वेदान्तसारम् · दशोपनिषद:

The Essence of Vedanta — Ten Upanishads

  • About 72 lectures
  • 36 in 2027
  • No Sanskrit needed
  • One a week

The fountainhead of Hindu philosophy: ईश, केन, कठ, प्रश्न, मुण्डक, माण्डुक्य, तैत्तिरीय, ऐतरेय, छांदोग्य and बृहदारण्यक — taught word by word with Adi Shankaracharya’s commentary. About 72 lectures in all, of which 36 fall in 2027.

What the course covers

  1. 01ईशावास्य — the shortest, and the whole of it
  2. 02केन and कठ — the question of what knows
  3. 03प्रश्न and मुण्डक
  4. 04माण्डुक्य — the four states of consciousness
  5. 05तैत्तिरीय and ऐतरेय
  6. 06छांदोग्य — tat tvam asi
  7. 07बृहदारण्यक — the largest of them
  8. 08Shankaracharya’s commentary throughout

Who it's for

Anyone who has read the Geeta, or read about Vedanta, and wants to go to the source. No Sanskrit needed.

By the end

A close reading of ten Upanishads and the argument that runs through them, in Shankaracharya’s reading of it.