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Item Code: IDE122by P. SankaranarayananPaperback (Edition: 1999)Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Language: English Size: 7.2" X 4.9" Pages: 200 185 gms |
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times since 15th Oct, 2009Prof. P. Sankaranarayanan was a student of Dr. Radhakrishnan at the Madras Presidency College and later served as a Lecturer and Professor in various Colleges; Palghat, Mangalore, Tellicherry, Kumbakonam, the Madras Presidency College and Government Arts College.
After retirement from Government Service he became the Head of the Department of Philosophy, Vivekananda College, Madras, and was a Professor at the Bhavan's College in Bombay. Wherever it was, he was a respected teacher, beloved of his students and his colleagues. In Bombay he endeared himself to Kulapati Munshi and the other workers there and became their friend, philosopher and guide.
He was a devout Asthika and follower of the Vaidika Dharma and a great devotee of His Holiness Jagadguri Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati, the Paramachary of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetha. He has translated the discourses of the Acharya into English and made them available to a large readership. He also rendered into English the Sanskrit Commentary of the late Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal, on Sankara's Viveka Chunamani, and Sankara's commentary on Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotra, both published by the Bhavan.
This book What is Advaita? has been written in simple style with clarity and precision and can be understood even by the layman.
| Kulapati's Preface | v | |
| Foreword | ix | |
| Preface | xiii | |
| Scheme of Transliteration | xix | |
| I. | The World Test of Reality; Orders of Reality; Rope-Snake: Adhistana and Aropita; The World - An Appearance; Jagat - Mithya; Brahman - Adhistana of the World; Mithya not illusion; Origin of the Universe - Not a Creation or Evolution; World - Vivarta of Brahman | 1 |
| II. | Vivartavada Criticism of Causation; Arambhavada vs. Parinamavada; Vivartavada | 17 |
| III. | Man Meaning of Atman; The Pratyagatman; The Kutastha Avasthatraya; Jagrat; Swapna; Susupti; The Turiya; Saksicaitanya; Waking and Dream States Compared | 25 |
| IV. | Brahman Sacchidananda; Paroksa and Aparoksa Jnana. | 41 |
| V. | Maya Finitising Principle; Maya-anadi; A Positive entity; bhava rupa; Relation to Brahman | 46 |
| VI. | Saguna Brahman From Principle to Person; The Religious Predicament; Worship of the Saguna, the Ultimate for the maya ridden; Saguna Brahman as Creator; Creation etc. tatastha laksanas of Brahman. | 52 |
| VII. | Individual Self of the Jivatman Dehatma Buddhi; Upadhis; Theories of Jivatma; Avacchedavada; Pratibimba vada; Abhasavada; Tat tvam asi: The concept of laksanas | 61 |
| VIII. | Liberation | 72 |
| IX. | Jivanmukti and Karma Mukti | 88 |
| X. | The Goal and the Way | 96 |
| XI. | Some Misconceptions About Advaita | 110 |
| XII. | Conclusion | 118 |
| Appendices Advaita in the Vedas: Manisa Pancaka; Sri Dakshinamurti Stotra | 126 | |
