About Us
The BrahmaVidya Foundation was established in 2005 under the auspices of His Holiness Sri Sri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswati Shankaracharya Swamigal of the ancient and historic Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, with Sri Karthik Guruji as the Founder & Resident Acharya to impart traditional teaching of our scriptures in contemporary form.
Since inception, Sri Guruji has been conducting systematic teaching of our Shastras in 3 languages (English, Kannada and Tamil) to all seekers and aspirants. The mission that started in 2005 has continued to grow to meet more needs of the community we serve, and by the Grace of God and Acharya we have continued to make significant strides. Our efforts are laser focused on ensuring shared and collective wellbeing for the community
Brahmavidya Foundation Vision
A detailed study of the entire Bhagavad Gita has been completed over a 3 year Gita 2022 course. Click the link below to access the Youtube links of these detailed sessions
Srimad Bhagavad Gita
The Path to Eternal Happiness starts with the Study of The Bhagavad Gita.
The story and history of Arjuna is the story of humans from time immemorial. Faced with an unprecedented, intense, and deep set of conflicts and dilemmas, Arjuna seeks and receives the timeless wisdom from Sri Krishna. This is the story and teaching of Srimad Bhagavad Gita. Gita is The Scripture of Mankind that cuts across all barriers of gender, caste, creed, nationalities, religion and other apparent barriers.
Benefits of studying the Gita:
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Understand how to live a life free from stress, anxiety and tension, irrespective of situations and circumstances
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Apply insights and lessons that serve as a practical guide for daily living
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Learn easy techniques and tools that help you find and stay in equilibrium for peaceful and harmonious living
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Tap into the essence of timeless wisdom for deep, ever-lasting happiness
By studying the Gita in a systematic and structured manner under a competent and traditional teacher, you can learn how to understand, interpret and apply ancient wisdom in a modern and contemporary context.
Weekend Vedanta Program
Traditional Knowledge in Contemporary Form
Sri Guruji completed a detailed course study of the Taittiriya Upanishad, which began on 20-Dec-2020 and ended on 30-Jun-2022, with once a week lecture via Zoom on Sundays.
The scope of Vedantic studies includes all the 10 principal Upanishads and do look out in this space for future announcements on the next Upanishad course.
Sign up for the current Advanced Gita course (Chapter 12 onwards)
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Detailed study of Bhagavad Gita Shastra
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English language with scriptural references in Sanskrit (no knowledge of Sanskrit required)
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Open to all sthrees (women), purushas (men), and children above the age of 8
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Contextual references to Sri Adi Shankaracharya's commentaries
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Delivered via live Zoom sessions
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Sessions will focus on ensuring precise interpretation and essence of all slokas, with an overview of the concepts and underlying meanings
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At appropriate junctures, we will make references to other texts like the Upanishads, Brahma Sutras and Prakaranas
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Participants will experience a unique learning experience where in addition to learning the chanting and meaning, you will learn the logical separation (pada vibhaga), and concordance or logical connection of words (anvaya)
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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12 Onwards
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𝗨𝗦𝗔 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: Fridays & Saturdays: 10PM ET/9PM CT/7PM PT
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𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: Saturdays & Sundays: 7.30 AM IST
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Click here to register
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The lamp with OM, represents the Light of Knowledge of the Self as the Supreme Reality and is of the nature of Absolute Bliss
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The palm leaves in the background represent the Timeless Wisdom
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The sentence in this logo is an extract from Mundaka Upanishad, which conveys the inspirational vision of Brahmavidya Foundation -> Timeless Wisdom for Eternal Happiness (c), which is possible by Brahmavidya: the knowledge that has universal applicability
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Vision: Ensure Digital reach of all aspects of the Timeless Wisdom: Karma, Karma Yoga, Upasana and Gnana to 1.5 Billion internet enabled English speaking global citizens, and there-by contribute to Global Peace, Harmony and Happiness
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From time immemorial, the human quest for eternal, authentic happiness has led to various philosophies, theories, logic and practices. Brahmavidya Foundation has summarized this path to ‘Eternal Happiness’ into just two slides below, and this represents essence of the ‘Eternal Vedic Wisdom’
