Sankara's Vedanta through his Upanisad commentaries, in light of contemporary practice /
Joël André-Michel Dubois ; foreword by Christopher Key Chapple
xxi, 423 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm
SUNY series in religious studies
Includes bibliographical references
Introducing Brahman: The Hidden Lives of Śaṅkara's Vedānt Teaching -- Attending to Brahman: Upāsana Practice Past and Present -- Learning Brahman: The Daily Life of the Brahmacārin -- Envisioning Veda: First-Person Declarations in Śaṅkara's Upaniṣad Commentaries -- Conditioning the Mind for Brahman: Saṁskṛta Training Past and present -- Perfecting the Life of Brahman: The Training of the Saṁskṛta Paṇḍita -- Perfecting the Vedic Imagination: Imagery and Rhetoric in Śaṅkara's Upaniṣad Commentaries -- Thinking Deeply About Brahman: The Two Mīmāṁsās, the Lost Art of Yajña, and the Hidden Structure of Brahman -- Giving up the INconstant Brahman: Contemporary Saṁnyāsins and Aspiring Renouncers -- Discerning the Paradox of Veda: Ritual Activity and Insight in Śaṅkara's Upaniṣad Commentaries
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"Using both textual and ethnographic sources, demonstrates that in Sankara's vedanta brahman is an active force as well as a transcendent ultimate"--Provided by publisher