The Vedanta Knowledge Map

The Vedas, the Upanishads and the teaching of Advaita Vedanta, laid out as one connected map. Choose any pane to open the knowledge graph at that point, or read the hymns themselves.

The map of the Vedic scriptures

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The map of the Vedic scriptures The four Vedas, each with its hymns, ritual texts, forest texts and Upanishads; the divide between the ritual and knowledge portions; the 113 Upanishads as dots coloured by type; the three foundations; and the path of the Advaita teaching. Every part is a link.

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The same map, pane by pane.

The Upanishads by type

The traditional grouping of the Muktika canon.

The three foundations

Prasthana Traya: the three texts every Vedanta teacher comments on, all three now in the graph, and the commentaries themselves.

The teaching, step by step

The seeker's journey, from the goal of life to freedom. Each topic opens in the graph.

Beyond the Vedas

Later layers of the scriptures, planned for the map.

Smriti

Manu, Yajnavalkya and Parashara Smritis.

Planned
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Itihasa

The Mahabharata, which contains the Gita. The Ramayana is planned.

Puranas

The eighteen Maha Puranas.

Planned

Prakarana Granthas

Introductory Advaita texts: Tattva Bodha, Atma Bodha, Vivekachudamani, Panchadashi and others.

Planned