Pravrajika Divyanandaprana is a monastic member of Sri Sarada Math and is currently the Editor of the English journal Samvit published in New Delhi. She has been Principal of Nivedita Vidya Mandir School from 2014 to 2019.
She specializes in Yoga-Vedanta. In addition to studying the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda literature, she has extensively studied the Yoga-Vedanta texts based on these twin philosophies which include the Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, Raja Yoga, Upanishads, and the Prakarana Granthas (auxiliary scriptures of Vedanta like Vedantasara, Vivekachudamani, etc.) along with their commentaries.
A gold medallist and topper, Pravrajika Divyanandaprana has a unique combination of knowledge in the conventional sciences and traditional Yogic and Vedantic texts. Pravrajika Divyanandaprana has been lecturing all over India since 2010, including at the Indian Institute of Technology campuses in Madras, Delhi (she has spoken many times at Vivekananda Study Circle of IIT-Delhi), Kharagpur, Mumbai, and Kanpur; Indian Institute of Science Bangalore; Delhi University; Vivekananda International Centre; Ramakrishna Mission; Engineering and Medical Colleges in Mumbai, Pune, and Kolkata; and sometimes in schools. She offers courses on Yoga-Vedanta every semester at IIT Delhi. The courses are available on YouTube at IIT’s official channel: NRCVEE IIT Delhi.
She has traveled to hold classes or deliver lectures in South Africa at Cape Town, Durban, Ladysmith, and Kwa Zulu Natal University among other places. Subsequently, she traveled to Ireland, Great Britain, UAE, and recently to Canada for talks, lectures, and scriptural discussions. She has spoken at Imperial College and Logan Hall, London University in 2013. In May 2018, she was in Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, and Nova Scotia where she gave a number of talks on Self-Knowledge, exploring the Subjective Sciences, and finding the interface between Subjective-Objective Sciences. She has extensively traveled in the US and addressed Vedanta Societies of Iowa, Washington DC, and so on. Purdue University hosted her talk on Mind Management recently.
- LinkedIn Page
- “Eternal Truth” YouTube channel with many videos, including the Upanishads classes mentioned in the interview. If you subscribe to the channel, you’ll be notified when classes resume.
- VivekaVani YouTube channel with many more videos.
Books:
- Science of Happiness (Amazon India)
- Self-Discovery (Amazon India)
- U.S. Book Contact – (Ask to be notified when books become available.)
Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group.
Interview recorded May 1, 2022.
Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.
YouTube Video Chapters:
- 00:00:00 – Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
- 00:06:06 – The Importance of Method and Sadhana
- 00:11:18 – Samskaras: The Building Blocks of Character and Behavior
- 00:16:12 – Importance of Manana and Dwelling on Scripture
- 00:21:02 – Becoming Intensely Aware
- 00:25:39 – Intensified Awareness and Conscious Knowledge
- 00:30:43 – The Significance of Being and Becoming
- 00:36:01 – The Science of Happiness and its Connection to Awareness and Advaita Vedanta
- 00:41:32 – The Source of Awareness
- 00:46:50 – High Energy Output and Engagement in Activity
- 00:51:54 – The Power of the Spirit and the Meissner Effect
- 00:57:21 – Universal Values of Ethics and the Mind
- 01:02:42 – Ending Mental Afflictions with Ashtanga Yoga
- 01:08:04 – Mediums and Psychics in Vedantic Perspective
- 01:13:22 – Engaging in Various Yogas
- 01:18:36 – Developing Vairagya
- 01:23:57 – The Ramakrishna Math and Mission
- 01:29:00 – Renouncing the Essential Bliss of Life
- 01:34:21 – Finding Happiness Within
- 01:39:33 – Distinguishing between different types of happiness
- 01:44:33 – Understanding the Factors of Happiness
- 01:50:07 – Experiencing Bliss in Samadhi
- 01:55:31 – Peace within the Radius of the Realized Being
- 02:00:58 – The Five Sheaths and Self-Awareness
- 02:06:03 – The Experience of Absence during Sleep
- 02:11:27 – The long dream of ignorance
- 02:16:23 – Experiences of Expanded Consciousness
- 02:21:30 – The Importance of Yogic Life and Samskaras
- 02:26:42 – The Importance of Inner-Outer Purity
- 02:31:49 – The Concept of Worship and Praising God
- 02:36:56 – Wrapping up and future plans
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