Dear Friends, 

Please join me Tuesday evening, September 10th, at 7pm, in welcoming Dr. Sampadananda Mishra to the Broome Street Temple for an introductory lecture on a rare Yoga text called Yoga Kalpadruma.  

This unique text, written by Swami Brahmananda in the 1800s, compiles the key teachings of Yoga in twenty-five verses, with each verse written (and chanted) in a different meter. The teachings are drawn from Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, Hatha Yoga texts, as well as the Vedas and Puranas. Dr. Mishra will translate some of these verses for us, and discuss some of the sources that Swami Brahmananda is drawing from. I began studying this text with Dr. Mishra last year, and this lecture will  be in preparation for a Namarupa publication of his translation of this text. Please join us if you are free. You can use this Zoom link to join the livestream, and simply show up at the temple at 7pm for in-person. 

We also will be doing our regular Tuesday evening 

chanting of the Hanuman Chalisa at 6pm, and you 

are welcome to join for that, too! 

Dr. Sampadananda Mishra

Director, Centre for Human Sciences, 

Rishihood University, New Delhi

Dr. Sampadananda Mishra is passionate about Sanskrit and Indian Knowledge Systems. Born in Orissa, into a Sanskrit speaking family, Dr. Mishra grew up with the Sanskrit language as one of his mother tongues. He regularly speaks at conferences, seminars, literary, and religious festivals, both nationally and internationally on Sanskrit, Indian culture, Yoga, spirituality and Education. In addition Dr. Mishra, as a devotee of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, is familiar with their writings and feels comfortable in delivering lecture on Philosophy and practice of Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga. He has been to USA and other countries several times for giving lectures, conducting workshops and participating in conferences and seminars.

Dr. Mishra worked as the Associate Editor of the Collected Works of Vasishtha Kavyakantha Ganapati Muni published in twelve volumes. Dr. Mishra has founded and launched the first ever 24 hours Sanskrit Radio called Divyavani Sanskrit Radio and is single handedly managing the entire content since its inception in 2013. 

In the year 2014 Dr. Mishra founded Samskrita Balasahitya Parishad with the aim of creating, evaluating and propagating children’s literature in Sanskrit. Recently Dr. Mishra has launched a monthly E-magazine for children in Sanskrit called Saptavarna.The Govt. of India has conferred the President’s award (Maharshi Badarayna Vyasa Samman 2011) on Dr. Mishra for his outstanding contribution to Sanskrit.

In the year 2014 the Ministry of Culture, Govt. Of India conferred the Senior Fellowship Award to Dr. Mishra for carrying out his research on the Vedic Art of Multiple Concentration.

In the year 2017 Junior Chamber International (JCI) India, (JCI Pondicherry Metro) conferred the Literary Excellence Award on Dr. Mishra for his contribution to Sanskrit language and literature.Dr. Mishra was conferred the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Bala Puraskar for 2018 for his book Shanaih Shanaih – A book of Rhyming songs in Sanskrit for children.

Dr. Mishra was conferred the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Recognition of Re-engineering India 2020 by the Re-think India Organization. Recently Dr Mishra is conferred Sri Aurobindo Puraskar 2024 by Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, Kolkata for 

his immense contribution to the promotion 

of Sanskrit language and literature.