12 min
Talk
How NOT to Study Vedanta — Self-Inquiry vs Acquiring Information
Swami Tadatmananda on the difference between self-inquiry and merely acquiring information in Vedanta study.
About the teacher
Swami Tadatmananda
Swami Tadatmananda trained under Swami Dayananda Saraswati, completing a three-year residential course in Vedanta and Sanskrit at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam (1987-1989) before managing that institution. In 2000 he founded Arsha Bodha Center, a traditional ashram in Somerset, New Jersey, dedicated to teaching Vedanta, Sanskrit, the Bhagavad Gita, and Vedic chanting.
He teaches weekly classes and satsang at the center and shares his teachings widely through his own YouTube channel on Advaita Vedanta.
“The secret to overcoming desire is not to become desireless, but instead to transform all our binding desires into non-binding desires.”Swami Tadatmananda
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Path
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ॐ
Ancient inquiry into what remains
Vedanta
Classical Hindu philosophy of Self-inquiry into the nature of Atman and Brahman, transmitted through scripture, teacher lineages and rigorous study.
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