  |
The Advaita Vedânta Home Page - http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/avhp/
A traditional approach to non-dualism, as taught by as taught by SankarAcArya and his followers. History, philosophies, philosophers. |
| |
Philosophy Foundation - A School of Advaita - http://www.philosophyfoundation.org/
The Philosophy Foundation is a non-profit educational foundation. The Foundation offers classes and weekend retreats to students in New England. |
| |
The Gate Keeper - http://www.angelfire.com/realm/bodhisattva/gurulist.html
A comprehensive list of links to websites of past and present spiritual teachers. |
| |
Vedanta Centre - http://www.vedantacentre.org/
The centre, near Boston MA, expounds the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna; provides services and retreats, a library and bookstore. There are 'Daily Thoughts' from the writings of Swami Paramananda. |
| |
OM - http://www.sbmkpm.com/om.html
Notes on Philosophy and Religion. Short observations on aspects of Advaita interspersed with quotations from Taoism. |
| |
Siddharameshwar Mahaharj - http://www.angelfire.com/realm/bodhisattva/sadguru.html
Biographical information for this contemporary of Ramana Maharshi and his more well-known disciples Nisargadatta Maharaj and Ranjit Maharaj. |
| |
Acalayoga - http://acalayoga.blogspot.com
Devoted to providing information about Ramana Maharshi with links to downloads and extracts, up-to-date information on events and other relevant thoughts. |
| |
Nonduality: The Varieties of Expression - http://www.nonduality.com/
Introducing Advaita, Gurus, Masters, Teachers, Realizers, Confessors, Poets, Scholars, and nondual scriptures and literature. |
| |
East Bay Open Circle - http://www.eastbayopencircle.org/index.htm
holds meetings each month (Sundays) in Berkeley. These consist either of a talk by a visiting speaker or meditation followed by discussion and socializing. The site has some quotations, links and a calendar of events. |
| |
Advaita.org.uk - http://www.advaita.org.uk
links to organisations, teachers and resources; excerpts from published books; book recommendations; books and essays by Ananda Wood; teachings of Sri Atmananda Krishna Menon; discourses, book extracts and essays from current teachers and writers; introduction to Vedanta by Dr. K. Sadananda; introduction to Sanskrit and ITRANS. |
| |
Vidya Bharata - http://www.vidya.org
Advaita Vedanta Philosophy, Raphael, Tattvaloka, The Mountain Path, Sringeri Ashram, both in English and Italian. |
| |
Pure Silence - http://www.puresilence.org
Offers pointers to integral spiritual transformation based on a personal realization of the true self and the practice of silence: the essence of non duality and all genuine spirituality. |
| |
Swami Rama Tirtha - http://www.ramatirtha.org
Contains biographical details and eulogies. 'In Woods of God-Realization' is a seven volume compilation of the complete works of Swami Rama and this is being made available on-line. |
| |
Sankaracharya.org - http://www.sankaracharya.org
Provides the complete writings of Adi Shankara and explains his doctrine of Advaita Vedanta. Other scriptural texts also available, including a number of Upanishads, the Vedas and Puranas. |
| |
The Yoga Vasistha - http://www.yogavasistha.com
Some original comments on this ancient text, which provides an understanding of the nature of reality. |
| |
Know Yourself - http://www.knowyourself.org/index.php
Offers audio and video downloads of talks and satsangs from a number of teachers, including Nirmala, Burt Harding, Unmani Liza Hyde, Catherine Ingram, Gina Lake, Wayne Liquorman, Om C. Parkin, Bernie Prior, Isaac Shapiro and Metta Zetty. Audios are £6 for a 1 - 1.5 hour talk. |
| |
Talks and Conversations - http://talksandconversations.blogspot.com/
A web log devoted to posting extracts from the dialogues of Ramana Maharshi and messages about him. |
| |
Who Are You? - http://www.ods.nl/ikben/gb/
