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AlochanaamR^itaM The Morality of Boycott

A certain class of minds shrink from aggressiveness as if it were a sin. Their temperament forbids them to feel the delight of battle and they look on what they cannot understand as something monstrous and sinful... To ask masses of mankind to act as saints, to rise to the height of divine love and practise it in relation to their adversaries or oppressors is to ignore human nature... Hinduism recognizes human nature and makes no such impossible demand. To impose on politics the Brahminical duty of saintly sufferance, is to preach varNasankara, and to destroy society and the race.
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Aggression is unjust only when unprovoked, violence unrighteous when used wantonly or for unrighteous ends. It is a barren philosophy which applies a mechanical rule to all actions, or takes a word [non-violence] and tries to fit all human life into it... Ramdas is not complete without Shivaji. To maintain justice and prevent the strong from despoiling and the weak from being oppressed is the function for which the Kshatriya was created. Therefore, says Srikrishna in the Mahabharat, God created battle and armour, the sword, the bow and the dagger.
- Sri Aurobindo (On Nationalism, pp.  360-364)
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Contents

paaNiniiya aShTaadhyaayii: sUtra pAThaH
Sample Video of a Spoken-sanskrit Class
Speeches at jAhnavI Sibiram 2007
Vyakaranam Class
Prof. Vempati Kutumba Sastry at Haimavati sa.nskR^ita Sibiram July 2006
Sri Parasaram Udaya Bhaskara Dikshit at Haimavati sa.nskR^ita Sibiram July 2006
Sri Chamu Krishna Sastry at AlakanandA sa.nskR^ita Sibiram July 2000

Samskrita Bharati: Sample Video of a Spoken-Sanskrit Class

Samskrita Bharati is an organization co-founded by Sri Chamu Krishna Sastry, for spreading the use of sa.nskR^itam in daily life. Their revolutionary teaching technique has proven that sanskrit-learning can be made both simple and fun. They make students speak in sanskrit right from the start just like how kids learn their mother tongue naturally - by first listening, then speaking, later reading and writing. As a result, Samskrita Bharati's famous 10-day (@ 2hrs/day) sanskrit sibirams enable anyone with working knowledge of an Indian language to start comfortably speaking in pure sanskrit in just 10 days!

Their teaching technique has been adopted by Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, the apex Govt. body that decides Sanskrit curriculum in India.
Don't believe it? Just watch a half-hour realvideo stream (below) of their beginners' class in action and judge for yourself.
To purchase these videos, please send email to samskritabharati@yahoo.com.
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play, rm Spoken-sanskrit class volume 1 of 40 (realvideo)

Speeches at jAhnavi sa.nskR^ita Sibiram, 2007

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play, rm play, mp3 prArambhotsava prasa~NgaH Chamu Krishna Sastri

VyakaraNam class in Bay area, Nov 2007

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play, rm play, mp3 Part 1 of 6 Nov 5
play, rm play, mp3 Part 2 of 6 Nov 7
play, rm play, mp3 Part 3 of 6 Nov 8
play, rm play, mp3 Part 4 of 6 Nov 12
play, rm play, mp3 Part 5 of 6 Nov 14
play, rm play, mp3 Part 6 of 6 Nov 14

Sri Parasaram Udaya Bhaskara Dikshit: Speeches at haimavatii Sibiram, July 2006

Sri Parasaram Udaya Bhaskara Dikshit is a sanskrit scholar based in Seattle WA, USA. Sri Dikshit is strong in both sanskrit language, its literature as well as Vedic rituals. He is currently a priest at a temple in Seattle WA. He regularly teaches spoken sanskrit as well as Veda-chanting. He was one of the senior instructors at Samskrita Bharati's Haimavati spoken-sanskrit camp at Pt. Bonita (near SFO), CA USA during July 1-4, 2006. Here are some of the lectures delivered by him during the camp.

The periodic whirring noise is due to the recording device iRiver's hard disk turning on and off.

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play, rm puujaa vidhi: The Vedic method of worship and its meaning

Sri Chamu Krishna Sastry: Speeches at alakanandA sa.nskR^ita Sibiram, July 2000

These lectures by the founder of Samskrita Bharati, Sri Chamu Krishna Sastry, were delivered as part of the 10-day spoken sanskrit camp near Sacramento, CA, USA in July 2000. These were recorded by Sri. K.T. Narayana. Since they are part of a Sibiram, they are interactive in nature, and are rough recordings.

Although these are not professional recordings, I am putting them online as they discuss many important issues regarding Sanskrit. Enjoy their informal nature.

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play, rm play, mp3 samAja-hitAya vyakteH kartavyaH (The Individual's duty for the Society's well-being) - My favorite Chamu Krishna Sastri
play, rm play, mp3 kimartham samskR^itam? (Why Sanskrit?) Chamu Krishna Sastri
play, rm play, mp3 samskR^ita abhyAsasya sulabha paddhatiH (Simplifying Sanskrit learning) Chamu Krishna Sastri

paaNiniiya aShTaadhyaayii: sUtra paaThaH

An audio rendering of the entire treatise on Sanskrit grammar (8 chapters of sUtras), called aShTaadhyaayii by maharshi paaNini. This is the version accepted by well-known vyaakaraNa scholars in Bangalore. It is rendered by two of their disciples who are scholars themselves. It has been edited and found to be correct to the best of their knowledge. If you find mistakes, please point out by sending me an email.

Note: A few minor issues were detected with the rendering of these sUtras, and are being corrected. Samskrita Bharati is extremely meticulous about the authenticity of information it provides and as such wants to fix these issues ASAP. We shall make these available after re-recording affected portions.

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Achaarya Vinayaka Rajata Bhat, Vidwaan Ramakrishna Bhat K.


- Sarada and Sai Susarla (sai@cs.utah.edu)