Sadacarah - Softcover

Adi Sankaracarya

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8175973307 ISBN 13: 9788175973305

Publisher: Chinmaya Mission Trust, 2005

Synopsis

Sadacarah takes us on a wonderful journey,through Vedantic contemplations explained in the language of our daily practices and good conduct (sadacarah).It guides us to reflect on many Vedantic concepts which aid meditation.These daily practices make us "humane" and the meditation helps us know our "Divine" nature. Swamini Vimalananda's indepth understanding is reflected in her explanations and comments,which are simple and practical,and at the same time,exalted and inspiring.

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About the Author:

Adi Shankara (Malayalam: , Sanskrit: , : di a kara, pronounced [a d i a k r ]) (788 CE - 821 CE?), also known as a kara Bhagavatp d c rya and di a kar c rya, was an Indian philosopher who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta, a sub-school of Vedanta. His teachings are based on the unity of the soul and Brahman, in other words non-dual Brahman, in which Brahman is viewed as without attributes. He hailed from Kalady of present day Kerala. Shankara travelled across India and other parts of South Asia to propagate his philosophy through discourses and debates with other thinkers. He founded four mathas ("monasteries"), which helped in the historical development, revival and spread of Advaita Vedanta. Adi Shankara is believed to be the organizer of the Dashanami monastic order and the founder of the Shanmata tradition of worship. His works in Sanskrit, all of which are extant today, concern themselves with establishing the doctrine of Advaita (Nondualism). He also established the importance of monastic life as sanctioned in the Upanishads and Brahma Sutra, in a time when the Mimamsa school established strict ritualism and ridiculed monasticism. Shankara represented his works as elaborating on ideas found in the Upanishads, and he wrote copious commentaries on the Vedic Canon (Brahma Sutra, Principal Upanishads and Bhagavadgita) in support of his thesis. The main opponent in his work is the Mimamsa school of thought, though he also offers some arguments against the views of some other schools like Samkhya and certain schools of Buddhism that he was partly familiar with.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chinmaya Mission Trust
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 8175973307
• ISBN 13: 9788175973305
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 165