If pictures help you to understand new concepts and you have the Shockwave plugin Flash 5.0 installed, this site poses a set of visually stimulating questions on the nature of ourselves and the world of appearances. |
| |
Inner Quest - http://www.inner-quest.org
Articles and teachings from Ranjit Maharaj, Sri Poonja, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Ramesh Balsekar and Chandra Swami; Catalogue of videos, DVDs and books from various teachers,traditional and modern, including Ramana Maharshi and J. Krishnamurti; details of meetings in Paris (last section in French only). |
| |
Advaitin Homepage - http://www.advaitin.net/
Website for the Advaitin Egroup. In addition to details of the group, FAQ, messages and an invitation to join, there are articles on Advaita, Hinduism, Vedas and Upanishads, and Gita. |
| |
Satsang Worldwide Info Database - http://www.satsang-worldwide.info
Open database for Satsang contacts. Offers contacts (seekers and teachers), book recommendations (English and German) and a worldwide list of teachers, rated for the popularity of their satsangs. |
| |
shiningworld.com - http://www.shiningworld.com/
This is the website of James Swartz. Many perennial questions on Advaita are addressed in 12 different categories and opinions are expressed on a number of issues. Books and essays may be read on-line or downloaded as PDF files. Some may be purchased as hard copy and the entire site is available on CD. |
| |
Advaita Vedanta Library - http://www.geocities.com/advaitavedant/
English translations of all of the principal and many of the minor upanishads, together with other major texts such as Bhagavad Gita, Astavakra Gita, Panchadasi, Brahmasutras and the writings of Shankara. |
| |
The Way of the Bird - http://www.wayofthebird.com
A site dedicated to the teaching of Sri Ranjit Maharaj (co-disciple of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj). Contains quotations and commentaries for every day of the year. The complete text may be downloaded as a pdf file. |
| |
Vedantavidyarthisangha.org - http://www.vedantavidyarthisangha.org/
dedicated to hosting selected classes of Swami Paramarthananda (a direct disciple of Swami Dayananda), including some of the ongoing classes in Chennai. Talks either require a 'Flash Player', which may be dowloaded from the site, or are in real-audio format. |
| |
Papaji Satsang DVD - http://www.sripoonjaji.com
Purchase DVDs of some of Sri Poonja's satsangs, with French and English subtitles. |
| |
Wide Awake Living - http://www.wideawakeliving.com/
the website of Alice Gardner. There are essays, poetry, links and reviews. Influenced by Eckhart Tolle and Adyashanti, she offers 'mentoring' sessions and circulates a monthly Newsletter. |
| |
Pathways to Metaphysics - http://geocities.com/egodust/
The teachings of Vedanta for 'novice' through to 'sadhu', expounded by Frank Maiello (egodust), who has been influenced principally by Ramana Maharshi. A large site, containing much information and valuable insights. |
| |
Krishna Viswaroopam - http://krishnaviswaroopam.blogspot.com/
This is a weblog site with existing entries based upon the teachings of the Upanishads and Swami Vivekananda. |
| |
Vancouver Satsang - http://www.members.shaw.ca/vancouversatsang/
Has details of all of the events around Vancouver in Canada. |
| |
Advaita Vedanta Quotes and Nonduality Quotations - http://advaitaquotes.blogspot.com/
quotations from Floyd Henderson, Nisargadatta Maharaj and Dennis Waite. |
| |
Swami Advaitananda - Brahma Vidya Ashrama - http://education.vsnl.com/vedanta/
General information on this guru and his teachings. |
| |
List of teachers, gurus and realizers - http://nonduality.com/morea.htm
A comprehensive list, from which most other lists on the web derive. It provides a link to each teacher listed together with their location and a quotation from their teaching. |
| |
Our Deceitful Senses - http://vedanta.8m.com
Articles, in modern terminology, addressing the topics of perception and the illusory world, dream as a metaphor for waking 'reality' and recognising that we are not the body. |
| |
Boulder Satsang - http://www.boulder-satsang.com/
