The Brahmasutras of Sage Badarayana (traditionally identified with Sage Vyasa) are one of the triad of canonical texts, the Prasthana-traya, of the esteemed Vedanta school of philosophy. It would be no exaggeration to affirm that the Brahmasutras, together with the Brahmasutra-bhashya, the superb commentary thereon by Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada, occupy a pride of place in the system of Advaita-vedanta. Profound in thought, broad in scope, authoritative, invaluable for spiritual aspirants and a delight for scholars, the sutras and the bhasya have, from hundreds of years ago to this day, been traditionally taught and studied by monks and analysed and debated upon much in the assemblies of distinguished scholars of Vedanta.

His Holiness Jagadguru Sri Bharati-tirtha Mahasvamin, the 36th Shankaracharya of the Dakshinamnaya Sringeri Sharada Peetham observed the caturmasya-vrata in Chennai from 3.7.2012 to 30.9.2012. Acquiescing to the prayers of His disciples, His Holiness delivered benedictory speeches on all Wednesdays, Sundays and on special occasions, except on ekadasi days on which the Jagadguru observed silence. A nonpareil scholar of various sastras, inclusive of Nyaya and Vedanta, His Holiness blessed His audience with 11 benedictory discourses on select portions of the Brahma-sutras along with Bhagavatpada's bhashya thereon. The talks were delivered in Tamil and each was of 30 minutes duration.

Notwithstanding the profundity and technicality of the subject matter, His Holiness, in His inimitable style, ensured that the import of the sutras and the bhashya expounded by Him was easily intelligible to everyone who had the great good fortune of hearing Him. This book contains the aforesaid 11 speeches, edited and rendered into English. It is dedicated at the lotus feet of His Holiness, with namaskaras and apologies for the inadvertent errors in it.