Talk on the text Vivekachudamani, the Gem of Wisdom, written by Adi Shankaracharya, by Swami Narasimhananda, the editor of Prabuddha Bharata, at Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, District Champawat, Uttarakhand, India, a branch centre of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission.
This is a series of talks by Swami Narasimhananda of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, explaining the word-by-word meaning of the epic Paduka Sahasram composed by Sri Vedanta Deshikan (1268–1369 CE), the great Vishishtadvaita Acharya in the tradition of Sri Ramanujacharya. Legend has it that Sri Vedanta Deshika composed this epic of 1008 verses in a few hours in the night in the premises of the temple of Lord Sriranganathaswamy in Srirangam, Tamil Nadu, as the response to a challenge through competition by a scholar.
The text has been explained in English in the book ‘Sri Padukasahasram of Sri Vedanta Desika by D Ramaswami Iyengar, which has been published by the Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute.
The recording of the spiritual retreat conducted on WhatsApp on 1 November 2020.
Onam, the annual festival of Kerala commemorating King Mahabali, was celebrated by the Vivekananda Polyclinic Doctors and Medical Staff with the traditional Pookkalam – Rangoli made by flower petals, Onakkali dance, and Sadya – a traditional feast with 18 items on 19 August 2021 https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWt8a2J
Onam was celebrated in the Ashrama on 21 August 2021. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWt9gfJ
On the occasion of Onam there was an interactive session for young students along with a ‘sadya’-traditional Oman feast https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWt9kgE
The birthday of Swami Ramakrishnananda, a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, was celebrated on 6 August 2021 at the Sevashrama with a special worship of Swami Ramakrishnananda after the worship of Sri Ramakrishna in the morning. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWAQBnG
The birthday of Swami Niranjanananda, a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, was celebrated on 22 August 2021 at the Sevashrama with a special worship of Swami Niranjanananda after the worship of Sri Ramakrishna in the morning. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWw9s6D
Sri Krishna Janmashtami was celebrated at the Sevashrama on 30 August 2021 with special worship of Sri Krishna after the worship of Sri Sri Guru Maharaj in the morning and bhajans after evening Aarati. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWAr3jP
The ideology of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission consists of the eternal principles of Vedanta as lived and experienced by Sri Ramakrishna and expounded by Swami Vivekananda. This ideology has three characteristics: it is modern in the sense that the ancient principles of Vedanta have been expressed in the modern idiom; it is universal, that is, it is meant for the whole humanity; it is practical in the sense that its principles can be applied in day-to-day life to solve the problems of life
