13.3 · Vedanta & Non-Duality

Philosophy, Meaning & Spirituality · 13.3

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Core

The Bhagavad Gita

(Eknath Easwaran translation)

Action without attachment to fruit, dharma, duty — the exact concepts sitting in my Level 1. Easwaran’s introduction and chapter prefaces make it genuinely readable without diluting it.

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The Upanishads

(Easwaran)

The philosophical root beneath the Gita. Older, stranger, less prescriptive.

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Vivekachudamani / Self-Knowledge

Adi Shankaracharya (Nikhilananda or Chinmayananda edition)

I named Shankaracharya myself as someone I don’t know enough about. Unassisted Shankara is hard going — use a commentaried edition, not a bare translation.

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Reference

I Am That

Nisargadatta Maharaj

Dialogues. Direct, uncompromising, no method offered. Not a first book.

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The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

Alan Watts

A clear Western entry point to non-duality. An explainer, not a substitute for the sources.

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