[Report] Daylong symposium: ‘Śāṅkara-Anudhyānam’ (Contemplation on Śāṅkara—his philosophy and works) — Organised by Department of Sanskrit and Philosophy, RKMVERI on 30 May 2026

On the occasion of sacred Shankara Jayanti, a whole day symposium was being organized by the Department of Sanskrit and Philosophy, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute on 30 May 2026, Saturday.

Whole day programme in detail

• Registration: 8.00—9.00 AM
  • All the participants should take their seats in the auditorium by 9.20 AM
• Forenoon Session: 9.30 am to 1.00 pm
  • Invocation: Students of the Department — (Ambhasya Pāre…)
  • Address of Welcome and setting the tone: Swami Atmapriyananda
  • On the theme of this daylong symposium: Dr. Rakesh Das
  • Hymns to Śāṅkara — Toṭakāṣṭakam: Swami Shivapurnananda
  • Prasthānatraya-sambandha-bhāṣya-pārāyaṇam
  • Tea Break: 11.30 am (15 Mins)
  • Prasthānatraya-sambandha-bhāṣya-pārāyaṇam (Continued)
  • Lunch Break: 1:30 pm to 2:20 pm
• Afternoon Session: 2.30 am to 5.20 pm
  • 2.30 pm: Bhaja Govindam song — Swami Sarvabhadrananda
  • 2.45 pm: Q & A (Questions & Answers) on Advaita Vedanta based on Śaṅkarācārya’s Ātmānātmaviveka : to be conducted in the style of sishya-acharya samvada by Dr Rakesh Das
  • 3.05 pm: Stotram (Manobuddhyāhaṁkāra…) — Swami Sarvabhadrananda
  • 3.15 pm: Śaṅkara’s teachings of the Aupaniṣadam Brahma (Upāsya and Jñeya Brahma) — Swami Atmapriyananda
  • 3.30 pm: Annapūrṇā Strotram and Bhavānyaṣṭakam — Shubham Chakraborty
  • 3.40 pm: Ācārya Śaṅkara’s struggles and the challenges that he faced to establish the Vaidika Dharma (philosophically refuting the doctrines of Purva Mimamsa on the one hand and Buddhism on the other hand in the context of the Vedantic goal of Ātma-Brahma-aikya-jñāna) — Dr. Neeraj Kumar Bhargave
  • 3.55 pm: ‘Namāmi karuṇālayaṁ lokaśaṅkaram’ (Shankara’s infinite compassion) — Dr. Rakesh Das
  • 4.10 pm: Kanakadhārāstotram — Swami Sarvabhutananda
  • 4.20 pm: Śāṅkara as a great organizer — Ṣaṇmata-sthāpana and Daśanāmi sampradaya— Brahmachari Aditya Maharaj (Yogesha Chaitanya)
  • 4.35 pm: Śivāparādhakṣamāpana Stotram — Swami Sarvabhadrananda
  • 4.45 pm: Swami Vivekananda’s statement: ‘Advaita should be living, poetic in everyday life’— Swami Japasiddhananda
  • 5.00 pm: Swami Vivekananda’s concept of ‘Practical Vedanta’ vis-à-vis Sri Ramakrishna’s statement: ‘Tie the knot of Advaitajñāna in the corner of your cloth and do what you will (that is, go about the affairs of the world with the full blaze of Advaita knowledge illumining all your actions) — Swami Buddhidananda
  • 5.10 pm: Concluding song: Guru stotram (tatah kim…) — Swami Vidyapradananda
  • 5.20 pm: Tea and disperse