Has details of all the events around Boulder, Colorado, including kirtan (devotional singing). |
| |
Satsang.nu - http://www.satsang.nu/index.asp
Information about teachers and details of forthcoming satsangs and talks in Sweden. Many links to other sites. |
| |
Self-knowledge - http://www.poornamadam.blogspot.com/
the weblog of Dr. Shyam Subramanian contains observations based on traditional teachings but aimed at the modern reader. |
| |
Dadashri The Gnani Purush - http://www.dadashri.org
Words of wisdom on a number of subjects from Ambalal Muljibhai Patel aka Dadashri (died 1988), using the teaching of 'Akram Vignam', the 'Elevator Path'. This teaching now continued by a disciple. |
| |
Maharaj Nisargadatta - http://www.maharajnisargadatta.com/
primarily related to this teacher, providing quotations, biography, lineage and photos and the complete text of 'I am That'. There are also other essays and books on Advaita in general, including many of the books by Ramana Maharshi, Upanishads, Gita and Brahmasutras, works by Sivananda and Krishnananda, Ramakrishna and Vivekananda, and a number from the Bhaktivedanta Trust. |
| |
Nisargadatta Maharaj - http://www.nisargadatta.net
Dedicated to the Advaita Master, Nisargadatta Maharaj and linked to the related Discussion Group. Contains quotations from the books of his dialogues. |
| |
Strictly Spiritual - http://www.spiritualteachers.org
tips for evaluating a spiritual teacher for yourself together with a personal ratings list. |
| |
A Course in Consciousness - http://faculty.virginia.edu/consciousness/
Quantum theory and consciousness; the metaphysics of non-duality; the end of suffering and the discovery of our true nature - an on-line or downloadable book by Stanley Sobottka, professor of Physics at the University of Virginia. |
| |
Gems from the ocean of Hindu thought, vision and practice - http://www.geocities.com/profvk/
Prof. V. Krishnamurthy has made extracts from his books available here. There are a wide range of topics relating to Hinduism in general and Vedanta in particular. |
| |
S. N. Sastri - http://www.geocities.com/snsastri
S. N. Sastri has translated or commented upon a number of key works in Advaita, including summaries of the Panchadashi and Vedantaparibhasha. Many of these may be downloaded as PDF files and there is information on where his published writings may be purchased. |
| |
Ahwan - The Spiritual Approach to Life - http://www.ahwan.org/
A large number of articles based on the lectures of Sri Bimal Mohanty expounding the traditional teaching of Vedanta. Subscription requested for access to further articles. |
| |
Ashram Vidya Order - http://www.vidya-ashramvidyaorder.org
Founded by Raphael and teaching in the 'Primordial Tradition' of Pythagoras, Parmenides, Plato, Plotinus, Lao-tse, Gaudapada, Shankara and others. Monthly on-line readings from the Mandukya Upanishad and Gaudapada's karika. |
| |
Sri H.W.L. Poonja - http://www.poonja.com/
Details of books and biographies, lots of photos, daily and other dialogues, anecdotes etc, together with information about and links to his disciples. |
| |
Beyond Poetry - http://www.beyondpoetry.com
Poetry and Poetic Journeys from the personal (the ONE appearing as many), to the impersonal expression of existence (the seat of Nothingness). |
| |
Advaita Vedanta - http://advaitavedantameditations.blogspot.com/
A 'weblog' site from Floyd Henderson offering daily meditations on the subject of Advaita. |
| |
Ananta Yoga Learning Center - http://www.upnaway.com/~bindu/anantayogaweb/
Presents essays, poetry and links which are a mixture of Kashmir Shaivism, Patanjali's Yoga and Advaita. A number of classics from the scriptures may also be viewed on-line or downloaded. |
| |
Advaita Fellowship - http://advaita.org
Advaita teaching of Ramesh S. Balsekar, Wayne Liquorman (ram tzu) and Nisargadatta Maharaj. Transcripts, audio files and live webcasts of Wayne's talks. |
| |
Vedanta Mission - http://www.vmission.org/
