Reading plans
Read a little each day, at your own pace. Each day lists what to read and links to the text with its meaning. You decide when you have read it: there are no streaks and nothing to catch up on.
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The Bhagavad Gita in 18 days
18 days, one portion a day
One chapter a day, from Arjuna's despair on the battlefield to Krishna's last words. Each day gives the Sanskrit and a plain explanation of every verse; each verse's own page also has three public-domain English translations. Read at your own pace; the next chapter waits for you.
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Gita chapter 12 in 7 days
7 days, one portion a day
Chapter 12 of the Bhagavad Gita, on devotion (bhakti), a few verses a day. Each day gives the Sanskrit and a plain explanation of every verse; each verse's own page also has three public-domain English translations. It is one of the two shortest chapters, with 20 verses, short enough to learn by heart.
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The Hanuman Chalisa in 21 days
21 days, one portion a day
Two chaupais a day, with their meaning, until the whole Chalisa is read and understood. Each day shows the Awadhi text, an easy reading in English letters and a plain explanation.
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The Isha Upanishad, a verse a day for 18 days
18 days, one portion a day
The Isha Upanishad (Ishavasya Upanishad), one of the shortest Upanishads, one verse a day for 18 days. Each day gives the Sanskrit, two public-domain English translations, a plain explanation and two classical readings, each named with its school: Shankara's (Advaita) and Anantacharya's (Vaishnava). Where readers take a verse differently, the explanation says so.
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Hindu morning prayers for kids, in 7 days
7 days, one portion a day
Seven short Hindu morning prayers for kids, one new shloka a day: on waking, before the feet touch the ground, before study and before breakfast. Each day gives the Sanskrit, an easy reading in English letters and the meaning in simple words, so a child can learn it with a parent.
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Sunderkand (Sundarkand) on Tuesdays
11 weeks, one portion a week
The Sunderkand (Sundarkand) of Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas, one part each Tuesday, with the meaning: eleven Tuesdays from Hanuman's leap across the sea to the Ocean's promise of a way to Lanka. Each part gives the Awadhi text, Growse's public-domain English translation and a plain explanation. After the last part the plan starts again.
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