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Sacred books to read
21 texts — the Bhagavad Gita, the principal Upanishads, the Yoga Sūtra, the Advaita classics and the great epics — verse by verse, with Sanskrit, transliteration and translation. The first chapter of every book is free to read here.
Upanishads
The principal Upanishads (Mukhya Upanishads).
UPANISHADS
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Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad
The Inner Ruler
Vedic Rishis
UPANISHADS
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Kena Upaniṣad
By Whom the Mind Moves
Vedic Rishis
UPANISHADS
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Kaṭha Upaniṣad
The Secret of Immortality
Vedic Rishis
UPANISHADS
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Praśna Upaniṣad
Six Inquiries into Truth
Vedic Rishis
UPANISHADS
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Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad
Higher and Lower Knowledge
Vedic Rishis
UPANISHADS
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Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad
The Four States of Consciousness
Vedic Rishis
UPANISHADS
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Taittirīya Upaniṣad
The Five Sheaths of the Self
Vedic Rishis
UPANISHADS
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Chāndogya Upaniṣad
The Sacred Chants of Brahman
Vedic Rishis
UPANISHADS
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Kaivalya Upaniṣad
The Path of Solitude & Liberation
Vedic Rishis
Itihasa (Epics)
Texts that elaborate on, interpret, and codify the knowledge of the Shruti.
Bhagavad Gita
The divine song of the Lord, part of the Mahabharata but considered its own core text.
Advaita Vedanta & Prakarana Granthas
Classical treatises of non-dual wisdom, discrimination, and direct Self-realization.
ADVAITA VEDANTA & PRAKARANA GRANTHAS
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Aṣṭāvakra Gītā
The Song of Unconditional Freedom
Sage Ashtavakra
ADVAITA VEDANTA & PRAKARANA GRANTHAS
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Vivekacūḍāmaṇi
The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination
Adi Shankaracharya
ADVAITA VEDANTA & PRAKARANA GRANTHAS
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Ātmabodha
Self-Knowledge
Adi Shankaracharya
ADVAITA VEDANTA & PRAKARANA GRANTHAS
Chapter 1 free
Tattvabodha
Knowledge of Truth
Adi Shankaracharya
ADVAITA VEDANTA & PRAKARANA GRANTHAS
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Aparokṣānubhūti
Direct Experience of the Self
Adi Shankaracharya
ADVAITA VEDANTA & PRAKARANA GRANTHAS
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Avadhūta Gītā
The Song of the Free Spirit
Lord Dattatreya
ADVAITA VEDANTA & PRAKARANA GRANTHAS
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Upadeśa Sāram
The Essence of Divine Instruction
Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi
Darshana (Philosophy)
The six classical schools of Hindu philosophy.
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