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The course

Learn Hinduism from the beginning

Thirty lessons in order. The first six are free. Each one builds on the one before it.

30 lessons · about 69 minutes to read the free ones

The lessons, in order

  1. What Hinduism Is23 min
  2. Hindu, Hinduism and Sanātana Dharma10 min
  3. How Hindu Tradition Is Passed On9 min
  4. Śruti and Smṛti7 min
  5. The Vedas11 min
  6. The Upaniṣads9 min

  7. Lessons 07–30 are part of MembershipMembership

    Day 7, membership. Itihāsa and Purāṇa1 min
  8. Day 8, membership. Why Hindu Texts Do Not Always Say the Same Thing2 min
  9. Day 9, membership. Brahman2 min
  10. Day 10, membership. Ātman2 min
  11. Day 11, membership. Ātman and Brahman2 min
  12. Day 12, membership. Īśvara and the Personal Divine2 min
  13. Day 13, membership. Dharma2 min
  14. Day 14, membership. Karma2 min
  15. Day 15, membership. Saṃsāra and Rebirth2 min
  16. Day 16, membership. Mokṣa2 min
  17. Day 17, membership. The Four Puruṣārthas2 min
  18. Day 18, membership. The Āśrama Stages of Life2 min
  19. Day 19, membership. What Yoga Means2 min
  20. Day 20, membership. The Paths of Yoga2 min
  21. Day 21, membership. Bhakti2 min
  22. Day 22, membership. Why Hinduism Has Many Divine Forms2 min
  23. Day 23, membership. Viṣṇu and Vaiṣṇava Traditions2 min
  24. Day 24, membership. Avatāra2 min
  25. Day 25, membership. Śiva and Śaiva Traditions2 min
  26. Day 26, membership. Devī, Śakti and Śākta Traditions2 min
  27. Day 27, membership. Mūrti and the Sacred Image2 min
  28. Day 28, membership. Pūjā2 min
  29. Day 29, membership. Mantra and Japa2 min
  30. Day 30, membership. Mandir and Darśan2 min