2026 Family Vedanta Course 3 (MP3 audio files)

Is Veda/Vedānta Scientific? with Swami Sakshatkrtananda

Science relies solely on perception and inference to reach its conclusions. Vedānta, however, constitutes a pramāṇa, an independent means for knowledge, that allows us to know that which is not accessible by perception and inference. Vedānta does not contradict science; rather it has a different scope. As such, Vedānta is ultimately beyond reason, but does not contradict it. In this course, Swamiji will unfold the glory of Vedānta as a pramāṇa for direct and immediate knowledge.

Vedānta-Sāra, topics 32-45 with Swami Muktatmananda

The text known as Vedānta-sāra, authored by Śrī Sadānanda Yogīndra Sarasvatī, is a very popular prakaraṇagrantha, introductory text, of Vedanta. In its six chapters, it covers all the main aspects of the teaching, including the qualifications of a student, the nature of superimposition and its removal, the views of competing schools of thought, the steps to self-realization, and the characteristics of jīvan-mukti, liberation while living. This is a continuation of previous courses on this text.

Vedanta Sara Text