Online classes on Gita, Upanishad and other Advaita texts
Online classes on Gita, Upanishad and other Advaita texts
Online classes on Gita, Upanishad and other Advaita texts
Bhagavad Gita
Structured and traditional Gita classes|course on Sunday mornings. These systematic classes are designed to learn and understand the meaning of the Gita holistically and in a practical way. Each verse of the Gita is taught elaborately in keeping with the commentary of Adi Sankaracharya.
Pancadashī - This is a highly regarded introductory text of Advaita Vedantā by Swami Vidyaranya (Sankaracharya of Sringeri Mutt), composed around the 13th/14th centuries. The class will be in English. Classes are on Saturdays from 6:55 - 8 AM IST.
You can view Videos of answers to some commonly asked questions by a spiritual seeker on our YouTube channel. This Satsang series is ongoing and new videos will get uploaded frequently. Subscribe to the YouTube channel - Ārsha Vidyā Paramparā for receiving regular updates.
Why one should take regular classes on Vedanta?
The subject matter of Vedanta (Bhagavad Gitā & Upanishad) is such that unfortunately it cannot be studied independently by anyone. If it could be, it would have been possible to gain this knowledge even by just "Googling". But that is never the case. Even if one manages to know a little from various sources, the understanding is inevitably full of gaps that have to be necessarily filled in by a qualified teacher. So, the knowledge has to be unfolded by a competent teacher, who himself should have systematically studied from another person belonging to the tradition. Also one has to expose himself/herself to this teaching systematically for a reasonable length of time. This has been the way innumerable generations in the past have gained this knowledge and preserved it to this day.
The weekly online classes are in keeping with the traditional Advaita Vedānta teaching methodology. And eternally valid because by its very nature, the knowledge is timeless. Classes are in English and conducted on Zoom by Swami Sarvananda Saraswati, a disciple of Sri Swami Dayananda Saraswati.
There is an interactive Q & A session at the completion of each class, where participants get doubts clarified.