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My Youtube channel : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PjT9LmtBOY
Self-introduction.
My name is Shankar Santhamoorthy. I live in Chennai. I have been a software engineer (enterprise architect) by profession with 20+ years of industry experience in IT consulting. Please find below my resume of the same attached herewith as an appendix.
But outside official work, from personal front, I am humble spiritual seeker very passionately involved in the quest on God. From my collage days (25+ years), I have been privately learning and researching on Indological studies particularly on comparative Indian philosophies. And as part of this research I have been collating learnings and documenting under the topic of "किम् तत् ब्रह्म (kim tat brahma -What is God), for over 2 decades now.
This research is roughly around 3000+ pages (split across 8 volumes) is honestly speaking, a humble yet sincere attempt on an unbiased holistic inter-disciplinary research involving traditional schools of philosophies (oriental and occidental) and modern science in unravelling the mysteries of nature and discovering the परब्रह्म (parabrahma – supreme divinity) which is the अनेकविमा शुद्धकेवलाद्वैत एकत्व (anekavimā śuddhakevalādvaita ekatva –infinite dimensional pure absolute non-dualstic singularity) that underlies the infinite varieties observed not only in the phenomenal world, but is also the अन्तिम सत्य (antima satya – ultimate truth) hidden behind all the तर्कविद्यसंबन्धिन् दृशिकानि (tarkavidyasaṃbandhin dṛśikāni - philosophical perspectives). For you to get some idea on the key themes forming focus areas of my research, I have shared the following blog with an introduction about the research and topic-wise overview with detailed table of contents.
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किम् तत् ब्रह्म (kim tat brahma - what is god)? |
Note: There are multiple volumes and in order to view the Table of Contents (ToC) of a specific volume, please click on the corresponding menu option in the left pane.
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A | What is me? | Book 1 | |
1 | Fragments of Confession | ||
2 | My Spiritual Beginnings | ||
B | A critical look at Religion | ||
1 | History of Religion | ||
2 | Religious Belief Systems | ||
3 | पुरुषार्थ (puruṣārtha – Soul’s purpose) | ||
4 | वर्ण आश्रम (varṇa āśrama – Class & phase) | ||
5 | The Pitfalls | ||
6 | Tribute to the Holy Scriptures | ||
7 | गुरु वैभव (guru vaibhava – glory of preceptor) | ||
8 | Hindu Philosophical Doctrines – quick analysis | ||
9 | Apparent Differences and Beyond | ||
C | Understanding ब्रह्मत्वं (brahmatvaṁ - Divinity) | ||
1 | Reality of God | ||
2 | இறைவன் (iṛaivan - The Immanent Divinity) | ||
3 | ईश्वर तत्त्व (īśvara tattva – Divine Personality) | ||
D | ब्रह्म उपासन (brahma upāsana – Divine Contemplation) | Book 2 | |
1 | यज्ञ साधन (sādhana yajña – Sacrificial Rite) | ||
2 | திவ்ய தேசம் (divya dēsam - Sacred Space) | ||
E | पवित्र देश काल (pavitra deśa kāla – Sacred Space-Time) | Book 3 | |
1 | Religious उत्सव (utsava - festival) - A closer look | ||
2 | Occult Realm of Time - Fate & Free Will | ||
