Swami Paramarthananda
Swami Paramarthananda studied in Sandeepany Sadhanalaya of Chinmaya Mission. Took Sanyasa from Swami Dayananda (arsha vidya). He is devoted to both Masters – Swami Chinmayananda and Swami Dayananda. Swami later started taking Advaita Vedanta shastra classes in Chennai.
Swamiji was born on 18-05-1953 to Subramania Iyer and Parvathy in Palakkad, Kerala. He grew up with three older siblings and had his early schooling and college education in Palakkad, his home town.
In the year 1976 Swamiji joined a three year course in Vedanta offered by his Guru Swami Dayananda Saraswati at Sandeepany Sadhanālaya, Mumbai. There, he studied Sanskrit and the Sastras like the Bhagavad Gītā, principal Upaniṣads, Brahmasūtras and several Prakaraṇa-granthas. After the completion of his course he moved to Chennai as a Brahmachāri on the directive of his Guru and started teaching Vedanta. He received Sannyāsa from his Guru in the year 1984 and continues to live in Chennai and teach at various centres in the city.
Official website: https://www.yogamalika.org
Links found where can access Swami's recordings:
- Books & Audio Transcriptions
- Sastraprakasika (iOS / Android App) — 6000+ hours of recordings.
- VedantaHub offers categorized audio recording downloads
- Blog which summarizes Paramarthananda's discourses