HASTAMALAKA STOTRAM
by
Brahmachari Girish Chaitanya
Acharya, Chinmaya Mission Austin
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Wednesday November 6, 2013 |
7:30 to 9:00 P.M. |
Cypress Room La SierraCommunity Center 5325 Engle Road Carmichael, CA95608 |
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Thursday November 7, 2013 |
7:30 to 9:00 P.M. |
Cypress Room La SierraCommunity Center 5325 Engle Road Carmichael, CA95608 |
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Friday November 8, 2013 |
7:30 to 9:00 P.M. |
Multi-Purpose Room SacramentoCountryDay School 2636 Latham Drive Sacramento, CA95864 |
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Saturday November 9, 2013 |
9:00 to 10:00 A.M. and 10:30 to 11:30 A.M.
11:30 to 12:00 noon Q & A session
12:15 to 1:30 P.M. Samashti Bhiksha |
Multi-Purpose Room SacramentoCountryDay School 2636 Latham Drive Sacramento, CA95864 |
Admission is free. All are welcome.
About the Text
A young boy, who was a realized soul, narrated his experience of Self- Knowledge to Bhagavan Shri Adi Shankaracharya. To the boy, this knowledge was clear as ‘a gooseberry’ (amalaka) kept on the palm (hasta) and so he was named Hastamalaka. Hastamalaka Stotram is the commentary of Adi Shankaracharya on this conversation and represents the quintessence of the marvelous boy disciple’s spiritual experience.
About the Speaker
Br. Girish is the resident Acharya of Chinmaya Mission Austin. He graduated from the University of California, Davis with a degree in Electrical Engineering. Upon completing his degree he worked as an environmental chemist and as an electrical engineer for more than 10 years in Northern California. In 2002 he left for Sandeepany Sadhanalaya in Mumbai to join the 12th brahmachari batch. He studied under the guidance of Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayananda and under the tutelage of Swami Ishwarananda. Upon completing the brahmachari course he served Chinmaya Mission Los Angeles for more than four years, after which he was asked by Guruji to serve in Austin. He is fluent in Gujarati, Hindi, and English. He enjoys giving discourses on Vedanta.