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Structured journeys through Sanatan Dharma — from first encounter to advanced scholarship. Each path builds on the last, linking directly to Vedika's content and AI assistant.

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जिज्ञासु

Beginner

New to Sanatan Dharma. Start here if terms like Vedānta, Śruti, or darśana are unfamiliar.

6 steps · ~90 min total
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साधक

Intermediate

Familiar with the Gita, know the broad traditions. Ready for primary texts and school-level philosophy.

6 steps · ~2.5 hrs total
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विवेकी

Advanced

Deeply familiar with the texts. Entering inter-school debates, Āgamic canon, and scholarly apparatus.

6 steps · ~4 hrs total

First Steps

Orient yourself in Sanatan Dharma — the tradition's shape, its core texts, and its six schools of philosophy

Beginner · 6 steps
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Orient

What is Sanatan Dharma?

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"Hinduism" is a 19th-century colonial label applied to a vast, pluralistic tradition that had no single name for itself. Sanatan Dharma — "the eternal order" — is closer to how practitioners understood it: not a creed but a civilisation, not a church but a conversation across millennia. This step situates you before you read a single text.

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Foundation

The shape of the canon — Śruti, Smṛti, Itihāsa

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First text

The Bhagavad Gita — the ideal entry point

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Philosophy

The six darśanas — how India reasoned about reality

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Explore

Choose a tradition to follow deeper

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Advance

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जिज्ञासु · Beginner

First Steps

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  • What is Sanatan Dharma?
  • The shape of the canon — Śruti, Smṛti, Itihāsa
  • The Bhagavad Gita — the ideal entry point
  • The six darśanas — how India reasoned about reality
  • Choose a tradition to follow deeper
  • + 1 more

साधक · Intermediate

Going Deeper

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  • The Upaniṣads — Vedānta's source
  • Advaita Vedānta — Śaṅkara's non-dualism
  • Sāṃkhya–Yoga — the metaphysics of practice
  • The Brahmasūtras — the canon's organising text
  • Bhakti traditions — Vaiṣṇavism and the Purāṇas
  • + 1 more

विवेकी · Advanced

Scholarly Study

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  • Advaita vs Viśiṣṭādvaita vs Dvaita on the Brahmasūtras
  • Kashmir Śaivism — the Trika synthesis
  • Mīmāṃsā — the hermeneutics of Vedic injunction
  • Nāstika traditions — Buddhist and Jain counterarguments
  • The Āgamic canon — Śaiva, Vaiṣṇava, Śākta
  • + 1 more