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3232Advaita Vedanta
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Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:42:33 +0000http://ramais.com/sri/wordpress/?p=89Introduction The advaita philosophy is not easy to explain briefly, and it is not my intention to repeat in a www home page what takes whole volumes for accomplished experts. I will content myself with providing a brief synopsis of the various aspects of advaita-vedanta. A very important assumption in all vedanta is that man suffers from bondage in the course of his life in this world.
]]>89Monastic Tradition
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Sun, 25 Dec 2011 15:39:16 +0000http://ramais.com/sri/wordpress/?p=92Dasa-nami-sampradaya The advaita tradition can be described in terms of two aspects – the textual/philosophical tradition of commentaries and sub-commentaries to thevedanta works, and the religious tradition of renunciation (sannyasa), which is emphasized to a great deal in Sankaracarya’s works. The two aspects are quite intimately related to each other – most of the notable authors in the…
]]>92Date Controversy
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Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:56:03 +0000http://ramais.com/sri/wordpress/?p=85Determining Sankara’s Date. An Overview of Ancient Sources and Modern Literature The Sources Placing Sankara in a period according to the modern calendar is a difficult problem. The official date accepted currently is 788-820 CE, and the Government of India celebrated the 1200th anniversary of Sankara’s birth in 1988. This date is largely based upon one traditional view prevalent in India.