Eight Upanisads - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 8175050179 ISBN 13 : 9788175050174

Editeur : Advaita Ashrama, India, 2001

Synopsis

Beyond all sound, all sight, beyond form, absolute, beyond all taste and touch, infinite, without beginning and without end, even beyond nature, the Unchangeable--he who realizes Him, frees himself from the jaws of death. But it is very difficult. It is, as it were, walking on the edge of a razor, the way is long and perilous, but struggle on, do not despair. Awake, arise, and stop not till the goal is reached. The one central idea throughout all the Upanishads is that of realization.

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À propos de l'auteur

Adi Shankara (pronounced [a d i k ]; early 8th century CE[2][note 1]) was a Hindu philosopher and theologian from India, most renowned exponent of the Advaita Vedanta school of philosophy, from whose doctrines the main currents of modern Indian thought are derived.[1][3][4] His works in Sanskrit discuss the unity of the tman and Nirguna Brahman "brahman without attributes".[5] He wrote copious commentaries on the Vedic canon (Brahma Sutras, Principal Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita) in support of his thesis. His works elaborate on ideas found in the Upanishads. Shankara's publications critiqued of rituals-oriented M m s school of Hinduism.[6] He also explained the key difference between Hinduism and Buddhism, stating that Hinduism asserts "Atman (Soul, Self) exists", while Buddhism asserts that there is "no Soul, no Self".[7][8][9] Shankara travelled across the Indian subcontinent to propagate his philosophy through discourses and debates with other thinkers. He established the importance of monastic life as sanctioned in the Upanishads and Brahma Sutra, in a time when the M m s school established strict ritualism and ridiculed monasticism. He is reputed to have founded four mathas ("monasteries"), which helped in the historical development, revival and spread of Advaita Vedanta of which he is known as the greatest revivalist.[4] Adi Shankara is believed to be the organiser of the Dashanami monastic order and the founder of the Shanmata tradition of worship. He is also known as Adi Shankaracharya, Shankara Bhagavatpada, sometimes spelled as Sankaracharya, ( di) a kar c rya, a kara Bhagavatp da and a kara Bhagavatp d c rya.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Advaita Ashrama, India
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 8175050179
• ISBN 13: 9788175050174
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 516
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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