Download or read book Quintessence of Vedanta written by Shankara and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Quintessence of Vedanta written by John Denton and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adi Shankara was an early 8th century Indian philosopher who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta and is credited with unifying and establishing the main currents of thought in this branch of Indian philosophy.His works in Sanskrit discuss the unity of the Self and Nirguna Brahman "brahman without attributes". He wrote commentaries on the Brahma Sutra, Principal Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita) which are still authorities on the subjects and known for their erudition and lucidity. His works explain the ideas found in the Upanishads. Shankara travelled across the Indian subcontinent to propagate his philosophy through discourses and debates which he always seems to have won, hence his opponents converted to his way of thinking and the doctrine spread far and wide. It is still one that stands up to rigorous argument. This book explains the traditional prescription for enlightenment and gives guidance from beginning to end.
Download or read book The Quintessence of Vedanta written by Śaṅkarācārya and published by Calcutta : Swami Tattwananda; distributor: Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay. This book was released on 1971 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Quintessence of Pristine Pure Vedanta written by D B Gangolly and published by Srikanth s. This book was released on with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the sixth of a series of small books under the head "Satchidaananda Vaak-Jyoti' or "The Enlightening Words of Satchidaananda". All these booklets contain a free transliteration of the enlightening and immortal words and teachings of Shri Satchidaanandendra Saraswati Swamiji, of revered memory, found in his numerous Kannada books. Those readers who do not have the facility and advantage of reading and understanding books in the Kannada language will be immensely benefited by these English publications written in simple language and style. This small plan of publishing these 'gems of spiritual literature', unrivalled in their esoteric import and teachings of the highest order and based on the pristine pure original Bhashyas of Adi Shankara, was first mooted by Shri D. B. Gangolli, a devotee and admirer of Swamiji. It is an irony of our times that even that great Acharya's immaculate teachings of Atma Vidya or Self-Knowledge, purely based on the strength of the Upanishadic statements, their veracity based on Intuitive dialectics or ratiocination (called Anubhavaanga Tarka) and finally on the strength of the culmination or consummation of all those teachings in one's own Intuitive. experience here and now, have been distorted beyond recognition and redemption.
Download or read book The Quintessence of Vedanta written by Śaṅkarācārya and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Quintessence of Vedanta written by John Denton and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adi Shankara was an early 8th century Indian philosopher who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta and is credited with unifying and establishing the main currents of thought in this branch of Indian philosophy.His works in Sanskrit discuss the unity of the Self and Nirguna Brahman "brahman without attributes". He wrote commentaries on the Brahma Sutra, Principal Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita) which are still authorities on the subjects and known for their erudition and lucidity. His works explain the ideas found in the Upanishads. Shankara travelled across the Indian subcontinent to propagate his philosophy through discourses and debates which he always seems to have won, hence his opponents converted to his way of thinking and the doctrine spread far and wide. It is still one that stands up to rigorous argument. This book explains the traditional prescription for enlightenment and gives guidance from beginning to end.
Download or read book Vedanta written by Hans Torwesten and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 1994-01-14 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vedanta is the most encompassing and open of the six orthodox systems of Hinduism and is considered the quintessence of Eastern thought and mysticism. An important part of modern intellectual Hinduism, Vedanta is often regarded as a truly universal religion and had many adherents in the West. At the center of Vedanta lie the texts of the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita. Beginning with the premise that man is a divine being whose greatest source of strength is his intuition, Vedanta seeks not merely the accumulation of knowledge, but rather the annihilation of all knowledge. Its goal is an unclouded inner world that will allow us to exist untroubled by the complexity of the outside world. For those interested in the concise and intelligent overview, as well as those who seek a better understanding of what is at the heart of Hinduism, Vedanta is a unique and thought-provoking guide.
