The Essential Vedanta A New Source Book of

This book will be of great interest to all students of Hinduism, students of both Eastern and Western philosophy, and spiritual seekers who wish to better understand this ancient Indian tradition of non-dualist thought.

Source Selections

vii

Preface

ix

Eliot Deutsch

PART I---BACKGROUND IN TRADITION: THE THREE DEPARTURES

Revelation

Selections from the Rgveda and Upanisads

3

(56)

Recollection

Selections from the Bhagavadgita

59

(22)

System

Contents-summary of the Brahmasutras

81

(14)

PART II---PHILOSOPHICAL AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND

Early History and Cultural Values of Vedanta

95

(8)

Common Philosophical Problems

103

(54)

Criticisms of Rival Systems

Selections from Samkara's Brahmasutrabhasya

109

(48)

PART III---SOURCES OF ADVAITA VEDANTA

Gaudapada

157

(4)

Samkara

161

(120)

Suresvara

281

(8)

Mandana Misra

289

(16)

Padmapada

305

(12)

Vacaspati Misra

317

(18)

Sarvajnatman

335

(14)

Vimuktatman

349

(4)

Vidyaranya

353

(8)

Madhusudana Sarasvati

361

(8)

Sriharsa

369

(6)

Sadananda

375

(12)

Dharmaraja

387

(2)

Appaya Diksita

389

(4)

Summary

393

(6)

Bibliography

399

(10)

Index

409

(14)

Biographical Notes

423

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The Essential Vedanta A New Source Book of Advaita Vedanta

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