- Sanskrit is
spreading amongst the Indian community in North America. I love that Samskrita
Bharati teaches Samskritam. Here is my personal story. The dedication of their volunteers
is the foundation of their organization.
You can visit a
local Samskrita Bharati center and learn to speak Samskrit. This is the link
for USA https://samskritabharatiusa.org/
I took the beginners course as part of the S2S Course - Online Certificate Course for adults. The beginner’s course emphasizes Sanskrit conversation in simple everyday life. Eighteen people attended from USA and Canada with ages between to 60. Their mother language included Telugu, Tamil, Assam language, Hindi and Marathi.
Here are a few
verses of a song we learned in class. It portrays the beauty of Sanskrit and
how easy it is to learn.
जयतु संस्कृतम्
सुरससुबोधा विश्वमनोज्ञा
surasa subodha
vishwa manogyaa
ललिता हृद्या रमणीया |
lalitaa hrudyaa
ramaneeyaa
अमृतवाणी संस्कृतभाषा
amruta vaani
samskruta bhaashaa
नैव क्लिष्टा न च कठिना ||
naiva klishtaa na
cha katinaa
Now hear this beautiful Samskrit song
by a
young girl about the 7 questions What, Where, How Many, When, From Where, How
and Why?
See these
excellent Spoken Samskritam videos including a funny one - https://youtu.be/b0ZRLw3WDvY and https://youtu.be/h1_3TnyHmBE
Samskrita Bharati
makes learning an easy and rewarding experience. They organize lectures, camps,
competitions and other programs to complement and enhance learning. They bring
to light existing Samskritam literature and publish books and create
audiovisual and other media content to enhance the modern literary world of
Samskritam.
Samskrita Bharati inspire and build a committed base of volunteers and
instructors to serve the society by working to propagate Samskritam.
Apart from regular
local classes in several cities, Samskrita Bharati also organize events
throughout the year. Residential camps are held annually all over the
United States. The aim of these camps is for students to learn the language without
the daily distractions. Samskrita Bharati organizes camps separately for
children, youth and for families too.
Every year, local
Samskrita Bharati chapters celebrates several festivals by organizing
Samskritam related events. The Shravana Purnima day is observed as the
"Vishva Samskritam Dinam" and several cultural programs are held in
various cities.
Samskrita
Bharati's Spoken
Samskritam workshops have been very popular both in United States of
America and Canada. Many workshops are held over the weekend. Given the busy
life, just sparing one weekend for the study of Samskritam has changed the
lives of many towards pursuing a larger goal of speaking Samskritam fluently.
20
Talks were given in 2016 to commemorate the 20th year of Samskritam aka
Sanskrit in the United States of America (USA).
Samskrita Bharati’s promotion of Samskritam (Sanskrit) started in the United States from 1995. Shri. Krishna Shastri Mahodaya visited the United States in 1995 and conducted 'Speak Samskritam' classes in various cities across the United States. The acceptance of Samskritam has been tremendous in the past twenty years. There are more than 40 centers in the United States and Canada, where people are speaking and learning in Samskritam.
As part of the
20th year celebrations, prominent Sanskrit speakers spoke on various topics in
Samskritam. Those speeches are available in the link above.
Join the Speak
Samskritam movement by visiting
I studied
Samskitram to understand our Hindu Shastras more clearly, but I never knew that
Samskritam could be used so easily in everyday language. All students and
teachers were able to communicate only in Samskritam. It's a great language to
unite all regions of India. It has a beautiful precise symmetry when spoken. I
am practicing thinking in Samskritam for a few hours daily. It helps keep my
mind focused and reduces random thinking. Glory to India and glory to
Samskrita!
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