Swami Paramarthananda is one of the foremost disciples of Swami Dayananda Saraswati. He studied at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya of Chinmaya Mission under Swami Chinmayananda and took sannyasa deeksha (monastic vows) from Swami Dayananda Saraswati. He is devoted to both the masters. He has been teaching Vedanta in Chennai since 1979 and has also been conducting public classes in many other cities including Coimbatore and Bengaluru.
Swami Paramarthananda's followers maintain a page on Facebook and describe him as: "Simple, Erudite, Sincere, Disciplined, Deep. Total mastery of Samskritham and English along with the scriptures and tradition."
Audio Talks and Lectures
Upanishads
Isha Upanishad
20 classes (~55 mins each)
20 classes (~55 mins each)
Kena Upanishad
12 classes (~55 mins each)
12 classes (~55 mins each)
Katha Upanishad
45 classes (~55 mins each)
45 classes (~55 mins each)
Prashna Upanishad
22 classes (~55 mins each)
22 classes (~55 mins each)
Mundaka Upanishad
36 classes (~55 mins each)
36 classes (~55 mins each)
Mandukya Upanishad (with Gaudapada Karika)
78 classes (~55 mins each)
78 classes (~55 mins each)
Taittiriya Upanishad
51 classes (~55 mins each)
51 classes (~55 mins each)
Aitareya Upanishad
14 classes (~55 mins each)
14 classes (~55 mins each)
Chandogya Upanishad
77 classes (~55 mins each)
77 classes (~55 mins each)
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
160 classes (~50 mins each)
160 classes (~50 mins each)
Bhagavad Gita
Complete Gita
240 classes (~55 mins each)
240 classes (~55 mins each)
Summary of Gita
21 classes (~60 mins each)
21 classes (~60 mins each)
Brahma Sutras
Complete Brahma Sutras
390 classes (~55 mins each)
390 classes (~55 mins each)
Explanatory Texts
Advaita Makaranda
7 classes (~90 mins each)
7 classes (~90 mins each)
Aparokshanubhuti
39 classes (~55 mins each)
39 classes (~55 mins each)
Atma Bodha
32 classes (~30 mins each)
32 classes (~30 mins each)
Drg Drsya Viveka
21 classes (~55 mins each)
21 classes (~55 mins each)
Manisha Panchakam
5 classes (~60 mins each)
5 classes (~60 mins each)
Panchadashi
100 classes (~60 mins each)
100 classes (~60 mins each)
Tattva Bodha
36 classes (~30 - 55 mins each)
36 classes (~30 - 55 mins each)
Vedantasara
43 classes (~55 mins each)
43 classes (~55 mins each)
Vivekachudamani
164 classes (~55 mins each)
164 classes (~55 mins each)
Auxiliary Texts
Rama Gita
30 classes (~60 mins each)
30 classes (~60 mins each)
Reference Texts
- Isha Upanishad (transcript of Swami Paramarthananda's classes)
- Kena Upanishad (transcript of Swami Paramarthananda's classes)
- Katha Upanishad (transcript of Swami Paramarthananda's classes)
- Prashna Upanishad (transcript of Swami Paramarthananda's classes)
- Mundaka Upanishad (transcript of Swami Paramarthananda's classes)
- Mandukya Upanishad with Gaudapada Karika (transcript of Swami Paramarthananda's classes)
- Taittiriya Upanishad (transcript of Swami Paramarthananda's classes)
- Aitareya Upanishad (transcript of Swami Paramarthananda's classes)
- Chandogya Upanishad (transcript of Swami Paramarthananda's classes)
- Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (transcript of Swami Paramarthananda's classes)
- Kaivalya Upanishad (transcript of Swami Paramarthananda's classes)
- Bhagavad Gita (transcript of Swami Paramarthananda's classes)
- Brahma Sutras (transcript of Swami Paramarthananda's classes)
- Advaita Makaranda (transcript of Swami Paramarthananda's classes)
- Drg Drsya Viveka (transcript of Swami Paramarthananda's classes)
- Panchadashi (transcript of Swami Paramarthananda's classes)
- Tattva Bodha (transcript of Swami Paramarthananda's classes)
- Vivekachudamani (transcript of Swami Paramarthananda's classes)
- Rama Gita (transcript of Swami Paramarthananda's classes)