Shanti Sadan

12/01/2026

The latest issue of Self-Knowledge Journal is now online. Articles on The Practice of Enquiry, Progressive Living, Teachings from the Poetry of Rama Tirtha, The Shvetashvatara Upanishad, and more.

Self-Knowledge Journal - Winter 2026 - journal - Shanti Sadan

09/12/2025

All six volumes of the Shankara Source Book are now available in eBook versions.

Shankara Source Book: a compendium of writings by Shankara, the great philosopher sage who formulated the non-dual teachings, arranged by subject.

02/04/2025

Are you planning to come to the Discovering Non-duality meeting in Helsinki this Saturday, 5 April? Have you emailed us to say you are coming? If not, please email us at mail@shantisadan.org to confirm. If we don't hear from you, we cannot guarantee there will be space on the day. Thanks!

Shanti Sadan is a Centre of Traditional Non Duality, Advaita Vedanta. Non dual teachings are about our true Self as the reality within and around us. - Helsinki 2025 - Meetings and Events

20/03/2025

We are looking forward to meeting in Bruxelles on 12 April

Shanti Sadan is a Centre of Traditional Non Duality, Advaita Vedanta. Non dual teachings are about our true Self as the reality within and around us. - Bruxelles 2025 - Meetings and Events

15/02/2025

We are looking forward to meeting in Helsinki on 5 April

Shanti Sadan is a Centre of Traditional Non Duality, Advaita Vedanta. Non dual teachings are about our true Self as the reality within and around us. - Helsinki 2025 - Meetings and Events

12/09/2024

The Thousand Teachings of Shankara
A new edition of the classic text by the founder of traditional non-duality is now available in print and eBook formats.

The Thousand Teachings: an exposition of the non-dual philosophy, the only text that is not a commentary which all agree is definitely by Shankara himself.

07/08/2024

Seeing Beyond Differences - the light of universal consciousness. There are recordings of the latest talk by the Warden of Shanti Sadan online, with edited versions of the meditations for daily practice.

Shanti Sadan is a Centre of Traditional Non Duality, Advaita Vedanta. Non dual teachings are about our true Self as the reality within and around us. - Seeing Beyond Differences - Recording

23/07/2024

Seeing Beyond Differences
Sunday 28 July 5pm BST
A talk by the Warden of Shanti Sadan on Seeing Beyond Differences: what is the true reality-status of the world, and where is happiness to be found?
Live online. All welcome.

Shanti Sadan is a Centre of Traditional Non Duality, Advaita Vedanta. Non dual teachings are about our true Self as the reality within and around us. - Seeing Beyond Differences - Recording

05/06/2024

New content just posted on Self-Knowledge Journal online:
https://www.shantisadan.org/journal-content/2024-2-introduction-to-shankaras-brahma-sutra-commentary/
https://www.shantisadan.org/journal-content/2024-2-way-to-lasting-fulfilment/

The Introduction to Shankara’s Brahma Sutra Commentary - journal - Shanti Sadan

12/04/2024

The Liberating Knowledge that Transcends the Mind.
A talk with meditation practices live online Sunday 14 April 2024 5pm BST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1oQWnbYE90
https://www.shantisadan.org/recording/liberatating-knowledge-that-transcends-the-mind/

31/07/2023

The Ocean in a Drop
A presentation by the Warden live online
Saturday 5 August 2023 5:00pm BST

12/07/2023

Just posted online https://www.shantisadan.org/journal-content/more-light-from-kena-upanishad/
More light from the Kena Upanishad
From the latest issue of Self-Knowledge Journal.

The Upanishads are of interest because they throw light on the deepest aspect of human nature. Their enquiry does not end with the life of the mind, or with the store of experiences and tendencies that we feel is uniquely our own. Instead, it discerns that consciousness is essentially free from the....