By renouncing all lesser desires one reach the Supreme State. As long as you are pleased with the lesser, you cannot have the highest. Whatever pleases you, keeps you back. Until you realize the unsatisfactoriness of everything, its transiency and limitation, and collect your energies in one great longing, even the first step is not made.
Nisargadatta Maharaj
Swami Paramarthananda
Reference Materials:
- Aitareya Upanishad
- Advaita Makaranda
- Atma Bodha
- Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
- Bhagavad Gita
- Brahma Sutras
- Chandogya Upanishad
- Drg Drsya Viveka
- Isha Upanishad
- Kaivalya Upanishad
- Katha Upanishad
- Kena Upanishad
- Mundaka Upanishad
- Mandukya Upanishad with Karika
- Prashna Upanishad
- Panchadashi - Chapters 1 to 4
- Taittiriya Upanishad
- Tattva Bodha
- Vivekachudamani
Video/Audio Lectures
Resources:
Aitareya Upaniṣad
14 classes (~55 mins each)
Chāndogya Upaniṣad (Chandogya Upanishad)
77 classes (~55 mins each) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (Brihadaranyaka)
160 classes (~50 mins each) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Īṣa Upaniṣad (Isha Upanishad)
20 classes (~55 mins each)
Kaivalya Upaniṣad
8 classes (~60 mins each)
Kena Upaniṣad
12 classes (~55 mins each)
Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad (Mandukya Upanishad)
78 classes (~55 mins each) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad (Mundaka Upanishad)
38 classes (~55 mins each) 1, 2, 3
Praśna Upaniṣad (Prashna Upanishad)
21 classes (~55 mins each) 1, 2
Taittirīya Upaniṣad (Taittiriya Upanishad)
51 classes (~55 mins each) 1, 2, 3, 4
Summary of Gita
21 classes (~60 mins each) | PDF Summary
Complete Gita
239 classes (~55 mins each)
Complete Brahma Sutras
390 classes (~55 mins each)
Advaita Makaranda
7 classes (~90 mins each)
Aparokṣānubhūtiḥ (Aparokshanubhuti)
80 classes (~30 mins each) 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Ātma Bodha
32 classes (~30 mins each) 1 | 2
Dṛg-Dṛśya-Viveka (Drg Drsya Viveka)
31 classes (~60 mins each) | Archive.org ver: 1, 2, 3