Shankara on Enlightenment
Volume Six of the six-volume Shankara Source Book. Chapters: XIV. The Indirect Path XV. The Direct Path XVI. The Enlightened Man
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Volume Five of the six-volume Shankara Source Book. Chapters: XII. Adopting the Path XIII. The Veda and the Teacher
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Volume Four of the six-volume Shankara Source Book. Chapters: X. Refutation of Inadequate Brahminical Doctrines XI. Refutation of Non-Vedic World Views
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Volume Three of the six-volume Shankara Source Book. Chapters: VIII. The Soul and its Organs and Bodies IX. The ‘States’ of the Soul and their Transcendence
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Volume Two of the six-volume Shankara Source Book. Chapters: V. The Absolute as Creator and Controller of the World VI. The World and its Presiding Deities VII. The Acosmic View
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Volume One of the six-volume Shankara Source Book. Chapters: I. Sources of Shankara’s doctrine, his life and works. II. The doctrine of nescience. III.Knowledge of the Absolute. IV. The Absolute as Being, Consciousness, Bliss.
Read MoreAn Omnibus Tapas – the Pupil
What does a modern yet traditional teacher instruct his pupils to do in the midst of the rush and complexity of present-day life? I will give you a formula which can be adapted to meet so many needs that it might well be called an ‘omnibus tapas’, although I did not realise its value when…
Read MoreLiving In Truth
Adapted from the chapter Living in Truth from the book The Vital Spark Written in 1990 The writer recently visited Gothenburg in Sweden and the large amusement park which is a feature of the town. Such places are really temples of illusion, which exert an attraction to children of all ages, but there can have…
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How the authentic non-dual teachings and post-renaissance learning illumine and vitalise each other. Most of the chapters in this book were previously published by Shanti Sadan in 2000 under the title Yoga for the Modern World. For the present publication, a further chapter has been added and some minor revisions have been made. The author,…
Read MoreHow Can Non-duality Help Me Now?
This is the latest book by the Warden of Shanti Sadan. It focusses on questions raised recently by enquirers into the non-dual teachings, and answers that can help us on the way to inner discovery. There are chapters on: What is Non-duality? If Non-duality is True, Why is Meditation Needed? What is Faith According to…
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