F | Becoming of the Being - Ontology of माया (māyā) | Book 4 | |
1 | Taxonomy of Divine Manifestations | ||
2 | अस्तिकायविद्याप्रतिमानाः (astikāyavidyāpratimānāḥ - ontology Models) | ||
3 | ब्रह्मोत्पत्ति (brahmotpatti – theogenesis) | ||
G | Becoming of the Being - Ontology of माया (māyā) | Book 5 | |
1 | महा माया (mahā māyā - Cosmic Censorship) | ||
2 | प्रकारः अविद्यायाः (prakāraḥ avidyāyāḥ - modes of nescience) | ||
3 | सत्यस्य सत्यं (satyasya satyaṁ - from truth to higher truth) | ||
4 | अस्थिशास्त्र मायायाः (asthiśāstra māyāyāḥ – ontology of illusion) | ||
5 | पञ्चविध कञ्चुकाः (pañcavidha kañcukāḥ – fivefold cloaks) | ||
6 | पुरुष तत्त्व (puruṣa tattva – Soul /Anthropic Principle) | ||
7 | प्रकृति (prakṛti - Matter / Nature) | ||
H | Divine Cosmology - अन्नमय कोश (annamaya kośa – Food Sheath) | Book 6 | |
1 | भौतिक व्रत (bhautika vrata – physical realm) | ||
2 | द्रव्य (dravya - substance) | ||
3 | शारीरभूतलोकस्य (śārīrabhūtalokasya – anatomy of physical world) | ||
4 | भूतस्य अवस्थाः (bhūtasya avasthāḥ - states of matter) | ||
I | Divine Cosmology - प्राणमय कोश (prāṇamaya kośa – Vital Sheath) | ||
1 | प्राण तत्त्व (prāṇa tattva - Life Principle) | ||
2 | A quick at the critical stages in life | ||
J | Divine Cosmology – मनोमयकोश (manomayakośa – Mind Sheath) | ||
1 | मनोमय कोश (manomaya kośa – mind predominant sheath) | ||
2 | प्रमाणविज्ञान (pramāṇavijñāna – epistemology) | ||
3 | जीव पिण्ड अवस्था (jīva piṇḍa avasthā – Internal Phases in Vital Plane) | ||
K | Divine Cosmology - विज्ञानमय कोश (vijñāṇamaya kośa – The Gnostic Sheath) | ||
1 | मन्त्र शक्ति (mantra śakti – Potency of Sonic formula) | ||
2 | कुण्डलिनी शक्ति (kuṇḍalinī śakti - Conserved Energy) | ||
L | The Divine Cosmology - आनन्दमय कोश (ānandamaya kośa –Bliss Sheath) | Book 7 | |
1 | अध्याचर आनन्दस्य (adhyācara ānandasya – domain of bliss) | ||
2 | भक्ति योग (bhakti Yoga – Devotional Communion) | ||
3 | Exceptional Kinds of भक्ति (bhakti – devotion) | ||
M | अपवर्ग (apavarga – final beatitude) | Book 8 | |
1 | परमुक्ति विद्या (paramukti vidyā – soteriology) | ||
2 | मोक्षस्य प्रकारः (mokṣasya prakāraḥ – types of liberation) | ||
3 | अमृत मुक्ति (amṛta mukti – immortal liberation) | ||
4 | अन्तिमात्मावस्था (antimātmāvasthā – ultimate soul state) | ||
N | My final thoughts | ||
1 | In a nutshell thus have I learnt | ||
2 | The Pilgrims Progress |
Note: There are eight volumes (book1 to book8) and in order to view the Table of Contents (ToC) of a specific volume, please click on the corresponding menu option on the left pane. I have also shared the detailed listing of शास्त्र प्रमाण (śāstra pramāṇa - scriptural testimony)
For the sake of those who are ore more comfortable to listening than reading, I have also tried to leverage AI based text to voice (TTV) generations for these writings . Please click on the icon to start listening to the blog. (Disclaimer: The automatically generated voice may not be very accurate)
If you are interested, I can walk-you through my ongoing research over a video-conference discussion.
By the way, in recent years I have also been quite active in the social media discussing and writing on various Indological topics.