Download or read book The Quintessence of True Being written by Nome and published by Society of Abidance in Truth. This book was released on 2011-10-23 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sri Ramana's Inquiry, Adi Sankara's Reasoning, Ribhu's Knowledge, Dakshinamurti's Silence, The Advaita Experience: The Quintessence of True Being This new SAT Publication embodies the sum total of Advaita Vedanta as expressed by Sri Adi Sankaracarya in “The Rows of Garlands of Brahman Knowledge (Brahma-jnanavali-mala),” Verse 20, line 1: Brahman is the Truth, the universe is false, The jiva (individual self) is Brahman, indeed, not another. The quintessence of the teachings regarding the Realization of Truth as revealed in Advaita Vedanta is concisely expressed in this half verse. Nome has taken up this half verse in this small 60-page booklet igniting its core essence, kindling the flame of Knowledge in the heart of the those endowed with deep inquiry, discrimination, nonattachment, an ardent desire for Realization, and divine love for all beings.
Download or read book One Thousand Roads to Mecca written by Michael Wolfe and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Wolfe does an exemplary job of detailing the ceremonies performed at Mecca and the reasons behind them . . . Highly recommended.” —Library Journal, starred review This updated and expanded edition of One Thousand Roads to Mecca collects significant works by observant travel writers from the East and West over the last ten centuries—including two new contemporary narratives—creating a comprehensive, multifaceted literary portrait of the enduring tradition. Since its inception in the seventh century, the pilgrimage to Mecca has been the central theme in a large body of Islamic travel literature. Beginning with the European Renaissance, it has also been the subject for a handful of adventurous writers from the West who, through conversion or connivance, managed to slip inside the walls of a city forbidden to non-Muslims. These very different literary traditions form distinct impressions of a spirited conversation in which Mecca is the common destination and Islam the common subject of inquiry. Along with an introduction by Reza Aslan, featured writers include Ibn Battuta, J. L. Burckhardt, Sir Richard Burton, the Begum of Bhopal, John F. Keane, Winifred Stegar, Muhammad Asad, Lady Evelyn Cobbald, Jalal Al-e Ahmad, and Malcolm X. One Thousand Roads to Mecca is a historically, geographically, and ethnically diverse collection of travel writing that adds substantially to the literature of Islam and the West. “Serves as an excellent introduction to a religion, people, culture, and philosophy.” —Santa Cruz Sentinel
Download or read book Harmony of Religions written by Thomas Manninezhath and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1993 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present work is an in-depth study of Tayumanavar, a seventeenth century poet-philosopher, mystic and saint of Tamil Nadu. His profoundly philosophical humns were the poet`s creative response to the contesting creeds of his time, reflecting his own intimate religious and mystical experience of God, Siva (Sivanubhava).The present study of Vedanta Siddhanta Samarasam as God-experienced by Dr. Thomas Manninezhath will no doubt, awaken a new interest in the hymns of Tayumanavar and the legacy of religious experience they bequeath to us. Religious experience (anubhava), supported by reason and enriched by reflection, has to be the meeting ground for the followers of World Religions today.It is fascinating to see how Tayumanavar sought to bring about the harmony of two opposed traditions through a re-reading of his own tradition and a re-interpretation of the scholastic Advaita in favour of a more religiously inspiring popular Advaita.The work illustrates how many of our contemporary concerns enshrined in such concepts as Comparative Religion, Ecumenism Religious Dialogue etc. were also a concern within the `household` of Hinduism even as early as seventeenth century A.D. The author`s interpretation of Vedanta Siddhanta Samarasam of Tayumanavar offers a unique basis for religious tolerance and co-existence even in our present-day context of plurality of religions and creeds. That, indeed, speaks volumes for the actuality and relevance of the work.
