Advaita Books
Sri Ramana Maharshi
Gambhiram Sheshayya, Vichāra Sangraham, “Self-Enquiry Ramana Maharshi PDF
Sivaprakasam Pillai, Nān Yār?, “Who am I?” Ramana Maharshi PDF
Upadesa Saram or (Upadesa Undiyar) of Sri Ramana Maharshi PDF
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
WARNING: Natha Sampradaya Dvaita-Advaita Vilakshana Vada | NOT ADVAITA
Swami Vivekananda
Swami Nikhilananda - Adi Shankaracharya
Dṛg-Dṛśya-Viveka - Drg-Drsya-Viveka - Swami Nikhilananda, Adi Shankaracharya PDF
Dṛg-Dṛśya-Viveka Vedanta Students - Drg-Drsya-Viveka Vedanta Students PDF
The Dṛg-Dṛśya-Viveka contains 46 slokas performing an inquiry into the distinction between the “seer” (Dṛg) and the “seen” (Dṛśya), an overview of samadhi, centering on savikalpa and nirvikalpa, and the identity of Atman and Brahman.
The Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad (Sanskrit: माण्डूक्य उपनिषद्, Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad) is the shortest of all the Upanishads, and is assigned to Atharvaveda. It is listed as number 6 in the Muktikā canon of 108 Upanishads.
It is in prose, consisting of twelve short verses, and is associated with a Rig Vedic school of scholars.
It discusses the syllable Aum; presents the theory of four states of consciousness; and asserts that Aum is Brahman – which is the Whole – and that Brahman is this self (ātman).
The Mandukya Upanishad is notable for having been recommended in the Muktikā Upanishad, through two central characters of the Ramayana, as the one Upanishad that alone is sufficient for knowledge to gain moksha, and as first in its list of eleven principal Upanishads.
The text is also notable for inspiring Gaudapada’s Karika, a classic for the Vedanta school of Hinduism. The Mandukya Upanishad is among the often cited texts on chronology and the philosophical relationship between Hinduism and Buddhism.
Vedantasara, Essence of Vedanta, is a 15th-century Advaita vedanta text written by Sadananda Yogendra Saraswati.
Ātma-bodha (Sanskrit: आत्मबोधः ) is a short Sanskrit text attributed to Adi Shankara of Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. The text in sixty-eight verses describes the path to Self-knowledge or the awareness of Atman.
The Vedanta tradition states that the text was written by Shankara for his disciple, Sanandana, also known as Padmapāda.
Atmabodha is also the title of an Upanishad attached to the Atharvaveda.
Swami Vimuktananda - Adi Shankaracharya
The Aparokshanubhuti (Sanskrit: अपरोक्षानुभूतिः) is a famous work attributed to Adi Shankara. It is a popular introductory work (prakran grantha) that expounds Advaita Vedanta philosophy.
It describes a method that seekers can follow to directly experience the essential truth of one’s one nature. Thus, the work is literally titled Aparokshanubhuti, or Direct Experience. Swami Vimuktananda titles his translation Self-Realization.
The Vivekachudamani (Sanskrit: विवेकचूडामणि; IAST: Vivekacūḍāmaṇi) is an introductory treatise within the Advaita Vedanta tradition of Hinduism, traditionally attributed to Adi Shankara of the eighth century.
It is in the form of a poem in the Shardula Vikridita metre, and for many centuries has been celebrated as a prakaraṇa grantha (teaching manual) of Advaita.
Vivekachudamani literally means the ‘crest-jewel of discrimination’. The text discusses key concepts and the viveka or discrimination or discernment between real (unchanging, eternal) and unreal (changing, temporal), Prakriti and Atman, the oneness of Atman and Brahman, and self-knowledge as the central task of the spiritual life and for Moksha.
It expounds the Advaita Vedanta philosophy in the form of a self-teaching manual, with many verses in the form of a dialogue between a student and a spiritual teacher.
The Vedanta-Paribhasha is an epistemological work on Advaita Vedanta as interpreted by the Vivarana school of Prakasatma Yati, the commentator on Padmapada’s Panchapadika. The author is believed to have lived in the seventeenth century in South India. In this work he has adopted the method and phraseology of Navya-Nyaya, introduced by Gangesa Upadhyaya in the fourteenth century.
Swami Gambhirananda - Adi Shankaracharya
Swami Vireswarananda - Adi Shankaracharya
The Brahma Sūtras (Sanskrit: ब्रह्म सूत्र) is a Sanskrit text, attributed to the sage Badarayana or sage Vyasa, estimated to have been completed in its surviving form in approx. 400–450 CE, while the original version might be ancient and composed between 500 BCE and 200 BCE. The text systematizes and summarizes the philosophical and spiritual ideas in the Upanishads.
Swami Nityaswarupananda
The Ashtavakra Gita (Sanskrit: अष्टावक्रगीता; IAST: aṣṭāvakragītā) or Song of Ashtavakra is a classical text in the Advaita Vedanta tradition in the form of a dialogue between the sage Ashtavakra and Janaka, king of Mithila.
Swami Chetanananda
Avadhuta Gita (Devanagari: अवधूत गीता, IAST: Avadhūta Gītā) is a Sanskrit text of Hinduism whose title means “Song of the free soul”. The text’s poetry is based on the principles of Advaita and Dvaita schools of Hindu philosophy.