Pravachana Kalanidhi Sri KS Narayanacharya

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It was truly a refreshing experience attending the Pravachana Maalike (lecture series) on ‘Sri Daya Shathaka’ and ‘Sri Nrsmhavatara’ by the eminent scholar Sri KS Narayanacharya over the last 20 days held at Sri Venugopala Krishnaswamy Devasthana, Malleswaram. The back-to-back lectures was really a boon to all the listeners. Sri Narayanacharya’s mastery over the religious texts and his sharp memory even at the age of 74 is amazing. It is a pleasure listening to the intricate details he gives about the Vedas, Puranas, Samhitas, Upanishads, Itihasa, Kavya, sacred scriptures, the mythological and historical characters between the lectures. The audience love it when he connects the historical/ mythological events/ characters to contemporary events/ characters.

Eg. 1: Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashyapu were brothers in mythology who wanted to acquire land and get all the wealth and positions. We see two brothers in politics today going in the same line.

Eg. 2: Sages (Agastya and Vishwamitra come to mind immediately) in the puranas travelled all over the world. So why can not today’s sages travel too?

The manner in which he quotes from various books, shaastras, vedas… is simply mind-blowing. I enjoy when he sings a few shlokas at the beginning of each lecture. He chooses rare raagas for each shloka to go with the meaning.

I feel really fortunate and blessed to have been attending Sri Narayanacharya’s lectures for sometime now. It is impossible to express in words the feelings one gets while listening to his lectures and reading his books.

May god’s grace be upon us

Bellur Ramakrishna

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A list of few books authored by Sri KS Narayanacharya:

1. Sri Ramayana Paatra Prapancha
2. Sri Mahabharatha Paatra Prapancha
3. Sri Ramanuja, Melukote and Srivaishnavism
4. Rashtriya Chintanegalu matthu Paramarshegalu
5. Insights into the Taittareeya Upanishad
6. Semetic Challenges
7. Dashavatara
8. Fundamentalism vs Hinduism
9. Aa 18 Dinagalu
10. Sri Ramayanada Mahaprasangagalu
11. Chanakya
12. Sri Mahabharatha Kaala Nirnaya
13. Relevance of Kautilya for Today
14. Sri Aurobindo: Secularist? Or Nationalist?
15. Uddhava Gita
16. Samaja matthu Aadhyathmikarana
17. Sri Krishnavatara (Purvardha matthu Uttarardha)
18. Hindu Society and the Dynamics of Spiritual Evolution
19. Tiruppavai (Ghantanada Vyakhyana)
20. TS Eliot’s ‘The Waste Land’: Kavanadalli Bharathiya Tattva Shastra Prabhava
21. Bharatha, Islam matthu Gandhi
22. Draupadi-Satyabhama Samvada Swarasya
23. Bharathiya Itihasa Puranagalu
24. Sri Krishna matthu Mahabharatha Yuddha
25. Kunthi Sthuthi
26. Agastya
27. Sri Krishnavatarada Koneya Ghaligegalu
28. Veda Samskruthi Parichaya
29. Sri Ramayana Sahasri – 1 to 5
30. Sri Gitartha Ratnanidhi
31. Srimad Ramayanada Mahavakyagalu
32. Tat Tvam Asi & Neti Neti
33. Visistadvaitha
34. Nala Damayanthi
35. Tiruvaimozhi (Bakula Parimala Vyakhyana) – 1 & 2
36. Mahamathe Kunthi Kanderedaga
37. Sri Lakshmi Soumya Keshavaswamy
38. Sri Vyasa Sukti Sudha
39. Tiruppavai (Subhodhini Sahita)
40. Gopika Gitam
41. Bendre Kavyadalli Aadhyatma Nele matthu Aarshadrishti
42. Those 18 days – 1 & 2

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CD-DVD list of a few of Sri KS Narayanacharya’s lectures:

1. Indina Jeevanada mele Mahabharathada Belaku – 1 to 3
2. Srimad Bhagavadgita Gudartha Visheshagalu – 1 to 4
3. Srimad Ramayanada Rasya Rahasyagalu – 1 to 7
4. Veda Samskruthi Parichaya
5. Srimad Valmiki Ramayana Pravachana Maale (Lectures series in Gokarna)
6. Mahabharatha Pravachana – 1 to 7 CD/ 1 DVD (Lectures series in Sri Venugopala Krishnaswamy Devasthana, Malleswaram)
7. Daya Shathakam (Lectures series in Sri Venugopala Krishnaswamy Devasthana, Malleswaram)

Related link:

• Sri KS Narayanacharya
• Kautilya Institute of National Studies