by Shantala Sriramaiah | Jul 30, 2024 | Chanting practice
Introduction to Krama Pāṭhaḥ (scroll below for 10 min video) Krama Pāṭhaḥ is one of the five traditional methods of learning the Vedas in the Kṛṣṇa Yajur Veda tradition. These methods were devised by ancient Ṛṣi-s to ensure that the Vedas are memorised and transmitted...
by Shantala Sriramaiah | Jul 21, 2024 | Chanting practice, Festival chanting
Today (Sunday 21 July), we celebrate Gurupūrṇimā to honour teachers and the source of teaching on this day. It is perhaps the most important day in the year for all Indic knowledge systems based practitioners. We honour the entire teaching “parampara”...
by Shantala Sriramaiah | Nov 13, 2023 | Personal & community
I’d like to share a little background on how the Friday community classes came to be. When I first started to teach chanting, it was mainly to very small groups in Brussels, in a lovely space called Shanti Home where I felt at home. Friday evenings were mantra...
by Shantala Sriramaiah | Nov 2, 2023 | Personal & community
Early this morning (02 Nov 2023), my mother’s guru, Māta Ananthalakshmi Natarajan passed away and on to the lotus feet of her beloved Bhagavān Lord Rāma. She was a brilliant Sanskrit scholar and dedicated her entire life to the dissemination of Sanskrit and...
by Shantala Sriramaiah | Oct 24, 2023 | Personal & community
Rāṣṭragītā is the song for the nation(s) and its people. Not any one particular nation, but any and all nations and all its people. This is a prayer for the well-being of all. These mantras of Veda confirm yet again that the spread of knowledge becomes graceful by...
