am to 1.00 pm. Some of the lectures have been reproduced here.
