Courses

Eighteen mantras, beginning “all this is to be covered by the Lord”.

By whom is the mind sent out to its objects? Four short parts.

The boy Nachiketas asks Death what lies beyond death. Six vallīs.

The higher and the lower knowledge; the two birds on one tree; “the true prevails”.

Six seekers bring six questions to the sage Pippalāda.

Twelve mantras on Om and the four states of the Self.

Three vallīs; the first holds the teacher's parting instruction to a student (1.11).

Six chapters on the one who rules all, seen through yoga and devotion.

Creation from the Self, and “consciousness is Brahman”.

Eight chapters, among them Uddālaka's teaching to Śvetaketu: “that thou art”.

The great forest teaching: Yājñavalkya with Maitreyī, with Gārgī, with King Janaka.

Thirty-three verses, traditionally ascribed to Śaṅkara, that begin “worship Govinda”.

A short treatise on knowledge of the Self, in simple images.

Six verses, each ending “I am Śiva, I am Śiva”.

Ten verses to the teacher who teaches in silence.

The crest-jewel of discrimination: a long dialogue of teacher and student.

On direct experience of the Self, in 144 verses.

A garland of questions and answers on how to live.

Ten verses on what the Self is not, and is.

An explanation of the great sentence “that thou art”.

The glory of the Goddess in thirteen chapters, held here as chapters 81–93 of the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa.

The thousand names of Lalitā, with the verses that introduce them.

The wave of beauty: a hundred verses to the Goddess, traditionally ascribed to Śaṅkara.

“Salutation to the Goddess, the great Goddess”: the hymn of the Devī Māhātmya's fifth chapter.

The hymn to Śrī, Lakṣmī.

The gods ask the Goddess who she is, and she answers.

The hymn of the shower of gold, to Lakṣmī.

195 sūtras in four parts, beginning “yoga is the stilling of the movements of the mind”.

Eighty-four sūtras on devotion.

The thousand names of Viṣṇu, from the Mahābhārata.

Vidyāraṇya's fifteen chapters of Advaita Vedānta.

Ten well-known hymns, with Griffith's English where it aligns.

Hymns for the household and for peace of mind, with Whitney's English where it aligns.

The Veda of chant: its opening to Agni, its hymns to Indra and to Soma, and its closing blessing — most of it read through Griffith's Ṛgveda, where the same verse stands.

Chapters of the White Yajurveda that are still recited: the hymn to the mind, the Rudra hymn, the Puruṣa hymn, the peace chapter and the Īśa — Sanskrit, with Griffith's Ṛgveda English where the verse is the same.

The forest book of the Black Yajurveda, in six prapāṭhakas; the five daily offerings stand at 2.10.

Fifteen chapters of maxims on conduct, friendship, learning and wealth, traditionally ascribed to Cāṇakya. Sanskrit only.

The geometry of the fire-altar: cords, squares and their diagonals, in twenty-one khaṇḍas. Sanskrit only.

The oldest Indian text on the calendar: the five-year cycle of sun and moon, and “mathematics stands at the head of the sciences” (2.4). Sanskrit only.

Āryabhaṭa's astronomy of 499 CE, in 121 verses; the words are separated as in the edition. Sanskrit only.

Six chapters of the Caraka-saṃhitā's Sūtra-sthāna: what Āyurveda is, eating in measure, the seasons, right conduct, the three desires, and what medicine is for. Sanskrit only; a document of the history of medicine, not medical advice.

Nīlakaṇṭha's twelve chapters on elephants — their origin, marks, ages, moods, capture, daily and seasonal care, and the mahout. Read for HREEM from the 1910 Trivandrum edition's page images; not yet proofread by a person.

Seven lessons of haṭha-yoga: cleansing, postures, seals, withdrawal, breath, meditation, absorption. Sanskrit only.

How a household's rites were performed: the wooing, the forms of marriage, the ceremony with its seven steps, and the first days in the new home. Sanskrit only.