My Indology Videos
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भारतीय सनातनधर्म Duration: 1.5 hrs
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9PuxOBFNFE&list=PLF_t-yDTNdFCFbzdKwVkSa_rYGywvvOhD
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My mini scriptural library at home Duration: 1.5 hrs |
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My Indology Blogs
A. Main Blog Theme: नवरात्र उपासनस्य (navarātra upāsanasya - nine-nights worship)
Main URL: https://whatisgod-navaratradashahara.blogspot.com/
# | Blog Topics | URL |
A1 | अधिदैविक सार्थकत्व विद्वेशभक्तेः (adhidaivika sārthakatva vidveśabhakteḥ - spiritual significance of hateful devotion) | https://whatisgod-navaratradashahara.blogspot.com/p/adhidaivika-sarthakatva-vidvesabhakteh.html |
A2 | महात्म्य नवरात्र च दशहरा उत्सवस्य (mahātmya navarātra ca daśaharā utsavasya - greatness of nine-nights and seizing the ten) | https://whatisgod-navaratradashahara.blogspot.com/p/navaratri-dasahara-nine-nights-ten.html |
A3 | श्री देवी पराक्रम (śrī devī parākrama – valour of Goddess) | https://whatisgod-navaratradashahara.blogspot.com/p/sri-devi-parakrama-valour-of-goddess.html |
A4 | रावण संहार (rāvaṇa saṃhāra – ravana’s destruction) | https://whatisgod-navaratradashahara.blogspot.com/p/ravana-samhara-ravanas-destruction.html |
A5 | பொம்மை கொலு ((bommai kolu - doll display) | https://whatisgod-navaratradashahara.blogspot.com/p/bomai-kolu-doll-display.html |
A6 | अधिदैविक सार्थकत्व सरस्वती च आयुध पूजस्य (adhidaivika sārthakatva sarasvatī ca āyudha pūjasya - spiritual significance of sarasvati and ayudha puja) | https://whatisgod-navaratradashahara.blogspot.com/p/ayudha-puja-instrument-worship.html |
B. Main Blog Theme: चित्सभेसायमङ्गलम् (citsabhesāyamaṅgalam - lord of gnostic hall felicitation)
Main URL: https://chitsabhesayamangalam.blogspot.com/
# | Blog Topics | URL |
B1 | पवित्र भूलोगविज्ञान चिदंबरस्य (pavitra bhūlogavijñāna cidaṃbarasya - sacred geography of Chidambaram) | https://chitsabhesayamangalam.blogspot.com/p/pavitra-bhulogavijnana-cidambarasya.html |
B2 | ज्योतिष अर्थवत्त्व आर्द्रा दर्शनस्य (jyotiṣa arthavattva ārdrā darśanasya - astronomical significance of Arudra vision) | https://chitsabhesayamangalam.blogspot.com/p/astronomical-significance-of-ardra.html |
B3 | अर्थवत्त्व ब्रह्म निर्माणज़िल्पस्य (arthavattva brahma nirmāṇailpasya - Significance of sacred architecture) | https://chitsabhesayamangalam.blogspot.com/p/significance-of-sacred-architecture.html |
B4 | ब्राह्मप्रतिकाविद्यानटराजस्य (brāhmapratikāvidyānaṭarājasya – sacred iconography of dance-king) | https://chitsabhesayamangalam.blogspot.com/p/sacred-iconography-of-paramananda.html |
B5 | ब्रह्मपिण्डसंसुतिविज्ञान गुर्वर्थत्व (brahmapiṇḍasaṃsutivijñāna gurvarthatva - Macro and Micro Cosmological significance) | https://chitsabhesayamangalam.blogspot.com/p/cosmological-significance.html |
B6 | निहित-जाल ताण्डव नटराजस्य (nihitajālatāṇḍava naṭarājasya – nested network dance of dance-king) | https://chitsabhesayamangalam.blogspot.com/p/nihitajalatandava-nested-network-dance.html |
B7 | कल्प विज्ञान चिदंबरस्य (kalpa vijñāna cidaṃbarasya – ritual science of gnostic space) | https://chitsabhesayamangalam.blogspot.com/p/kalpa-vijnana-cidambarasya-ritual.html |
B8 | वार्षिक उत्सव (vārṣika utsava- annual festival) celebrated as ब्रह्मोत्सव / महोत्सव (brahmotsava / mahotsava – grand festival) | https://chitsabhesayamangalam.blogspot.com/p/varsika-utsava-annual-festival.html |
C. Main Blog Theme: Spiritual significance of विद्वेष भक्ति (vidveṣa bhakti – Hateful Devotion)
Main URL: https://whatisgod-vidveshabhakti.blogspot.com
# | Blog Topics | URL |
C1 | श्री देवी पराक्रम (śrī devī parākrama – valour of Goddess) | https://whatisgod-vidveshabhakti.blogspot.com/p/sri-devi-parakrama-valour-of-goddess.html |
C2 | கந்தனினஂ சூரசம்ஹாரம் (kandanin sūrasamhāram – Kanda’s defeat of demon) | https://whatisgod-vidveshabhakti.blogspot.com/p/kandanin-surasamharam-kandas-defeat-of.html |
