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A Śaṃkara Source-book: Śaṃkara on the absolute

A Śaṃkara Source-book: Śaṃkara on the absolute

Śaṅkarācārya

Something parallel to, though not identical with, these various paths can be found in Samkara's texts. As we have already seen, he gives preference to the path of negation and regards it as indispensible for the final knowledge which confers ...
Samkara's Advaita Vedānta: A Way of Teaching

Samkara's Advaita Vedānta: A Way of Teaching

Jacqueline Suthren Hirst

Yet our primary interest is neither in Samkara the teacher as a person ( inaccessible to historians as he is), nor simply in the content of his Advaitin teachings (important though his writings will be as our primary source). Rather, as befits our ...
The Heart of Śrī Śaṃkara:

The Heart of Śrī Śaṃkara:

Swami Satchidanandendra Saraswati

TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE The work here translated from the Sanskrit was written in 1922 and first published in 1929 under the title Mulavidya Nirasah athava Sri Samkara Hrdayam — Refutation of Root-Ignorance or The Heart of Sri  ...
Bhāmatī of Vācaspati on Śaṃkara's Brahmasūtrabhāṣya (Catuḥsūtrī)

Bhāmatī of Vācaspati on Śaṃkara's Brahmasūtrabhāṣya (Catuḥsūtrī)

Vācaspatimiśra

Supercommentary on Śaṅkarācārya's Śārīrakamīmāṃāṃsābhāṣya, Advaita commentary on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtra, basic Vedanta work.
Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies: Advaita Vedānta up to ...

Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies: Advaita Vedānta up to ...

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This volume summarizes what we know of early Advaita Vedanta upto the Samkara's pupils, Suresvara, Padmapada, Totaka and Hanstamalaka.
New Perspectives on Advaita Vedānta: Essays in Commemoration ...

New Perspectives on Advaita Vedānta: Essays in Commemoration ...

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THE SELF OF BEING AND THE BEING OF SELF: SAMKARA ON "THAT YOU ARE" (TAT TVAM ASI) Julius J. Lipner It is a privilege and a pleasure to write this piece in honour of Fr. Richard De Smet, SJ. I first met Richard in 1965. He was my ...
The Monk as Man: The Unknown Life of Swami Vivekananda

The Monk as Man: The Unknown Life of Swami Vivekananda

Samkara

How much did the Calcutta doctor charge him at his chamber? Sankar’s composite picture of the monk as man has sold over one lakh copies in Bengali and this translation brings the unfamiliar Vivekananda to a larger readership.

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