[PDF] Preceptors Of Advaita eBook

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Page : 608 pages
File Size : 38,8 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Advaita
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Author : Raphael,
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 29,71 MB
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1136152024

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This book is an enquiry into the concept of the 'self', transcending the barriers of 'non-self' and realizing the non-dual Consciousness within and without. This concept is the central theme of Advaita Vedanta. The Drg-drsya-viveka is a short treatise of forty-six Sanskrit verses which analyses the illusory perceptions of names and forms in the states of dreams and waking as well. The commentator gives a scientific explanation of the meaning of Self and Non Self, helping the reader to discriminate and separate the observer (drk) from the observed objects (drsya).

Author : Karl H. Potter
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 19,70 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9788120803084

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This constitues the first volume of the series. It indicates the scope of the project and provides a list of sources which will be surveyed in the sebsequent volumes, as well as provide a guide to secondary literature for further study of Indian Philosophy. It lists in relative chronological order, Sanskrit and Tamil works. All known editions and translations into European languages are cited; where puplished versions of the text are not known a guide to the location of manuscripts of the work is provided.

Author : Andrew O. Fort
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,86 MB
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791427064

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This book is about the state of embodied perfection often called enlightenment, self-realization, or liberation. It examines the types, degrees, and stages of liberation that are possible, with and without a body.

Author : Natalia Isayeva
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 37,3 MB
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1438407629

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According to Advaita-Vedanta, God or Brahman is identical with the inner self (the Atman) of each person, while the rest of the world is nothing but objective illusion (maya). Shankara maintains that there are two primary levels of existence and knowledge: the higher knowledge that is Brahman itself, and the relative, limited knowledge, regarded as the very texture of the universe. Consequently, the task of a human being is to reach the absolute unity and the reality of Brahman—in other words, to reach the innermost self within his or her own being, discarding on the way all temporary characteristics and attributes.

Author : Toṭakācārya
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 45,52 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788120814103

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The Srutisarasamuddharanam (Extracting the Essence of the Sruti) is the major work of Totakacarya who is regarded by tradition as one of the four-principle disciples of Adi Sankara. Composed in Sanskrit, the work consists of one hundred and seventy-nine verses. The aim of these verses is to bring out the essential meaning of the Upanisads. Through an analysis of various Upanisad statements, as well by compatible reasoning, Sri Totaka shows that the Upanisads teach that Brahman is real, the world is mithya and that the essential nature of the jiva is none other than Brahman. The teaching is presented in the form of a dialogue between a student and a guru. Totaka skilfully manages to bring out the main Advaita teachings while maintaining the context of a discussion. These verses are not only valuable for what they teach, but in them we also find an accurate account of the tradition of Advaita as it existed at the time of Sankaracarya himself. Accompanying the Devanagari text of the verses is an English translation of each verse followed by a brief commentary in English to assist in understanding the verses.