Vijñāna-Naukā – The Boat of Wisdom, also known as Svarūpa-anusandhāna-aṣṭakam – The Eight Verses of Inquiry into the Truth of the Self, is a profound contemplative work of eight verses attributed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya. This text succinctly unfolds the vision of the sages of ancient India...
In her classes covering Śrī Ādi Śaṅkaracarya’s bhāṣya or commentary on Kenopaniṣad, Swamini Brahmaprakasananda gives a comprehensive unfoldment of self’s identity with Brahaman. Course in progress Oct 2 - Nov 16, 2019Class videos are being added progressively during the course.Live streaming of the classes is available...
Meaningfully called the ‘Crest Jewel of Discrimination,’ the text addresses the seeker desirous of the ultimate freedom, mokṣa. It refers to the inability to discriminate between the timeless and time-bound as the delusion caused by avidyā, ignorance, which keeps one bound to samsāra, the cycle of birth...
Bṛhadaraṇyaka-bhaṣyam 2.1.19 onwardwith Swami Viditatmananda
This chapter of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad reveals the nondual vision of the Upaniṣads by teaching the reality of what is generally taken to be real, satyasya satyam. In these classes on Ādi Śaṅkarācārya’s commentary for this chapter, Swami Viditatmananda...
Topic: Etat jñānam iti proktam (Bhagavad Gita 13.11)In the preceding verses of this chapter, Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa has given Arjuna both the knowledge of who he is, and the inner disposition required to understand what has been taught. Both are considered knowledge, jñānam. In this course,...
2019 Internatinal Jyotish Kumbh Mela51 Classes2019
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CONTENTS:
01 Sunil John 20190530_1Trimshamsha (D30) Varga Chartby Sunil John, 1 of 31 hr 48...
Bhagavad Gita 13.7 - 13.12 with Swami Viditatmananda
All human beings know that there is a universal law that applies equally to everyone. It is, that “I should not do unto others what I do not want done to me”. I want to...
Madhu-Vidya comprises a salient portion of the Madhu-Kāṇḍa of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad. Illustrated through the tale of the Aśvin twins approaching sage Dadhyaṅ for self-knowledge, madhu-vidyā unfolds the knowledge of Brahman intimately through the metaphor of “honey,” or the sweetness craved by all jīvas. Through the teaching...