Online Vedānta classes on Bhagavad Gitā, Upanishad and other Advaita texts
Online Vedānta classes on Bhagavad Gitā, Upanishad and other Advaita texts
Online Vedānta classes on Bhagavad Gitā, Upanishad and other Advaita texts
Bhagavad Gitā
Totalling about 200 classes, each verse of the Bhagavad Gita is elaborately explained in keeping with Ādi Śankarācārya's commentary. Classes are structured, traditional and systematic and designed to learn and understand the meaning of the Gitā holistically and practically. Classes are conducted from 6:40 - 8 AM IST on all Sundays.
Pañcadaśī - This is a highly regarded introductory text of Advaita Vedānta by Swāmī Vidyāranya (one of the Śankarācāryas of Sringeri Mutt), composed it around the 13th/14th centuries. Classes are on Saturdays from 6:55 - 8 AM IST.
A new set of Online Classes starting with BHAJA GOVINDAM, composed by Adi Sankaracharya, began on Sunday, June 2, 2024 from 3:45-5 PM IST. This will be a new series of classes running parallel to the ongoing classes on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Bhaja Govindam will be followed by Atmabodha/Tattvabodha, Bhagavad Gita etc.
All such texts are studied, traditionally, in an order and in a structured manner. Only then one gets a proper understanding. We will follow the same order for the online classes too. Upanishad classes will be resumed soon, in parallel, on Saturday evenings Indian Standard Time.
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.