Author: Natalia Isayeva
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438407629
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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According to Advaita-Vedanta, God or Brahman is identical with the inner self (the Atman) of each person, while the rest of the world is nothing but objective illusion (maya). Shankara maintains that there are two primary levels of existence and knowledge: the higher knowledge that is Brahman itself, and the relative, limited knowledge, regarded as the very texture of the universe. Consequently, the task of a human being is to reach the absolute unity and the reality of Brahman—in other words, to reach the innermost self within his or her own being, discarding on the way all temporary characteristics and attributes.
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
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Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1642
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Author: Andrew Rawlinson
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 678
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This is the definitive and complete book about a phenomenon which did not exist a hundred years ago, but is now growing rapidly and dramatically changing Western culture -- the rise of Western (mostly American) teachers, who fill the role of guru or master. A few books have appeared on some narrow aspects of this astounding phenomenon; this is the first book to survey the entire field. Encyclopedic in its scope, The Book of Enlightened Masters includes biographical essays on 140 spiritual teachers, giving their life stories and an account of their teachings. Yet it is also a user-friendly introduction, with a survey of the teachers and their teachings, a historical narrative of how and when the movement developed, and an evaluation of the issues raised by it. A century ago, there were no Western masters-no Westerners who were, for instance, Hindu swamis, Zen roshis, or Sufi sheikhs. Now there are many such teachers, with millions of followers. Starting from scratch, the West has produced its own spiritual teachers in traditions that until recently were utterly alien. And in the last quarter-century, a number of independent teachers have appeared, who belong to no single identifiable tradition. The Western masters have not merely transplanted the Eastern spiritual traditions to the West, they have transformed these traditions by their distinctively Western approach: innovative, entrepreneurial, and combining elements from previously unconnected Eastern traditions. The new teachers are changing Western culture by making available a view of the human condition which is new in the West but very attractive to large and growing numbers of Westerners, an approach Dr. Rawlinson calls"spiritual psychology". Spiritual psychology holds that human beings are best understood in terms of consciousness and its modifications, that consciousness can be changed by spiritual practice, and that there are enlightened masters who have done this and can teach others.
Author: Zambia. Library Services
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Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Author: Kalarikkal Poulose Aleaz
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Category : Advaita
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Study in the context of Śaṅkarācārya's Advaita Vedanta.
Author: Philip Samson
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN: 9780407727205
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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About 580 medical laboratory terms pertinent to the disciplines of hematology and blood transfusion serology. Definitions range from short to long. Also includes abbreviations, synonyms, cross references, and tables.
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 648
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Author: United States
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 9780874717853
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2600
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Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Subject catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
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Beginning with 1953, entries for Motion pictures and filmstrips, Music and phonorecords form separate parts of the Library of Congress catalogue. Entries for Maps and atlases were issued separately 1953-1955.
