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Dakshinamurti Stotra

9781465579850
110 pages
Library of Alexandria
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This volume comprises the following works literally translated into English with explanatory comments:. S'rî S'ankarâchârya's Dakshinamurti-Stotra, an ode to the Divine Self, with Sri Suresvaracharya's exposition named Mânasollâsa' "Brilliant play of thought." ii. S'rî Suresvaracharya's Pranava-Vartika treating of the contemplation of the Supreme Atman by means of the Pranava. iii. Dakshinamurti-Upanishad. S'ankaracharya's immortal Hymn and the two works of Suresvarâchârya herein comprised epitomise the whole Vedânta Doctrine as expounded by the two authors in their commentaries on the Upanishads, and form a good introduction to a study of the subject. As a terse expression of the fundamental truths of the Vedânta, the well-known Hymn of S'ankaracharya forms a suitable text upon which the student may meditate and thereby construct the whole doctrine for himself. The reader will also be struck with the catholicity of the teaching, which is not addressed to any particular class of people nor contains any reference to distinctions of caste and religious order. While concisely stating the process by which the oneness of Self and the unreality of all else is established. Mânasollâsa is more original and telling than any of the later manuals which state the doctrine as derived from the expositions of the two eminent leaders of the Advaita-Vedanta school of thought.

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