Friday, April 9, 2021

A Mumukshu's syllabus

To attain śreyas (or moksha - our primary goal), Swami Paramarthananda extols mumukshus to "....systematically and consistently study the scriptures for a lengthy period of time under a competent Acharya..."

Here is a prescribed system and approximate length of time ⏰ in hours for doing it, at the feet of Swamiji:

Note: 

SP = Swami Paramarthananda

NV = Nochur Venkatraman


Level 1

# Text Other links Remarks
1 Introduction to Vedānta 16

2 Tattvabodha 22
Audio embedded in text page
3 Bhagavad-gītā Summary 22 SP: Audio
4 Bhajagovindam 12 SP: Audio1, Audio2
5 Bhagavad-gītā:
Chapters 1 To 6
99 SP: Audio1, Audio2, Audio3, Audio4, Audio5, Audio6 Download and unzip
6 Sādhana-pañcakam and Values 13 The text, SP: Audio

7 Bhagavad-gītā:
Chapters 7 To 12
65 SP: Audio7, Audio8, Audio9, Audio10, Audio11, Audio12, Download and unzip
8 Jīvayātra 14 SP - Jivayatra: Audio1, Audio2, Audio3, Audio4, Audio5, Audio6, Audio7, Audio8, Audio9, Audio10, Audio11, Audio12, Audio13, Audio14,






9 Manīṣā-pañcakam
SP: Audio1A, Audio1B, Audio2A, Audio2B, Audio3A, Audio3B, Audio4A, Audio4B, Audio5A, Audio5B
NV: Audio1, Audio2, Audio3, Audio4, Audio5, Audio6, Audio7

10 Bhagavad-gītā:
Chapters 13 to 18
79 SP: Audio13, Audio14, Audio15, Audio16, Audio17, Audio18 Download and unzip

Total: 348 hours


Level 2

# Text Other links Remarks
1 Essence of Upaniṣads 30 SP: Audio01, Audio02, Audio03, Audio04, Audio05, Audio06, Audio07, Audio08, Audio09, Audio10,
2 Upadeśasāra 11 SP: Audio01, Audio02, Audio03, Audio04, Audio05, Audio06, Audio07, Audio08, Audio09, Audio10, Audio11, Audio12, Audio13
3 Muṇḍaka-upaniṣad 38 Audio01, Audio02, Audio03, Audio04, Audio05, Audio06, Audio07, Audio08, Audio09, Audio10, Audio11, Audio12, Audio13, Audio14, Audio15, Audio16, Audio17, Audio18, Audio19, Audio20, Audio21, Audio22, Audio23, Audio24, Audio25, Audio26, Audio27
4 Sarva-vedānta-siddhānta-sārasaṇgraha 29 SP: Audio01, Audio02, Audio03, Audio04, Audio05, Audio06, Audio07, Audio08, Audio09, Audio10, Audio11, Audio12, Audio13, Audio14, Audio15, Audio16, Audio17, Audio18, Audio19, Audio20, Audio21, Audio22, Audio23, Audio24, Audio25, Audio26, Audio27, Audio28, Audio29, Audio30
5 Kena-upaniṣad 12

6 Ātmabodha 30

7 Kaṭha-upaniṣad 45

8 Aparokṣānubhūti 42

9 Kaivalya-upaniṣad 13

10 Vākyavṛtti 19

11 Taittirīya-upaniṣad 51 SP: Audio upto sec1_ch13,
Audio upto sec2_ch27, Audio_upto_sec8_ch40, Audio_upto_summary

12 Dṛg-dṛśyā-viveka 21

13 Māṇḍūkya-upaniṣad & Kārikā 81 SP: Audio Part 01_01-13, Audio Part 02 14-26, Audio Part 03 27-39, Audio Part 04 40-52, Audio Part 05 - 53-65, Audio Part 06 66-78


Total: 422 hours

Level 3

# Text Other links Remarks
1 Sad-darśanam 24

2 Dakṣināmūrti-stotram and portions of Śivānandalaharī 21

3 Advaita-makaranda 14

4 Brahmasūtras (Sūtras 1 to 4) 35 SP: All Sutras Audio
5 Aṣṭāvakra-gītā 74


Total: 168 hours


Grand Total938 hours


Other texts

# Text Other links Remarks
1 Vivekachudamani 153


2 Bhajagovindam 5


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