StreamingShankara’s Definition of Sthitaprajna – Swami Tattwamayananda
— Adi Shankara Acharya
STHITAPRAJNA is translated as a MAN OF SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT by Swami Tattwamayananda Ji Maharaj in this two minute introduction to the second part of his first lecture on Sthitaprajna. Maharaj delivered this lecture on July 27 at Lake Tahoe in California, USA.
About Swami Tattwamayananda: Maharaj is a past ACHARYA or TEACHER of Belur Mutt in Kolkata, India. The mutt or matha is the monastery for the monks of Sri Ramakrishna order. Maharaj is currently attached to the Vedanta Society of Northern California, founded in 1900 by Swami Vivekananda. Usually, Maharaj gives Sunday lectures at 11 AM. For more information, please check sfvedanta.org.
A translation of the quote from Adi Shankaracharya’s commentary provided above for those who have interest in Sanskrit is provided below for the purposes of documentation:
STHITAA: rested
PRATISHTHITAA: permanently established
AHAM: I
ASMI: am
PARAM: Supreme
BRAHMA: Brahman
ITI: thus
PRAJNAA: Wisdom
YASYA: whose
SA STHITAPRAJNAH or SAH STHITAPRAJNAH: He is a STHITAPRAJNA.
In other words, the literal translation says that the man of spiritual enlightenment is always rested and established in this PRAJNAA: “I AM PARAM BRAHMAN.”
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About the STHITAPRAJNA Discourses: Swami Tattwamayananda gave a series of nine discourses, one per day, in Lake Tahoe in late July / early August, 2013. The topic STHITAPRAJNA was extensively covered; the last half an hour or so of each discourse was devoted to Q&A. The first half an hour, preceding this excerpt, has already been uploaded. Please subscribe to this channel to stay in tune with future uploads. Swami Tattwamayananda is a monk of the Ramakrishna Order and a former Acharya (instructor) at the Order’s monastic Training Center at Belur Math, Kolkata, India. He received traditional training as a scholar in Sanskrit, in Vedic studies and in Indian philosophy with a special focus on Advaita Vedanta and with an additional emphasis on the study of Ramakrishna – Vivekananda literature. He was assigned to various centers of the Ramakrishna Order in India as editor, publisher and teacher. In addition to Sanskrit and Indian philosophy, he has also taught Hindu, Vedantic and Buddhist scriptures. He has often been invited to attend international conferences dealing with traditional Vedic Scriptures. In January, 2012, he was asked by the Order to come to the United States. Currently, he is serving as the Minister-in-charge of the Vedanta Society of Northern California, San Francisco.