[Advaita-l] Swami Haribrahmendrananda Tirtha

[V Subrahmanian]

Thank you Raghav Kumar ji for the information. It is very impressive. That
study of shastra is going on with such serious application is really
laudable.

warm regards
subbu

On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 8:35 PM, Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste Subbu ji
> Swami Haribrahmendrananda Thirthaji is Acharya at the ashram viz., Adi
> Shankara Brahmavidya peeth which has its old website at www.somashram.in
>
> Swamiji came to Uttarkashi in ~1991 from Trivandrum when he was barely 14
> years of age and started studying Sanskrit and shastra from Sri Swami
> Chaitanyanandaji , a disciple of Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj of DLS,
> Rishikesh. (Swami Haribrahmendranandaji mentioned once that he had been
> guided by a sadhu in an invisible manner for a few years in his teens until
> he came to Uttarkashi.)
>
>  And also then studied the entire bhAShya for over 12 years at Kailash
> ashram, Uttarkashi from Acharya Swami Vishnu Thirthaji who is himself
> resident at the ASBP itself.  Swamiji also studied   advaita siddhi,
> siddhanta bindu, mimAmsa and nyAya texts etc., from the same Acharya.
>
> At present, ASBP is actually an excellent resource of shAstra in having
> amongst its accomplished acharyas Swami Haribrahmendrananda ji, Acharya
> Vishnu Thirthaji and also Acharya Swami Sharvananda Giri ji of Bharat
> Sevashram lineage who is currently acharya at Uttarkashi Kailash ashram too
> although he resides at ASBP.
>
> And Swamiji and the two other Acharyas above are shrotriyas who are quite
> approachable and quite amiable.
>
> Swamiji travels southwards during winter. He helped organize the namAmi
> shankaram program at Kannyakumari in November 2017. Swamiji is an ardent
> proponent of bhAShya pArAyaNam, whereby prasthAnatraya bhAShya pArAyaNa is
> done over 108 horAs. Swamiji's excellent scholarly researched book on the
> Yoga Sutras taking into account vyAsa bhAShya, tattvavaishAradi and vijnAna
> bhijShu etc, is much acclaimed - it's in Malayalam. They were still looking
> for someone to translate it into english, the last I heard.
>
> I had stayed in Uttarkashi for a couple of years around 2004 and later been
> in occasional touch with ASBP acharyas and had the opportunity study
> Upadesha sAhasri and Naiskarmya siddhi with tIkas etc., from Sri Swami
> Haribrahmendranandaji.
>
> Another website is also being launched. It's still a work in (slow)
> progress.
>
> https://www.adishankarabrahmavidyapeeth.org
>
> Om
> Raghav
>
> Excerpt from their new website
>
>
> There are regular classes at the Ashram on Upanishads, Sanskrit, Bhagavad
> Gita and Shat Darshananas (six schools of Indian philosophy) like Sankhya,
> Mimamsa etc. and others conducted by the resident Acharyas. These sessions
> start at 7am and go on till 5pm with breaks in between. Essentially there
> are around 5-6 hours of classes which are attended by the resident students
> as well as seekers coming from other Ashrams and places.
>
> The teachings are carried out in the traditional method and the Acharyas
> are available outside of class timings to take queries from the students
> and guide them in the best possible manner.
>
> The day starts with Bhashya Paranayam and ends with evening Arati at the
> Shankara Hall.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 11-Feb-2018 1:17 AM, "V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l" <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Swami Haribrahmendrananda Tirtha
> >
> > The Ghata bhashyam series is providing a very valuable input for Vedanta
> > chintanam. While observing a typical Malayalam accent  of the Swami I
> > became curious to know his native roots.  I stumbled upon a fine
> Malayalam
> > talk of his on the Bhagavadgita:
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ErlhHnYRgw
> >
> > Anyone aware of his detailed profile may please share the same here.  His
> > grasp of Vedanta, Shankara's bhashya, nyaya, purva mimamsa, etc. is very
> > commendable.  A great blessing is he to the seeker community.
> >
> > regards
> > subrahmanian.v
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