Vedanta and Advaita - Information Sources

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Greetings Advaitins:

 

Here is a brief list of Web Sites, Books, Articles and Quotes on Vedanta

and Advaita. Everyone is welcome to provide information that meets the

scope of Advaitin List.

 

Hari Om!

 

Ram Chandran

 

(1) Preview of Vedantic Doctrines including views of Gaudapada:

URL: http://www.philo.demon.co.uk/vedanta.htm

 

Organized Topics include:Vedanta, The Theist Revolt, Brahma Sutra, The

Karika,

The Great Teachers, Shankara, Ramanuja, THE SEVEN IMPOSSIBLE TENETS,

Madhva

 

(2) The Advaita Vedânta Home Page

URL: http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~vidya/advaita/

 

Summary: Maintained by S. Before you start, please take a look at

the transliteration key . Do not be put off by capital letters in

the middle of words. They are there for a reason. This site is an

attempt at providing an

easy and structured introduction to the philosophy of advaita vedAnta,

as taught by SankarAcArya and his followers.

 

(3) An Excellent Book for a rigorous review of Advaita

 

The Builders of Indian Philosophy: T.M.P. Mahadevan. No. 13211

Summary: A practical Advaitin by training and temperament, T.M.P.

Mahadevan enriched the Vedic tradition through analysis, explanation,

and interpretation of Advaita in all his writings and lectures. He

interpreted the culture and philosophy of India not only to his own

people, but also to academics and non-academics outside India.

A number of Vedantic books can be purchased at:

URL: http://www.vedamsbooks.com/

 

(4) Biographies of Hindu saints and Advaita

URL: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8107/index.html

 

Summary: Created: August 15, 1996. Updated: November 20, 1997.

AUM TAT SAT Biographies of Saints and writings on

spirituality About Biographies Thoughts Contact

Information This page is about my thoughts on spiritual practices based

on experiences, though I have included biographies of various saints.

 

(5) Living Wholeness: Great Quotes

URL: http://www.wholeness.com/quotes/vedas.html

 

Summary: "Yoga becomes firmly established when it has been respectfully

and repeatedly cultivated for along time. --Bhagavad-Gita, 2.40. Satyam

bruyat priyam bruhat.

 

(6) Kanchi Kamakoti Peetem (Mutt Established by Sankara)

url http://www.kamakoti.org/

 

Summary: Good works cannot give a man salvation, for good works have no

validity or meaning except in the world of space and time. Ishvara and

Karma, like things and selves, belong to the esoteric doctrine of

Vedanta as adapted to the needs of common man; in the esoteric or secret

doctrine, soul and Brahman are one, never wandering,never dying, never

changed.

 

(7) A WEB Page on Shankara

URL: http://www.ece.uc.edu/~cchetput/sankara.html

Summary: The Incarnation of Shiva by Jeffrey Wallace Originally

published in "The Clarion Call" by The Gaudiya Vaisnava Society. Ours

is an age of inquiry into the secrets of the cosmos and life itself. As

intelligent people, we yearn to know what is beyond.

 

(8) Another WEB Page on SANKARA

URL: http://blizzard.rsl.ukans.edu/~pkanagar/divine/saints/sankara.htm

Summary: Just as the snake is superimposed on the rope, this world and

this body are superimposed on Brahman or the Supreme Self.

 

(9) ADVAITA VEDANTA AN INTRODUCTION (An excellent review article)

URL: http://www.angelfire.com/co/advaitavedanta/

 

Summary: HARI OM AJNANATIMIRINTASYA JNANANJANASALAKAYA CAKSHURUNMILITAM

YENA TASMAI SRIGURAVE NAMAH ADVAITA VEDANTA AN INTRODUCTION This paper

has been prepared during a visit to Denver, U.S.A. by one ( D. Krishna

Ayyar) who has been a student of Advaita Vedanta at Chennai, India.

 

(10) Asian Religious Traditions - An academic and historical analysis.

URL: http://www.religion.ucsb.edu/academic/catalog/udasian.html

 

Summary: A historical analysis of the major components of premodern

Japanese ideology through investigation of texts, institutions, and

rituals. A survey of contemporary studies about the nature and function

of religious symbol and language.