The Secret Sankara

The Secret Sankara

Author: Yohanan Grinshpon

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010-12-17

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 9004189262

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This book offers a new perception and reading of one of the most well-known documents of Indian philosophy and theology, Sankara's Brahmasutrabhasya. the author's presentation of the self as a subject free of any trace of (disturbungly real) objectivity recieves a fresh explication.


The Secret Book

The Secret Book

Author: Bilal Ahmed

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2013-04-23

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 1300967757

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On a spiritual journey, my awakening happened. With the right gurus, after deep practices for many years, I found my truth. Self-realization is the biggest gift. We search lifetime after lifetime. This book offers the secret knowledge to experience God. The same teachings taught by gurus, prophets, saints and masters over centuries. A mystic and Vedanta approach. A compilation of Islam, Christianity, Hindu and Buddhist teachings, with emphasis on devotion and love. Also details tantra practices, a Soul love between male and female, with the light of God. May God bless you in your spiritual enlightenment.


Tat Tvam Asi

Tat Tvam Asi

Author: Dr.Michael Puthenthara

Publisher: D C Books

Published: 2013-05-21

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 9381699232

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Tat tvam asi is an extraordinary book enveloping the gamut of the Upanishadic insights in all their profundity and splendour. Its author is a literary genius with about40 books and compositions to his credit. The book, which has received over 12 awards from various institutions in India, is written in a style that is quiteUpanishadic and not easily comprehensible to the ordinary man. It also uplifts the imagination of the reader. This translation is an attempt to make Tat tvam asi reach aglobal audience unfamiliar with Upanishadic terms and concepts. It could not have been achieved without a background in Philosophy, both Indian and WesternNevertheless it was an arduous exercise to find suitable words to convey the correct meaning intended by the author. I am grateful to the author for giving me freedom to accomplish it in my own way as well as for accepting the translation as authentic Undertaking the work of translation was a highly satisfying and enrichingexperience. This translation, one hopes, will generate a renaissance in Upanishadic knowledge at an international level, as Tat tvam asi did in Kerala, when it was firstpublished.


The Secret Sankara

The Secret Sankara

Author: Yohanan Grinshpon

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010-12-17

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9004216332

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Sankaracharya of the 8th century A.D is considered the greatest philosopher of India up to this day. His teaching of the one and only self has become the most prestigeous expression of the Hindu spirit. Sankara is the author of the Brahmasutrabhasya, the most important text of the school known as Advaita-Vedanta. Sankara teaches of the self by dialogues between a winning exponent and a losing opponent. Up to this day, Sankara's teaching has been invariably identified with the exponent's doctrines. In this book a distinction between the invisible authon and his alleged exponent is offered. Sankara the author is a new intellectual hero different from his exponent. Thus, due to the aforementioned distinction, a new philosophy and theory of freedom emerges, the teaching of Sankara, the author distinguished from his apparent exponent.


The Ethics of Sankara and Santideva

The Ethics of Sankara and Santideva

Author: Warren Lee Todd

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-03-23

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1317033701

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Exploring the philosophical concerns of the nature of self, this book draws from two of the most influential Indian masters, Śaṅkara and Śāntideva. Todd demonstrates that an ethics of altruism is still possible within a metaphysics which assumes there to be no independent self. A new ethical model based on the notions of ’flickering consciousness’ and ’constructive altruism’ is proposed. By comparing the metaphysics and ethics of Śaṅkara and Śāntideva, Todd shows that the methodologies and aims of these Buddhist and Hindu masters trace remarkably similar cross-cutting paths. Treating Buddhism and Hinduism with equal respect, this book compares and reinterprets the Indian material so as to engage with contemporary Western debates on self and to show that Indian philosophy is indeed a philosophy of dialogue.