When: 10 Saturdays starting Aug. 2, 2025 

6:30 AM -7:30 AM PST, 3:30 PM-4:30 PM CET, 7:00PM -8:00 PM IST

Presenter : Ganesh Balachandran, Ph.D. (Bio)

Format: Online using slides (similar to the Bhagavad Gita Study Series)

Video recordings will be provided to all participants

Cost (for 10 classes): $60 (US). 

If you have financial difficulty or live in another country, please send me a detailed note indicating your interest in the topic and how much you can afford to pay. If you have deep respect for these scriptures and have a deep desire to learn, I will do my best to accommodate. 

Paypal, Venmo (Please use the friends and family option to avoid a fee)

Registration Link: Please read the link fully and kindly only register if you are serious about attending classes and making up for missed sessions using recordings.

A minimum of 6 students is required for this series to take place.

A description of this text 

Ātma Bodhah- आत्मबोधः is a Prakarana Grantah, which is an introductory text which is traditionally studied before one begins the study of Vedantic scriptures like the Bhagavad Gita, or the Upanishads or even, for that matter, the Yoga Sutras.

These texts broadly discuss the following: 

The nature of the individual -the physical body, the subtle body and the causal body , and, 

the nature of the consciousness (which is the true "I")

The nature of God and that of the Universe (Creation, sustenance and dissolution cycles)

What is the specialty of this text ?

This text is unique in several ways as compared to other Prakarana Grantāh (introductory texts ) because:

• It is written by Adi Shankaracharya himself in his classic style that is known as Gambiram (majestic) and Prasannam( elegant and simple).

• It is is verse form with almost all verses in the simple anushtuph meter. The verses are very melodious to chant

• Almost every verse has an analogy, which makes it easier to understand