Study of Vedanta

August 25, 2003

Namaste,

First of all, we must acknowledge that it is God’s grace that you feel an urge

to study Vedanta.

For a beginner of Vedanta, from my personal experience, I would like to suggest

“Gita Home Study” course devised by Swami Dayananda Saraswati. It is in very

simple English and in great detail, and can be followed very easily. I do not

know where you are located. If you are in the U.S.A. you may get the course from

Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Instt. of Vedanta and Sanskrit, P.O. Box 1059,

You can also get a list of books and tapes, CD etc. published by the Instt., and

select, in consultation with learned people in Vedanta, the ones, which you can

start reading. Reading itself may not be helpful. Try to hear the

lectures/satsang by the disciples of Chinmaya Mission, Swami Dayananda

Saraswati, etc. if they are held in your area.

When you proceed with commitment, and total devotion to the subject, in due

course you will be drawn to a Guru. It may not be that some Sanyasies will come

personally to you and help you, but opportunities will come themselves for you

to be in touch with a Guru. This has happened to many.

Vedanta, to my understanding, is the process of dropping all notions/knowledge

we have had all through since birth, about ourselves and others (all other than

ourselves i.e. any seen or unseen objects, etc.) including God, as they will not

at all help in attaining or getting what we are all really seeking in life; and

getting the right knowledge about them. The Phala or result of this will be, we

will in due course have inner leisure and peace, as the mind slowly, but

definitely, gets freed from all agitations, by start looking at everything

including ourselves, and God, afresh, in the light of the ultimate knowledge

i.e. Tattwamasi etc.

Hari Om

R.S.Mani

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