1st Edition
Samkara's Advaita Vedanta A Way of Teaching
By Jacqueline G Suthren Hirst
Copyright 2005
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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Samkara (c.700 CE) has been regarded by many as the most authoritative Hindu thinker of all time. A great Indian Vedantin brahmin, Samkara was primarily a commentator on the sacred texts of the Vedas and a teacher in the Advaitin teaching line. This book serves as an introduction to Samkara's thought which takes this as a central theme. The author develops an innovative approach based... Read more
Introduction: Studying the Teacher 1. The Teacher Himself 2. The Need for the Teaching 3. The Source for the Teaching 4. The Methods of the Teaching 5. The Context of the Teaching: The World of Name and Form 6. The Context of the Teaching: The Lord 7. The Language of the Teaching 8. The End of the Teaching
Biography
J.G. Suthren Hirst is Lecturer in South Asian Studies at the University of Manchester. Her interest in teaching and learning at all levels informs her research on the Vedanta school of Indian philosophy, on Hindu texts, and on gender and religion in South Asia and the diaspora.
