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अध्ययनLearn, one step at a time
Short guided paths for the curious and for anyone returning to the tradition. Each lesson opens a page on the site; tick it off when you have read it, and pick up where you left off.
Beginner · 7 lessons · about 64 min
Hinduism: first steps
For the curious, and for anyone returning
Seven short lessons on the ideas, texts, practices and places at the heart of Sanatana Dharma, each one opening into the part of the site that goes deeper.
7 lessons
Beginner · 8 lessons · about 125 min
Reading the Bhagavad Gita
Eight chapters that carry its heart
Seven hundred verses can feel like a lot. These eight chapters follow the Gita’s argument from Arjuna’s despair to its last word on freedom, with Sanskrit, transliteration and translation side by side.
8 lessons
Practice · 7 lessons · about 55 min
A daily practice at home
Small things, kept every day
Sadhana need not be long. A lamp, a verse, a round of japa and a few quiet minutes, kept daily, change a life more than a grand resolution kept once.
7 lessons
Practice · 8 lessons · about 50 min
The festival year
Keeping the great days at home
From Makar Sankranti in January to Diwali in the autumn: what the major festivals mean, how families keep them, and how to find their dates for your city.
8 lessons
Beginner · 8 lessons · about 41 min
Meet the deities
Who is worshipped, and why
An introduction to the deities most often met in Hindu homes and temples: their stories, symbols and the festivals that honour them.
8 lessons