Detail Of The Hidden Lives of Brahman
ISBN | 9789381406366 |
Pages | 446 |
Language: | English |
Product Code: | 1 |
Size(in cm): | 9.5 inch x 6.0 inch cm |
Weight(in grams): | 625(approx) |
Description:
Contents
Illustrations
ix
Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
xi
Foreword
xiii
Preface
xv
Abbreviations
xxi
Chapter 1
Introducing Brahman
The Hidden Lives of Sailkara's Vedanta Teaching
1
Part 1:
Envisioning Brahman
27
Chapter 2
Attending to Brahman:
Upasana Practice Past and Present
29
Chapter 3
Learning Brahman: The Daily Life of the Brahmacarin
51
Chapter 4
Envisioning Veda: First-Person Declarations
in Sankara's Upanisad Commentaries
75
Part 2:
Imagining Brahman
105
Chapter 5
Conditioning the Mind for Brahman:
Samskrta Training Past and Present
107
Chapter 6
Perfecting the Life of Brahman:
The Training of the Samskrta Pandita
149
Chapter 7
Perfecting the Vedic Imagination: Imagery and
Rhetoric in Sankara's Upanisad Commentaries
179
Part 3:
Perceiving Brahman
239
Chapter 8
Thinking Deeply About Brahman:
The Two Mimamsas, the Lost Art of Yajna, and the
Hidden Structure of Brahman
241
Chapter 9
Giving Up the Inconstant Brahman:
Contemporary Samnyasins and Aspiring Renouncers
285
Chapter 10
Discerning the Paradox of Veda: Ritual Activity
and Insight in Sankara's Upanisad Commentaries
305
Conclusion: Brahman as Center and Periphery
347
Appendix: Diagrams of Key Concepts
349
Notes
353
Bibliography
395
Index
405
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