Lesson Courses on Vedanta. Archives of monthly e-zine called 'Vedanta Sandesh'. Various articles on Vedanta, Adi Sankara, Swami Atmananda and Vedanta Ashram. |
| |
Papaji-Today's Satsang - http://www.papaji.com/
"Wake up! You are already Free." Information on Self realized teacher H. W. L. Poonjaji, affectionately known as "Papaji." His teacher, Ramana Maharshi, showed him the immovable truth of Self in which Gods, souls and the Universe appear and disappear. Sri Poonjaji stayed true to this revelation and his devotion to his beloved Ramana never wavered. |
| |
When I awoke - http://www.wheniawoke.com/
Tales of awakening in various non-dual traditions (though principally Advaita). Essays from a number of teachers describing their enlightenment experience and a practical exercise from Ken Wilber. |
| |
Amigo - http://www.ods.nl/am1gos
A free Web magazine about Non Duality. There are articles by the editor Wolter Keers, a disciple of Ramana Maharshi and others such as Douglas Harding, Krishna Menon and Tony Parsons. |
| |
The End of Seeking - http://www.theendofseeking.net/
Essays on such topics as our true nature, the ego, spiritual practice etc. from Mike Graham, who has been influenced by Nisargadatta Maharaj, Ramana Maharshi and especially 'Sailor' Bob Adamson (for whom there is a separate section). |
| |
Satsang Teachers and Schedules - http://www.satsangteachers.com/
Advaita Vedanta teacher schedules and web sites |
| |
Flames of Nonduality - http://www.nonduality.narod.ru
Advaita in St. Petersburg, Russia. A number of pages in English about the spiritual path of Advaita, including some material by Andrew Cohen. |
| |
The Philosophy of Advaita Vedanta - Nonduality - http://advaitaphilosophy.blogspot.com/
Weblog containing article entries related to the philosphy of Advaita Vedanta as contained in the Upanishads and systematized by Adi Shankara. |
| |
Introduction to Vedanta - http://www.esnips.com/web/IntroductionToVedanta
Over 90MB of talks in 'Real audio' format given by Swami Paramarthananda, based upon the Tattva Bodha. |
| |
Advaita Vedanta - http://www.geocities.com/radhakutir/
An extensive site containing quotations from Sivananda and others, explanations of key aspects of Advaita, articles by a number of authors, excerpts from scriptures, glossary of Sanskrit terms, a bulletin board and links. |
| |
Calgary Satsang - http://www.calgary-satsang.com/
Has details of all of the events around Calgary, Alberta in Canada. Also a few dialogue extracts and book recommendations. |
| |
Satsang - http://www.satsang.nl
Schedules of teachers holding satsangs and retreats in the Netherlands, together with links and quotes. |
| |
Heavenly Gardens - http://www.heavenlygardens.org/astavakra-gita/index.htm
Ashtavakra Gita - Word by word translation with an extensive commentary on this classic of Advaita Literature. |
| |
Advaita - A Presentation for Beginners - http://www.katha.org/Academics/Advaita-FrontPg.html
written by D. Krishna Ayyar, the complete text is available on-line. Despite claiming to be 'for beginners' this is very comprehensive covering practically any topic that you might think of. It is a classical treatment that uses all of the correct Sanskrit terminology. |
| |
Adhyatma Teachings - http://www.adhyatma-teachings.org.uk/
Adhyatma Yoga is a method of realising Brahman by Being - traditional teachings as transmitted by the late Dr Hari Prasad Shastri |
| |
Aloha Sangha - http://home.earthlink.net/%7ealohasatsang/
Weekly meetings in Honolulu exploring the varieties of nondual experience and expression, with emphasis on the teachings of Nisargadatta, Sri Ramana, and Zen Buddhism. |
| |
A practical approach to Advaita - http://practicaladvaita.blogspot.com/
Introduction to Advaita and how to put the philosophy to practice in everyday life. |
| |
Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham - http://www.kamakoti.org/index2.html
More than 1000 pages of information on Hinduism and Advaita. See their 'site map' for links to everything about Hindu dharma, together with many articles and tributes to Shankara and his lineage. |
| |
