What is Hinduism? The Essential Swami Ramdas The Essential Vedanta A Guide to Hindu Spirituality Timeless in Time Lamp of Non-Dual Knowledge/Cream of Liberation Tripura Rahaysa

slide 3 of 7 The Essential Vedanta is the only comprehensive introduction to Advaita Vedanta that traces the history of this tradition by means of primary sources. The sources (in translation) are drawn from Sanskrit texts by some of the most important Advaitic thinkers. The editors have filled in the appropriate background materials to make this a book through which readers can understand Advaita Vedanta both in terms of cultural history and philosophy. The book reveals the classical form of this great tradition of thought, showing how it actually functioned in Indian culture, and demonstrates its distinctive philosophical achievements. "[This book] is overall an excellent collection of Advaita philosophic literature, much of it quite inaccessible in translation (even some of the extant translations are now difficult to obtain), and ought to be in the library of everyone interested in the study of Indian philosophy." —Richard Brooks, writing in Philosophy East and West