2026 Family Vedanta Course 1

Journey of Jīva (Jīva-Yātrā) with Swami Sakshatkrtananda

The śāstra compares the life of the individual to a yātrā, pilgrimage. In a worldly yātrā, one travels from one’s home to reach the goal of a holy site for purposes of worship. In the vision of the Vedānta, this pilgrimage starts from the jīva, one’s self-perception as a limited wanting person, and ends in Brahman, the reality of oneself as the unlimited source of being. The text Jīva-Yātrā is a set of nine verses composed by a saint of Sringeri Math, Swami Jnanananda Bharati. He has composed it based on the chariot imagery found in Kaṭha Upaniṣad.

Vedānta-Sāra, topics 15 – 30 with Swami Muktatmananda

The text known as Vedānta-sāra, authored by Śrī Sadānanda Yogīndra Sarasvatī, is a very popular prakaraṇagrantha, introductory text, of Vedanta. In its six chapters, it covers all the main aspects of the teaching, including the qualifications of a student, the nature of superimposition and its removal, the views of competing schools of thought, the steps to self-realization, and the characteristics of jīvan-mukti, liberation while living. This is a continuation of previous courses on this text.

Vedanta Sara Text