Swami Narasimhananda@IITK: Mahavakyas- The Great Sentences of the Upanishads |
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ivekananda Samiti was privileged to organize a 3 day lecture
series on Vedanta, one of the timeless philosophies of India, by revered Swami Narasimhananda as per the following schedule: Schedule: Friday, Sept.23, 2016, 6.15 pm - 7.30 pm Topic: The Great Illusion, according to Vedanta Saturday, Sept.24, 2016, 5.00 pm– 6.30 pm Topic: Mahavakyas: The Great Sentences of the Upanishads Sunday, Sept.25, 2016, 5.00 pm – 6.30 pm Topic: Tat Twam Asi- Decoding the Vedas Venue:L-8, Lecture Hall Complex, IIT Kanpur About the Speaker: Swami Narasimhananda is a monk of the worldwide twin-organization Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission started by Swami Vivekananda, Swami Narasimhananda is currently the editor of Prabuddha Bharata, an English journal founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1896. He writes regularly on philosophy, social sciences, religion, Indology, and Ramakrishna-Vivekananda, and Vedanta. He has edited a compilation of Swami Vivekananda’s teachings titled Vivekananda Reader. He also translates old Sanskrit texts hitherto unpublished in English. Presently he is working on English translations of Svarajya Siddhi and Maitrayani Upanishad. He is actively involved in formulating university syllabi in various Indian universities on various disciplines of humanities and social sciences, especially Philosophy, Religious Studies, Comparative Religions, and Sociology of Religion. |