Advaita Vedanta (वेदान्तः) with Acharya Vishweshwara N M
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Vedanta from the Sanskrit texts, in the tradition of Shankaracharya. One-to-one only.
Vedanta needs questions, and questions need time. That’s why I teach it only one-to-one.
We read from the original texts in the tradition of Adi Shankaracharya. You can stop me anywhere and ask why, and we stay there until it’s clear.
How I teach Vedanta
From the source
We read the Sanskrit text itself, with its traditional explanation, not someone’s summary of it.
Foundations before conclusions
What Vedanta is for, how we know anything (pramana), and the qualities a seeker needs (sadhana chatushtaya), before the big statements.
Your questions shape the class
Doubts are welcome. Working through them is how the teaching becomes yours.
Sanskrit alongside
Basic grammar and Tarka Sangraha are studied in parallel, so the texts open up more and more on their own.
The path of study
This is a guide, not a fixed timetable. We go as deep as you want to go.
Foundations: The questions Vedanta answers
The ground everything else stands on.
- What Vedanta is, and the purpose of life
- Pramana: how we know
- Anubandha chatushtaya and sadhana chatushtaya
- Karma and rebirth
- Jiva, Ishvara and jagat
- Atma and anatma
Prakarana granthas: The introductory texts
Short texts that lay out the whole teaching clearly.
- Tattva Bodha
- Atma Bodha
- Vedantasara
- Vedanta Paribhasha
Alongside: Tools for reading
Studied side by side with the texts.
- Tarka Sangraha (basics of Nyaya)
- Sanskrit grammar needed for Vedanta
Deeper study: The prasthana traya with Bhashya
For those who want to go all the way.
- Bhagavad Gita with Shankara Bhashya
- Upanishads with Bhashya
- Brahma Sutra Bhashya
Ways to learn
Advaita Vedanta is taught one-to-one only.
One-to-one
Just you and me, live online. We go at your pace, at a time that suits your time zone, and every class is shaped around where you are.
- Timings fixed together, across time zones
- Every mistake corrected on the spot
- Texts read in Sanskrit, with explanation