Author: D VenugopalPublisher: Bharatiya Vidya BhavanYear: 2012Language: EnglishPages: 324ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788172764579
Description
The title, “Vedänta, the solution to our fundamental problem”, will immediately raise the following questions in the mind of the readers. The first is, “What exactly is Vedänta? The others are, “What is considered to be our basic problem and how does Vedänta solve it?” While the entire book addresses these questions, they can also be briefly answered. Veda is a body of revealed knowledge handed down by teaching through countless generations to us. The latter portion of Veda is singled out as Vedänta owing to the uniqueness of its subject matter, which is self-knowledge. What self-knowledge can solve is self-ignorance and self-ignorance is the cause of our primary problem of insecurity and unhappiness.COMMENTSVenugopal is able to present the subject matter in all its details and subtlety. His unfolding of the vision is thorough and deft. He not only unfolds but analzes with precision. His successful use of scholarship brings depth to his work. He makes the vision and all the related topics, immediate to the careful reader. I am sure that this book will be well received. = Pujya Swami Dayananda SaraswatiSwami Paramarthananda: I congratulate Sri Venugopal for bringing out this excellent manual, covering all important topic. I recommend this book to all spiritual seekers who want to study Vedanta in a systematic way.= Swami Paramarthananda:Swami Siddhabodhananda: This is an admirable piece of authentic work, which is true to the sampradaya. I recommend that all may make the best use of it. = Swami Siddhabodhananda:
Contents
Contents PrefacePrayer, mangalacarana1. Introduction2. Our fundamental problem 3. We are the problem but we lack self-knowledge4. Vedänta is the means for self-knowledge5. We have to be qualified to gain self-knowledge6. Preparing the mind for self-knowledge7. We have to learn Vedänta from a qualified guru8. Enquiry into the self as the subject9. Analysis of the subject in its three states of experience10. Enquiry into Jiva, the living being11. The revelation about Brahman12. Brahman as the cause of the manifestation13. Analysis of the cause and the effect14. Resolution of the Jiva the jagat and Isvara into Brahman15. Understanding Isvara16. Tattvamasi 17. The divergent views18. Gaining Jnana-nistha19. Jévan-mukta20. MangalamAppendixAccessing the teaching