By Joël André-Michel Dubois,Christopher Key Chapple
Śaṅkara’s proposal, advaita vedānta or non-dual vedānta, is a practice keen on brahman, the last word truth transcending all specific manifestations, phrases, and concepts. it really is quite often thought of that the transcendent brahman can't be attained via any attempt or task. whereas this notion is technically right, in The Hidden Lives of Brahman, Joël André-Michel Dubois contends that it really is misleading.
Hidden lives of brahman come into view while research of Śaṅkara’s seminal commentaries is mixed with ethnographic descriptions of latest Brāhmin scholars and lecturers of vedānta, a bunch mostly overlooked in such a lot reviews of this custom. Du bois demonstrates that for Śaṅkara, as for Brāhmin culture usually, brahman is simply as a lot an lively strength, totally attached to the dynamic energy of phrases and mind's eye, because it is a transcendent ultimate.
“The critical inspiration of a multifaceted braham in Śaṅkara’s proposal is unique and may be good received.” — Frederick Smith, coeditor of Modern and international Ayurveda: Pluralism and Paradigms
“The author’s special descriptions of the particular pedagogical practices of up to date Brāhmin education is a welcome contribution. One will get a true feel of the teacher-student dating from this book.” — Andrew O. citadel, writer of Jīvanmukti in Transformation: Embodied Liberation in Advaita and Neo-Vedānta
“[Dubois] captures the sounds, points of interest, and tastes of India’s Brāhmin colleges and facilities of analysis, conveying a feeling of what he calls the ‘hidden lives’ of youngsters who later emerge to hold at the culture of advaita vedānta. In based, descriptive language, Dubois inspires the temper and effort of the lifestyle by means of those younger males as they organize for hugely really good careers.” — from the Foreword through Christopher Key Chapple
Joël André-Michel Dubois is Professor of Humanities and spiritual experiences at California nation collage, Sacramento.
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