Shankara Bhagavatpada (~788 - 820 CE) was a true master of the highest caliber who expounded the ancient teachings of the Bhagavad Gita, the Principal Upanishads, and the Brahma Sutras, usually known as Prasthanatraya in an ingenious way.This anthology of nearly 1900 selections arranged in 160 topics from different English translations of the Prasthanatraya and other sources should assist any serious seeker regarding modern Vedantic exegesis.
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The Legacy of Adi Shankaracharya
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Table of contents
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Abhaysa
- Abode
- Absolute
- Adhyaropa Apavada
- Adhyasa
- Afflictions
- Agnihotra
- Aims
- Akasa
- Anandamaya
- Anger
- Anirvacaniya
- Ashrama
- Atman
- Attachment
- Avastatraya (Avasthātraya Viveka)
- Avatar
- Avidya
- Avidya has no absolute existence
- Avidya is imagined
- Avyakta
- Bhagavan
- Bhakti (Devotion)
- Birth/Death
- Bliss
- Bondage
- Brahmacharya
- Brahman
- Causal Body (Kāraṇa-Śarīra)
- Cause/Effect (Kāraṇa-Kārya Viveka)
- Consciousness
- Creation/Dissolution
- Deep Sleep State (Sushupti)
- Deep Sleep State (No Avidya)
- Desire
- Dharma
- Disciple
- Doership
- Dream-State (Svapna)
- Duties
- Egoism
- Elements
- Evilness
- Fear
- Free Will
- Food
- Freedom
- Gayatri
- God (Īśvara)
- Gods (Devas)
- Grief
- Gunas
- Guru
- Happiness
- Heart
- Heaven
- Hiranyagarbha
- Humility
- Illustrations
- Immortality
- Individual Soul (Jiva)
- Infinity
- Intellect (Buddhi)
- Jnana-Yoga
- Karma
- Karma-Yoga
- Knowledge (Empirical)
- Liberation (Moksha)
- Liberation by Stages
- Love
- Lust
- Man of Realization (Jivanmukti)
- Mantra
- Maya
- Maya as a teaching model
- Maya is imagined due to Avidya
- Meditation
- Merit/Demerit
- Mind
- Mithya
- Muni
- Namarupa
- Non-Duality (Advaita)
- Northern/Southern Path
- OM
- Organs of Actions (Karma Indriyas)
- Organs of Perception (Jnana Indriyas)
- Pain
- Peace
- Perception
- Physical Body (Sthūla Śarīra)
- Prajapati
- Pramana
- Prana
- Prarabdha Karma
- Prayer
- Pride
- Purification of the Mind (Sattva śuddhi)
- Purpose of Creation
- Qualifications (Sādhana Chathushtaya Sampatti)
- Rebirth
- Refutations (of other schools of thought)
- Refutation of Abhasavada (Theory of Appearances)
- Refutation of Anekajivavada (Theory of many Jivas)
- Refutation of Asatkaryavada (Arambhavada)
- Refutation of Avacchedavada (Theory of Delimitation)
- Refutation of the Bhagavata Doctrine
- Refutation of Bhatta Mimamsa
- Refutation of Buddhistic Doctrines
- Refutation of Drishti-Srishti/Srishti-Drishti Vada
- Refutation of Dualism
- Refutation of Ekajivavada (Theory of one Jiva)
- Refutation of Jainism
- Refutation of Lokayata (Carvaka, Materialists)
- Refutation of Nastikavada (Atheism)
- Refutation of Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika
- Refutation of Parinamavada (Theory of Transformation)
- Refutation of Pratibimbavada (Reflection Theory)
- Refutation of Purva Mimamsa
- Refutation of Samkhya
- Refutation of Sarvastivada (Buddhist Realism)
- Refutation of Satkaryavada
- Refutation of Sunyavada (Absolute Nihilism)
- Refutation of Vijnanavada (Buddhist Idealism)
- Refutation of Yadrcchavada (Accidentalism)
- Refutation of Yoga
- Religious Practices
- Renunciation (Sannyasa)
- Rites
- Sadhana
- Samadhi
- Samsara
- Satyam
- Scriptures
- Self-Knowledge (Ātmajñāna)
- Sentient & Insentient
- Sheaths (Pañca-Kośa-Viveka)
- Shraddha
- Siddhi
- Sin
- Sorrow
- Strength
- Subtle Body (Sūkṣma Śarīra)
- Swoon
- Tapas (Austerity)
- Truth
- Turiya
- Upadhi
- Upanishad
- Upasana
- Vaisvanara
- Vasanas
- Vedanta
- Vedas
- Virat
- Vivarta-Vada
- Waking-State (Jagrat)
- Wife
- World (Phenomenal)
- Yoga
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Copyright
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