Chinmaya Sandeepany 10th Anniversary Celebrations

Discourses by Swami Ramakrishnananda

In honor of the 10th anniversary of the Chinmaya Mission San Jose Sandeepany Ashram, CMSJ is excited to welcome Swamins for a series of Jnana Yajnas at the various Bala Vihar locations! The series will be inaugurated with Swami RamakrishnanandaJi at our CMSJ ashram on September 24th – 28th, followed by discourses in San Mateo September 29th – October 1st. On-site childcare will be provided for all discourses. Details and sponsorship options are provided below.

Kaivalya Navaneetam September 24th – 28th, 7:30-8:30pm

Kaivalya Navaneetam is a well known Advaita classic in Tamil by Sri Thandavaraya Swamigal. Navaneeta means butter. Kaivalya or kevala is the state in which the soul exists, isolated from all connection with the body. From the vast ocean of milk (the Upanishads) the great teachers have drawn the milk of wisdom and filled it in pots (ancient texts). Sri Thandavaraya Swami, the author of Kaivalya Navaneeta says that he has extracted the butter from the milk. Those who have obtained this (being fed on the butter of divine wisdom – Brahma Jnana – and being externally satisfied) will not roam about feeding on dust (non-real objects of the senses).
Discourses will be in English.

Chinmaya Sandeepany, San Jose
10160 Clayton Rd.
San Jose, CA

About the Speaker

Swami Ramakrishnananda is the resident spiritual guide of Chinmaya Mission Nagapattinam where there is also a very successful Chinmaya Vidhyalaya. He was earlier posted at Renuion Island and he is the author of Chinmaya International Foundation’s Easy Sanskrit Course as well as being part of a team of advisors at Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth.
He has been called ‘The World’s Best Sanskrit Teacher’ by his students from around the world, as he has been instrumental in introducing and turning the key of a door that was previously locked for so many.
Apart from Sanskrit Courses, his talks on Shrimad Bhagavatam, Upanishad, Bhagavad Geeta and other Vedantic texts are very popular too. He makes even the most serious concepts very simple, interesting and memorable. He is passionate about sharing knowledge, and is keen that it should be learnt, understood and applied.
Swami Ramakrishnananda has studied “Valmiki Ramayana” in great detail and he has also completed a PhD in the subject at Amrita University.
He has a joyful and creative style of teaching, using props and teaching tools that play an important role as he uses everyday items and incidents to demonstrate subtle points.
Swami Ramakrishnananda meets each student wherever they are, leading them towards knowledge and empowerment in a most refreshing way.
Wherever he goes, be it small or big towns and ashrams in India, or centers in metro cities in the United States and other parts of the globe, Swami Ramakrishnananda is a much sought after teacher of Vedanta and Sanskrit.