Divine Life Church of Absolute Oneness - http://www.divinelifechurch.org/
Thoughts on a number of practical problems, including some audio files, from Swami Shankarananda, founder of this church in Baltimore, Maryland. |
| |
Atlanta Advaita Talks - http://hometown.aol.com/zmann07
Presents Advaita teachings of self realization through direct insight into one's true nature. |
| |
The Seer - http://www.peterspearls.com.au/blog/
the weblog of Peter Sumner, a spiritual mentor based at Gurukula in Fremantle, Western Australia, particularly influenced by Eckhart Tolle. There are frequent updates with extracts from books, topical observations and comments. |
| |
Living Satsang - http://home.wanadoo.nl/prembuddha
Interviews (some in Dutch) with various teachers, e.g. Arjuna, Neelam, Osho, Isaac Shapiro. Details of forthcoming retreats in Holland and events at a 'satsang community' in N. France. |
| |
Advaita Vedanta Anusandhana Kendra - http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~vs28/S.Vidyaraman/Advaita%20Vedanta/index.htm
Provides an introduction to the philosophy of Advaita and its key proponents with more detail in a number of areas. e.g. commentaries have begun on Vivekachudamani and Atma Bodha and on Madhusudana's Advaita Siddhi. A learned site with some useful references. |
| |
3rd Millennium Gateway - http://www.thirdmg.com/
Links to current and past teachers, resources, articles and books. In addition, there are pages on spirituality, cosmology, religion in general, new age, frontiers of science, scriptures, social issues and environment. There are articles, interviews and reviews. Everything is supported by lots of annotated links. |
| |
Gurudev Jangalidas Maharaj - http://www.geocities.com/vishwatmak/
Describes the teachings of Gurudev and the activities of the Vishwatmak Ashram. The need for a guru is explained and many questions regarding the reasons for and the nature of Spiritual Practice are answered. |
| |
Papaji Satsang - http://www.satsangbhavan.net/
Extensive biography and pictures of Sri Poonja together with quotation and video of the week and numerous satsang extracts. |
| |
SunyaPrajna: Nondual Spirituality - http://www.sunyaprajna.com/
Writings from an author who is interested in Buddhism and Western Idealist philosophies as well as Advaita. The site contains a growing collection of readable and literate articles on consciousness and other topics. |
| |
Nonduality in the UK - http://www.nonduality.co.uk/
Details of non-duality talks, meetings, retreats and events in the UK. |
| |
Robert Adams - http://www.robertadamsinfinityinstitute.org/
A disciple of Ramana Maharshi. This is the website of the 'Infinity Institute', instructed to carry on his teaching following his death in 1997. There are details of events, articles, publications and transcripts. A Home study course is available at $60 per year along with books, booklets and tapes. |
| |
Advaita House Switzerland - http://www.advaita-house-switzerland.com
There are brief biographies of Ramesh S. Balsekar, Wayne Liquorman and Elke v.d. Osten (last in German) and many video and audio tapes of the first two teachers may be purchased in VHS/PAL format. |
| |
AdvaitaVedanta.co.uk - http://www.advaitavedanta.co.uk/
The most important works of Narayana Guru and Dr. Nataraja Guru are available on-line, including the former's 'Darsana Mala' and the latter's commentary on this, 'The Integrated Science of the Absolute'. There is also a commentary on the Bhagavad Gita and on Shankara's 'Saundarya Lahari' and numerous other essays and articles. There is also a discussion forum. |
| |
Sree Narayana Guru - http://www.narayanaguru.org/index.htm
Biographical details, list of books and other writings, articles and photos. There are also a number of hymns and songs available as mp3 files. |
| |
Vedanga Jyotish - http://www.geocities.com/skknair_tvm/
Vedic astrology, tantra, vasthu and philosophy. The latter page contains biographical information about and a dialogue with Atmananda Krishna Menon. |
| |
awake essence - http://www.awakeessence.org/
