Course Category: Swami Viditatmananda Saraswati

Values and Conflicts

Our quality of life is always threatened by conflict. In these courses, Swamiji shows that the root of all conflict is not outside, but within,

Chaturtha Maitreyi Brahmana

In this course, the dialogue with Maitreyi and Yajnvalkya takes place. In Chapter 2.4 of the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad, Swamiji follows Shankarabhasya sentence by sentence. Here

Aitareya Upanisad

Aitareya Upanishad is the only one of the ten Upanishads commented on by Shankara that hails from the Rig-Veda. It forms the fourth, fifth and

Lord and Devotion

A prayerful life is just not possible without a profound understanding and awareness of Ishvara. Swamiji unfolds the profundity of Ishvara. A Video Course (Course

Bhaja Govindam

Bhaja Govindam (To Seek Govinda) was originally known as Moha-Mudgara, which means “mallet of delusion.”  In these thirty-one verses, Shankara delivers some strokes of the

Tattva Bodha

Tattva Bodha is the Knowledge of the Truth. In this brief treatise is everything we need for a complete understanding of Vedanta.  With clear allusions

Vedanta and Self Growth

Vedanta can be understood only by an adult, one who is ethically, emotionally and intellectually mature. In order to see that one is the whole,

Manisha Panchakam

The Five verses on the Essence of Mankind or Wisdom of Unity. The legendary story connected with these five verses by Shankara is as follows. One

Shiva Mahimna Stotram

This celebrated Stotram in praise of the greatness of the Lord begins with the question “who can praise the one whom even the Sruti (Veda)

Katha Upanisad

The dialogue between the young boy, Naciketas, and Lord Yama which comprises the Katha Upanishad has all the elements a seeker requires to understand the