| The Hidden Lives of Brahman: Śaṅkara's Vedānta Through His Upaniṣad Commentaries, in Light of Contemporary Practice Contributor(s): DuBois, Joël André-Michel (Author), Chapple, Christopher Key (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1438448058 ISBN-13: 9781438448053 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $99.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Hinduism - Theology - Religion | Hinduism - Sacred Writings - Philosophy | Eastern |
| Dewey: 294.521 |
| LCCN: 2012046187 |
| Series: Suny Series in Religious Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.75 lbs) 445 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Hindu |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Finalist for the 2014 Best First Book in the History of Religions presented by the American Academy of Religion Śaṅkara's thought, advaita vedānta or non-dual vedānta, is a tradition focused on brahman, the ultimate reality transcending all particular manifestations, words, and ideas. It is generally considered that the transcendent brahman cannot be attained through any effort or activity. While this conception is technically correct, in The Hidden Lives of Brahman, Jo l Andr -Michel Dubois contends that it is misleading. Hidden lives of brahman become visible when analysis of Śaṅkara's seminal commentaries is combined with ethnographic descriptions of contemporary Brāhmin students and teachers of vedānta, a group largely ignored in most studies of this tradition. Du bois demonstrates that for Śaṅkara, as for Brāhmin tradition in general, brahman is just as much an active force, fully connected to the dynamic power of words and imagination, as it is a transcendent ultimate. |