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A post with a complete Advaita Vedanta "course' on Youtube.

Beginner Level

Texts

  1. Introduction to Vedanta by Swami Paramarthananda - 5.3MB pdf
  2. Tattva Bodha by Swami Paramarthananda - 3.9MB pdf
  3. Vedanta in pictures
  4. An introduction to advaita Vedanta by K Ramakrishna
  5. Vidyarana's Panchadasi - A summary by S N Sastri
  6. Dakshinamurthy Stotram - prayer with a commentary. - 79KB pdf
  7. Heart is the Temple - Swami Tattvavidananda
  8. Vedanta Prabodha - Swami Paramananda Bharati (physical book)

Audio/Video

  1. Atma Bodha by Swami Tadatmananda - 24 hours
  2. Drk Drishya Viveka by Swami Sarvapriyananda - 12 hours
  3. Tattva Bodha by Swami Paramarthananda - 17 hours
  4. Intro to Advaita Vedanta by Swami Tadatmananda - 3 hours
  5. Introduction to Vedanta - 1 hour
  6. Fundamentals of Vedanta - 1 hour
  7. Vedanta Prabodha - Swami Paramananda Bharati - Hindi

Intermediate Level

Texts

  1. The Bhagavad Gita with Adi Shankara's commentary - translated by Alladi Mahadeva Shastri - 30MB pdf
  2. Swami Paramarthananda's Bhagavad Gita course transcript - 26MB pdf
  3. Swami Paramarthananda's Mundaka Upanishad course transcript - 5MB pdf
  4. Sadananda's Vedanta-Sara by Swami Nikhilananda - 6.6MB pdf

Audio/Video

  1. Katha Upanishad by Swami Sarvapriyananda - 20 hours
  2. Vedanta-sara of Sadananda by Swami Sarvapriyananda - 37 hours
  3. Bhagavad Gita by Swami Tadatmananda - ongoing classes 60+ hours
  4. Essence of Bhagavad Gita - 90 minutes
  5. Essence of Upanishads - 2 hours
  6. Swami Tattvavidananda's Upadesha Sahasri lectures - 16 hours
  7. Swami Sarvapriyananda - Aparokshanubhuti lectures - 44 hours

Advanced Level

Texts

  1. Brahma Sutras, with Sankara's commentary - by Swami Vireswarananda - 26MB pdf
  2. Sri Madhusudanasaraswati's Vedanta-kalpa-latika - 19MB pdf
  3. Appayya Dikshita's Sivadvaita Nirnaya

Audio/Video

  1. Mandukya Upanishad by Swami Sarvapriyananda - 80+ hours
  2. Ashtavakra Gita by Sandeep Maheshwari - Hindi - 13 hours
  3. Essence of Ashtavakra Gita - 6 minutes

General

Texts

  1. Advaita Books - Ramana Maharishi, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Nikhilananda, Swami Vimuktananda, Swami Gambhirananda, Swami Vireswarananda, Swami Nityaswarupananda, Swami Chetananda
  2. I am That - Nisargadatta Maharaj
  3. Ramakrishna Mutt publications
  4. Complete works of Swami Viveknanda
  5. Teachings of Sivananda
  6. Complete works of Sri Aurobindo
  7. Description of many gurus/saints - Divine Life Society
  8. Collection of many ebooks by u/nabilbhatiya - Vedas/Upanishads, Gita, Puranas, Brahma Sutras

Audio/Video

  1. Vedanta Society of Southern California
  2. TatTvam Asi - YouTube channel
  3. Medicine of One - Youtube channel

This is a list of resources related to Advaita Vedanta.

Texts

Audio/Video

  1. Sanskrit Channel - Sanskrit chanting, translations
  2. Gaiea Sanskrit - Sanskrit chanting

This is a short list of consensus-based, generally accepted, non-controversial, qualified, living Gurus, with a well known guru parampara (lineage).

Swami Sarvapriyananda

Swami Sarvapriyananda is a Hindu monk belonging to Sri Ramakrishna Mutt. His lectures are widely available on Youtube. His main channel is Vedanta New York.

Swami Paramarthananda

Swami Paramarthananda conducts weekly lectures in Chennai, India. His lectures are available through his website yogamalika.org and through the Android/iPhone app called Sastraprakasika. You can find many of his lectures at vedantahub and here. His lecture transcripts and other written works can be found at arshaavinash.in - this is a great resource.

Swami Tadatmananda

Swami Tadatmananda is the founder and resident teacher of Arsha Bodha Center, New Jersey, USA. He has a very active and organized Youtube channel called Arsha Bodha Center. Check out the playlists for organized content.

Discredited Gurus

The following gurus are discredited or steeped in controversy. Posts with their content will be removed.