The Hidden Lives of Brahman

The Hidden Lives of Brahman
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Publisher : SUNY Press
Total Pages : 447
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ISBN-10 : 9781438448053
ISBN-13 : 1438448058
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Download or read book The Hidden Lives of Brahman written by Joël André-Michel Dubois and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, Joël André-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.


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