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BL
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643080
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Dubois, Joël André-Michel,1965-
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The hidden lives of Brahman : : Sankara's Vedanta through his Upanisad commentaries, in light of contemporary practice /\ Joël André-Michel Dubois ; foreword by Christopher Key Chapple
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| Series Statement
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SUNY series in religious studies
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xxi, 423 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9781438448053
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: 1438448058
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: 9781438448060
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: 1438448066
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Includes bibliographical references
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| Contents
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Introducing Brahman: The Hidden Lives of Śaṅkara's Vedānt Teaching -- Attending to Brahman: Upāsana Practice Past and Present -- Learning Brahman: The Daily Life of the Brahmacārin -- Envisioning Veda: First-Person Declarations in Śaṅkara's Upaniṣad Commentaries -- Conditioning the Mind for Brahman: Saṁskṛta Training Past and present -- Perfecting the Life of Brahman: The Training of the Saṁskṛta Paṇḍita -- Perfecting the Vedic Imagination: Imagery and Rhetoric in Śaṅkara's Upaniṣad Commentaries -- Thinking Deeply About Brahman: The Two Mīmāṁsās, the Lost Art of Yajña, and the Hidden Structure of Brahman -- Giving up the INconstant Brahman: Contemporary Saṁnyāsins and Aspiring Renouncers -- Discerning the Paradox of Veda: Ritual Activity and Insight in Śaṅkara's Upaniṣad Commentaries
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| Abstract
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"Using both textual and ethnographic sources, demonstrates that in Sankara's vedanta brahman is an active force as well as a transcendent ultimate"--Provided by publisher
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Śaṅkarācārya
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Brahman
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Vedanta
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Upanishads-- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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| LC Classification
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BL1124.57.D83 2013
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