William Cenkner
The study selects one way of understanding the guru in classical Hindu life in the belief that this articulation offers something normative for an understanding of guru in the wider Indian development and history. Sankara has been selected because he identified with the scriptural tradition of the Upanisads and the early Vedanta system. Moreover, Sankara's conception of guru continued for 1200 years, even into our times. The first of this book is drawn from texts ...