Astavakra Samhita
Here is another class text used by Swami Sarvapriyananda, the Astavakra Samhita. This book is a classic text on Vedanta. It goes straight to the heart saying that our true nature is Divine.
With this book as the text, you can follow the class at this link. Please remember that books like this from ancient time were memorized, and meant to be explained by a competent teacher.
Includes original Sanskrit, text with word-for-word translation, English rendering, comments, and index.
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The Astavakra Sahmita is a subtle text, and it's important to use a translation made by someone who has a deep understanding of what's being said. Swami Nityaswarupananda's text seems much better in that respect than another translation I've read.
I'm not qualified to explain this book to anyone else, and no one should take my comments too seriously. But in the text Astavakra and Janaka are having a conversation, in which Janaka appears to be saying the right things, while Astavakra makes subtle and precise corrections to help center Janaka in the truth. I think it's easy to lose some of this nuance with a lesser translation, but the meaning seems to be here in Swami Nityaswarupananda's text.
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