Vedanta Guru

A Unified Vedantic Platform from Ramakrishna Math & Mission

A disciple bowing at the feet of his guru in a cave by a forest river

गुरुचरणाम्बुजनिर्भरभक्तः संसारादचिराद्भव मुक्तः । सेन्द्रियमानसनियमादेवं द्रक्ष्यसि निजहृदयस्थं देवम् ॥
Being devoted completely to the lotus-feet of the Master, become released soon from the transmigratory process. Thus, through the discipline of sense and mind-control, you will behold the Deity that resides in your heart.

Vedanta

Introduction to Vedanta

Vedanta According to Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda teaching Panini's Ashtadhyayi to students in white, the river beyond the window

The Vedas teach that the soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond will burst, and the word they use for it is, therefore, Mukti — freedom, freedom from the bonds of imperfection, freedom from death and misery.

But by the Vedas no books are meant. They mean the accumulated treasury of spiritual laws discovered by different persons in different times.

The essence of the knowledge of the Vedas was called by the name Vedanta, which comprises the Upanishads.

— Swami Vivekananda, Paper on Hinduism, read at the Parliament of Religions, 19 September 1893

Introduction to Vedanta

Concepts of Vedanta

Simple explanation of the key concepts of Vedanta

Introduction

Dravya & Guna (द्रव्य & गुण)

Shraddha (श्रद्धा)

Antahkarana (अन्तःकरण)

Chit (चित्)

Adhyasa (अध्यास)

Pramana (प्रमाण)

Atman (आत्मन्)

Sat (सत्)

Brahman (ब्रह्मन्)

Karana-Karya (कारण & कार्य)

Maya (माया)

Levels of Reality

अवस्था-त्रय

Avastha Traya (अवस्था-त्रय)

Mahavakya (महावाक्य)

Sushupti (सुषुप्ति)

Aparoksha Jnana (अपरोक्ष ज्ञान)

Sadhana (साधना)

Jnana Yoga (ज्ञानयोग)

शून्य & पूर्ण

Shunyata and Poornam (शून्य & पूर्ण)

कर्म

Karma (कर्म)

Isvara (ईश्वर)

Saguna and Nirguna (सगुण & निर्गुण)

Bhakti (भक्तियोग)

Ethics in Advaita Vedanta

Moksha (मोक्ष)

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Vedantic Inspirations

Lessons from Vedanta

Quest for the Eternal

Katha Upanishad

In Pursuit of Truth

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

For the Sake of the Self

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

Revelations from Nature

Chandogya Upanishad

You Are the Reality

Chandogya Upanishad

Anecdotes

Siva Jnana Jiva Seva

Every Work as Worship

Fearlessness of a Knower of Brahman

Who has touched whom?

Vedantic Experiences

Swami Vivekananda

The Realisation of Oneness by a Lake in America

Samadhi Lake in America

Swami Shivananda

The Universal Soul at Ooty

Ootacamund Universal Self

Swami Yatiswarananda

The Initiation Experience (1917)

Sannyasa 1917

Bring Vedanta into everyday life

The Vedanta, therefore, as a religion must be intensely practical. We must be able to carry it out in every part of our lives. And not only this, the fictitious differentiation between religion and the life of the world must vanish, for the Vedanta teaches oneness—one life throughout. The ideals of religion must cover the whole field of life, they must enter into all our thoughts, and more and more into practice.

— Swami Vivekananda, Practical Vedanta, delivered in London, 10 November 1896

Begin your practice

Preparations & Practices Vedantic Meditations Chants

Vedanta in Practice

Questions on Vedanta, clearly answered.

तद्विद्धि प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया ।
उपदेक्ष्यन्ति ते ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः ॥
‘Know That (supreme Brahman), by prostrating yourself, by repeated questioning, and by service; the jnanis, those who have realized the Truth, will instruct you in that knowledge.’

— Bhagavad Gita 4.34

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