Details of events and satsangs in the US with spiritual teachers Katie Davis and Sundance Burke. |
| |
International Forum for NeoVedantins - http://www.geocities.com/neovedanta/index.html
A fortnightly E-zine, containing many articles by Dr. C. S. Shah on Advaita and related topics, based on the teaching of Ramakrishna. |
| |
Avadhuta Foundation - http://www.avadhuta.com/index.html
Established in 1993 to further the teachings of Sri H.W.L. Poonja and to make available the archives of his talks in India. DVDs, videotapes and CDs may be purchased and there is information about his books. |
| |
Chicago Satsang Sangha - http://www.chicagosatsang.com/
has details of special and ongoing events in Chicago as well as selcted links. A mailing list is also available. |
| |
Stillness Speaks - http://www.stillnessspeaks.com/index.php
aims to introduce seekers to authentic teachers of advaita, both traditional (Swami Dayananda and James Swartz) and modern (Pamela Wilson and Francis Lucille). There are a number of free PDF downloads of James Swartz's writing, recommended books, a weblog and a page of links. There are also satsangs (in Texas) to watch and discuss videos of Eckhart Tolle and Adyashanti. |
| |
Harsha Satsangh - http://www.harshasatsangh.com
On-line magazine with essays, pictures and poems from many contributors. Non-dual philosophy but contains Buddhist aspects as well as Advaita. Edited by Dr. Harsh K. Luthar, the magazine is issued approximately annually, with 3 issues up to the end of 2003. |
| |
Sri Ranjit Maharaj - http://www.sadguru.com/index.html
Site dedicated to Ranjit Maharaj and his teacher, Shri Siddharameshwar Maharaj. There are excerpts from talks, including two in MP3 format and a program of events. |
| |
Inner Journey: Spiritual Activities the Easy Way - http://www.freewebs.com/nksrinivasan/index.htm
Dr. N. K. Srinivasan provides introductions to various topics in advaita, commented extracts from the Bhagavad Gita, instructions on meditation and some book recommendations. |
| |
Shree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam - http://www.sndp.org/index.html
Biographical essays on Narayana Guru and a chronological list of his writings, some of which are also held on-line. |
| |
Vedanta: The Yoga of Objectivity - http://www.discovervedanta.com/index.htm
Neema Majmudar and Surya Tahore, disciples of Swami Dayananda, provide articles on Vedanta and the teaching methodology, together with articles (in PDF format for download) and dialogs on specific aspects. There are biographies and a schedule of talks and seminars (in Bangkok) and retreats (in India). |
| |
Reflections India - http://www.reflectionsindia.org
Dedicated to the understanding and realization of the truths of life and experiences. Organised by Dr. Haramohan Mishra, graduate in Sanskrit and doctor in Advaita Epistemology. On-line magazine with archived articles, details of published books and links. |
| |
The Eternal State - http://www.theeternalstate.org/
Correspondence, Audios, Essays, Books and Links from Charlie Hayes, a former professional racing driver, who is influenced by the Navnath sampradAya. Charlie offers frequent meetings and personal consultations at his home in Enid, Oklahoma. |
 |
Vishal and Alka's Home Page - http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/2021/
Information about India, Hinduism, Yoga, meditation, and of course, lots about our life. |
| |
Self-Identity Anonymous - http://12stepselfinquirey.blogspot.com/
E. J. Shearn's weblog site, with the topic of 'Getting to the bottom of self'. |
| |
The Road to pSingularity - http://psingularity.blogspot.com
An unusual interpretation of Advaita Vedanta in terms of the mathematics of the Turing Machine as implemented in the Human Genome. |
| |
Daily Readings - http://members.tripod.com/aikya/
'Advaita Vedanta For Today' - readings from Ramana Maharshi's Upadesha Saram and the Bhagavad Gita from Aikya Param, who is also a scholar of Sanskrit and includes the Devanagari and word by word translations. |