svadhyaya v0.5: Evening

I am going to start my deep and philosophical study of Sanskrit, Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta. This will be a lifelong process so I am not in a rush. But my inquiry will be on reading and studying the philosophical works and to integrate the understanding into my life.

As part of the long term process for this is my evening practice. This practice will be done if I do not have work that I need to fulfill:

• Sanskrit. Learn to read native texts. Spend about 45 minutes on this.
• Bhagavad Gita. Read one chapter fully and contemplate one-two verse from the Dayananda commentary. Write my interpretation at the end.
• Vedanta. Read commentaries from Gurus and prepare for the study of the core Upanishads and improving my yama and niyama.

I am going to keep this block super simple. My first step is to study Sanskrit for 30-45 mins a day. This includes first really understanding and being able to read Devanagari. Once that is done start reading large number of words. Then fitting it into the grammar. Goal is to understand as fast as possible then learn the grammar.

Second is a traditional Bhagavad Gita study with commentary. My goal is to read a single verse from Swami Dayananada and contemplate its meaning. Writing my own understanding of what the verse means. Eventually this will lead to a direct study of the Upanishads themselves but initially I think a few years of Bhagavad Gita need to be fulfilled first.

Lastly, I will read a commentary or the preparation texts of the gurus to build a full understanding of Vedanta. These texts will be read at a bit faster clip. These basis of these texts are the lived.

All of this will use the process:

• sravana
• Manana
• Nidhyhasana

Read, Reflect, Contemplate.

One of the primary caveats here is that I will only study if I do not have work to finish.