C3 | பரமசிவனின் அட்டவீரட்டானம் (paramasivanin aṭṭavīraṭṭānam – eight-fold valors of Supreme Shiva) | https://whatisgod-vidveshabhakti.blogspot.com/p/paramasivanin-attavirattanam-eight-fold.html |
D. Main Blog Theme: सनातनधर्म (sanātanadharma - eternal spirituality)
Main URL: https://whatisgod-sanathanadharma.blogspot.com/
E. Main Blog Theme: Spiritual Significance of Religious Festivals
Main URL: https://whatisgod-religiousfestivals.blogspot.com/
F. Main Blog Theme: திருவருட்பிரகாச இராமலிங்க வள்ளலார் (tiruvaruṭpirakāsa irāmaliṅga vaḷḷalār)
Main URL: https://whatisgod-iraamalingavallalaar.blogspot.com/
# | Blog Topics | URL |
F1 | வள்ளலார் - ஒரு அறிமுகம் (vaḷḷalār- oru aṟimugam - Vallalar - An Introduction) | https://whatisgod-iraamalingavallalaar.blogspot.com/p/oru-arimugam-introduction.html |
F2 | வள்ளலாரின் சரியைகருமமார்கம் (vaḷḷalāriṉ cariyaikarumamārgam - disciplinary servitude path of vallalar) | https://whatisgod-iraamalingavallalaar.blogspot.com/p/vallalarin-cariyaikarumamargam.html |
F3 | வள்ளலாரின் கிரியாபக்திமார்கம்(vaḷḷalāriṉ kiriyābaktimārkam - ritualistic-devotion path of Vallalar) | https://whatisgod-iraamalingavallalaar.blogspot.com/p/vallalarin-kiriyabaktimarkam.html |
F4 | வள்ளலாரின் பக்தியோகமார்கம் (vaḷḷalāriṉ paktiyōkamārgam - yogic-devotion path of Vallalar) | https://whatisgod-iraamalingavallalaar.blogspot.com/p/vallalarin-paktiyokamargam-yogic.html |
F5 | வள்ளலாரின் நோக்கில் இதிகாசபுராணங்கள் (vaḷḷalāriṉ nōkkil itikācapurāṇaṅkaḷ - Vallalar's perspective on epics and mythologies) | https://whatisgod-iraamalingavallalaar.blogspot.com/p/testing-puranas.html |
F6 | வள்ளலாரின் மெய்ஞான விஞானம் (vaḷḷalāriṉ meyñāṉa viñāṉam - Vallalar's spiritual science) | https://whatisgod-iraamalingavallalaar.blogspot.com/p/vallalarin-meynana-vinanam-vallalars.html |
F7 | வள்ளலாரின் மரணமிலாப் பெருவாழ்வு (vaḷḷalāriṉ maraṇamilāp peruvāzhvu - Vallalar's immortalized supreme living) | https://whatisgod-iraamalingavallalaar.blogspot.com/p/vallalarin-maranamilap-peruvazhvu.html |
F8 | வள்ளலார் குறித்த சர்ச்சைகளும் அடியேனின் தெளிவுரையும் (vaḷḷalār kuṟitta carccaikaḷum aṭiyēṉiṉ teḷivuraiyum - my humble clarifications on Vallalar related controversies) | https://whatisgod-iraamalingavallalaar.blogspot.com/p/tester-deymystification.html |
F. Main Blog Theme: गुरुवैभवं (guruvaibhavaṃ - guru's glory)
Main URL: https://whatisgod-guruvesaranam.blogspot.com/2022/07/guruvaibhavam-guru-glory.html
# | Bog Topic | Blog URL |
1 | अर्थवत्त्व गुरुपूर्णिमायाः (arthavattva gurupūrṇimāyāḥ - significance of gurupurnima) | https://whatisgod-guruvesaranam.blogspot.com/p/arthavattva-gurupurnimayah-significance.html |
2 | गुरुपरंपर वेदसंहितानम् (guruparaṃpara vedasaṃhitānam - preceptor tradition of vedic corpus) | https://whatisgod-guruvesaranam.blogspot.com/p/veda-mantra-rsi-kavi.html |
3 | गुरुपरंपराः वेदान्तसंप्रदायस्य (guruparaṃparāḥ vedāntasaṃpradāyasya – preceptor lineages of final-wisdom tradition) | https://whatisgod-guruvesaranam.blogspot.com/p/guruparamparah-vedantasampradayasya.html |
4 | गुरुपरंपराः सिद्धान्तसंप्रदायस्य (guruparaṃparāḥ siddhāntasaṃpradāyasya – preceptor lineages of final accomplishment tradition) | https://whatisgod-guruvesaranam.blogspot.com/p/guruparamparah-siddhantasampradayasya.html |
Thanks & Regards
Shankar Santhamoorthy
Email: shankyvidhu@gmail.com
Chennai, India
Phone: 91-9884336440
My facebook profile: https://www.facebook.com/shankaranu
Appendix – Information Technology Career Summary
Name: Shankar Santhamoorthy
IT Role: Enterprise Architect
Location: Chennai, India
Years of IT Experience: 23+ years
Years with last Company: 6 years
Career Summary
- My last assignment was with Censanext (Waycoool) as GM – Chief Enterprise Architect, involved in strategy, implementation support, and C-Level Strategist/Leader with excellence in program management with expertise in driving projects and leading cross-functional teams to consistently meet key program deliverables