Download or read book The Quintessence of Dust If Humans Aren t Dust What Are They written by David Sinclair and published by Magus Books. This book was released on with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you self-organizing dust that becomes alive if it is arranged in just the right way? Are you dust that had life breathed into it by "God", as the Book of Genesis says? Are you dust that links to a mind and is animated by the mind so long as the link remains functional? Well, what are you? Do you know? If you don't know, shouldn't you be trying to know? Go on, what is your quintessence? Write it down. If you can't, what does that say about you? Here's an astounding thing. Feeling types, sensing types, intuitive types and thinking types all have totally different ideas about the "dust" from which the Bible said we came. Do you understand why? Come inside and find out why you hold the beliefs you do. Your beliefs would be totally different if you had a different personality type. Doesn't that disturb you? If you were born in a different part of the world, to different parents, you would have completely different religious beliefs. Equally, if you were born with a different personality type, you would relate entirely differently to the world and believe totally different things about the nature of reality. Don't you want to rise above all these contingencies and know what the absolute, objective truth is? Why not?!
Download or read book Krishna in History Thought and Culture written by Lavanya Vemsani and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-06-13 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Krishna is a central figure in Hinduism, a religion that has been a fundamental force for thousands of years. This accessible encyclopedia covers texts, practices, scholarship, and arts related to Krishna from the earliest known sources on. As Eastern religions and related practices such as yoga become increasingly popular, there is a need for resources that explain where these practices come from and what they mean. This is one of those works. Krishna is central to Hindu philosophy, theology, art, architecture, and literature, and an understanding of Krishna will give students greater understanding of the role of Hinduism around the world. Yet this isn't just a book on religion. The encyclopedia also provides insights into Indian and world history and into contemporary concerns, fostering respect for religious and cultural diversity. Entries on a wide range of subjects related to Krishna cover India and other places where major Krishna religious centers and temples are established worldwide. Articles draw from classical Indian sources dating back as far as 1300 BCE and from folk and worldwide literature, including mythology from Jainism and Buddhism. The book's alphabetical organization, cross references in each entry that highlight related entries and further readings, and topical and thematic lists will facilitate in-depth research.
Download or read book The Essence of Bhakti Gnana and Karma written by Swami Akhandananda Saraswati and published by Srikanth s. This book was released on with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nectarine wisdom of Swami Akhandananda Saraswati Ji Maharaj of Vrindavan on the essence of Bhakti Gnana and Karma. Charu Chintan or Beautiful reflections.
Download or read book A Tradition of Teachers written by William Cenkner and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1983 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Back To The Truth written by Dennis Waite and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A systematic treatment of Advaita which demystifies it, differentiating between approaches and teachers, enabling you to decide which approach is most suitable for you.
Download or read book Awaken Children Vol 7 written by Amma and published by M A Center. This book was released on 2014-11-09 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amma's Enlightening Conversations Have Been Faithfully Recorded In The Awaken Children Series. This Book, The Seventh Volume Of Awaken Children, Is The Quintessence Of Vedanta. It Is A Sure Way To Lead A Most Happy And Successful Life. Each Word Is Profound And Contains The Whole Of Spirituality And Life. Reading This Book Could Be A Meditation, A Glimpse Into One’s Own Inner Self. The Events In This Book, For The Most Part, Took Place Between The Beginning Of October 1984 And January 1986. We Can Find Amma's Teachings On A Variety Of Subjects Such As: Not The Limited Self But The Infinite Atman; The Mind Is Mad; The Ego Lives On Attention; Sakshi Bhava, The State Of Witnessing; The Real Center Is Within; Be Fully Conscious; The Power To Witness Exists Within; Mother, The Sarvasakshi; The Infinite Power Of The Self; The Mind Is A Big Lie; The Two Powers Of The Mind; Attachment Is A Disease; The Necessity Of Tapas; How To Listen; Is Religion Responsible For The Conflicts Of The Present Day; Religion And Spirituality; The Highest Peak Of Human Existence; It Takes Courage To Surrender; The Ego Kills The Real You; Beauty Lies In Egolessness. Translated By Swami Amritaswarupananda. Published By The Disciples Of Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Affectionately Known As Mother, Or Amma The Hugging Saint.
