About this course
A comprehensive, practice-oriented course exploring the Ashtavakra Gita — a classical Advaita Vedanta dialogue on pure non-dual awareness. The course situates the text historically and philosophically, explicates its central teachings verse-by-verse, and provides progressive inquiry practices for direct experiential understanding. It integrates scholarly commentary, comparative study, psychologica...
What you'll learn
- Explain the historical and cultural context of the Ashtavakra Gita
- Summarize core Advaita metaphysical principles presented in the text
- Interpret key verses and themes through close, verse-by-verse study
- Practice progressive self-inquiry methods for direct experiential insight
- Apply non-dual perspectives to relationships, ethics, and everyday challenges
- Compare the Ashtavakra Gita with other contemplative traditions
- Assess major commentary traditions and modern teachers
- Develop a personal meditation and integration plan based on the text
Prerequisites
Open to all; recommended to have basic meditation experience and some familiarity with Hindu or non-dual terminology.
- Level
- Intermediate· Level
- Duration
- 8 weeks (approx. 20–30 hours)· Duration
- Language
- English· Language
- Modules
- 15· Modules
Skills you'll gain
- Non-dual philosophical analysis
- Textual exegesis of classical scripture
- Guided self-inquiry practice
- Meditation and experiential methods
- Comparative religious study
- Hermeneutics and translation literacy
- Applying contemplative insight to relationships
- Teaching and facilitation of non-dual topics
- Critical reading of commentary traditions
- Ethical reflection informed by Advaita
What you'll study
15 modules — work at your own pace.
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