- Carrying extensive expertise and profound understanding in vertical domains including Agritech, Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Media Publishing & Entertainment, Banking Financial Services & Insurance, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Education, and Plant Automation
- A Visionary leader with specialization in Legacy Migration & Modernization Strategy, Digital Cloud Transformation Roadmaps, Big Data Analytics to gain insights and capitalize, Cloud Native Architectures, experience and insight to elevate any application, computing platform infrastructure to Cloud
- Innovation-focused change agent & a strategic planner, with a proven track record of propelling digital transformation initiatives, delivering groundbreaking solutions, and fostering strategic partnerships
- Technically inclined professional evolved in strategy, drove change, building digital roadmap & business case, implemented Industry 4.0 technologies like IOT, Analytics, Cloud solutions & AR/VR for improving Business Efficiency with broad technical background developed in various domains
- Achievement-driven and High-Performance Leader, with success in transforming business through innovative procedures, Transition & Project Management Strategies; experienced in delivering large scale projects creating business growth to Fortune 500 clients with skills in building highly scalable, cloud-native applications on the AWS & Azure platform
- Actively engaged in Microservices/Application Architecture, taking charge of designing and executing microservices-based solutions and strategies for organizations
- Recognized for successfully spearheading technology partnerships and alliances with renowned global technology solution providers including Google, AWS, and Microsoft
- Business acumen with strong focus on Digital Transformations; knowledge of Cloud Applications, deployment of cloud strategies and CI/CD
- Led large-scale business application architecture and design efforts; established application architectures for various business functional areas; resolved integration and interface issues between various applications or systems
- Enterprise Architecture Advisory: Providing Enterprise Architecture Advisory Services for an leading India based Agro-Tech in building their enterprise architecture
- Technology Partner: Principal Architect from the Global Technology Office playing the role of senior technology partner and for Information Publishing, Media & Entertainment BU & providing insights on emerging technologies and providing architectural consulting
- Architect for some of the largest publishing houses for Digital first content production and delivery systems
- Architected and Designed Digital Asset Distribution platform for one largest publishing houses
- Content Architect responsible for assessing and recommending Content management Platform strategy for leading Media Entertainment Company
- Principal Architect (J2EE & Open Source) with over thirteen years of total work experience in software development which includes Solution Architecting, Requirements Analysis and scoping, Design & Implementation.
- Technology consulting & Solution Architecting role starting from Pre DD through DD including technology blueprinting, system understanding of as-is ecosystem, and proposing To-Be architecture and supply chain
- Horizontal Domains: Enterprise Information Management, Search, Identity & Access Management, Social Networking
- Vertical Domains: Agro-Tech (6 months), Media & Entertainment (5+yrs), Financial Information Publishing (5yrs), Healthcare & Life Sciences Information Publishing (6 Months) , Plant and Automation (6 months)
- Programming Skills: Extensively worked on Java, C and C++ in Redhat Linux, Ubuntu, SCO, Solaris, HP-UX and Microsoft Windows.
- Extensive experience in enterprise search architecting and design for financial information provider company
- Consulting experience in providing technical architectures for various open-source projects including LAMP stack
- Exposure to DBA tasks includes installation, Database creation, Data loading/replication, schema designing etc for Oracle and Sybase.
