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This book is an amplification of the Honorary Reader-ship Lectures on 'The Philosophy of Bhaskara' delivered by me under the auspices of the University of Madras. The philosophy of Bhedabheda claims, like all other Vedantic schools, the authority of immemorial tradition; but it has become a forgotten chapter in the history of Vedantic thought. Bhedabheda exhibits two distinct types represented mainly by the systems of Bhaskara and Yadavaprakasa. It is midway, ...
The Philosophy of Visistadvaita by P N. Srinivasachari lucidly lives a critical, clear and comprehensive exposition of the central features of the philosophy of Visistadvaita and its relation to other schools of Vedãnta. It accepts the reality of God, individual souls, and the universe. It has at the same time, a synthetic insight into the essentials of other Daráana-s and reconciles the opposition between monism and pluralism.
The Adyar Libary and Research Centre was founded in 1886 by Henry Steel Olcott, first President of the Theosophical Society, for research in Eastern Civilization, philosophy and Religion. Its aim is to promote understanding among the proples of the world respective cultures.
The collections of the Library consist of about 18,000 manuscripts, containi9ng about 45,000 works, both palm-leaf and paper, and some 2,00,000 printed volumes. The manuscripts are mostly ...
The word tapas, derived from the root tap ‘to generate heat’, is generally recognised in the sense of some prescribed act of afflicting the physical body, senses and mind, in order to destroy desire (tapah krcchradikaram; vaidham klesa-janakam karma; kamanasanam tapah; etc.). Professor Minoru Hara, has taken up for study this spiritual subject in his paper ‘Tapas in the Bhagavadgita’. While analysing the contents of the verses thereof the ...