Siddhartha Krishna

Shri Siddhartha Krishna

Siddhartha Krishna is an Acharya, teacher of Yoga-Vedanta. He received his education in a traditional "Gurukul" method at Kailas Ashram Brahmavidya Peetham (Rishikesh), a highly revered Ashram (monastery) in India. Various Saints and scholars, including Swami Vivekananda (founder of Ramakrishna Mission), Swami Ramatirtha (founder of Ramatirtha Mission), Swami Tapovan ji maharaj (master of Swami Chinmayananda, founder of the Chinmaya Mission) and Swami Shivananda (founder of the Divine Life Society), were related to this Spiritual Institution. After finishing his education, he was appointed as a teacher in the same ashram, where he served for three years. He taught various subjects, including Sanskrit Grammar, Indian Philosophies, Yoga and Vedanta. Now he travels to various countries accompanied by his father and master Shri Prabhuji and delivers discourses on the Yoga Sutras, the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita.

Siddhartha Krishna introduces the yoga students at Patanjala Yoga Center to the Yoga Sutras, Upanishads and the Bagavad Gita, which gives them a comprehensive understanding of the Yoga philosophy. Some of his discourses are now also available on CDs at Yoga CDs.

Siddhartha Krishna also writes a regular column called "Yoga Quest" in the Australian Yoga Life Magazine, the most popular yoga magazine in Australia and New Zealand. You can read some of his contributions here.

He is also the author of two books, a comprehensive Sanskrit commentary on the 4000 aphorisms of Sage Panini's Ashtadhyayi (the most authoritative text on Sanskrit Grammar) and an exhaustive Hindi commentary on Hastamalakiya-Bhashyam, a text by Adi Shankaracharya. The books are available through Chaukhamba Publications in Delhi or through their retail sellers all over India.

For more information please visit his website www.vedism.in

 

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