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	Vedanta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is a principal branch of Hindu philosophy.
		Traditional Vedanta considered scriptural evidence, or shabda pramana, as the most authentic means of knowledge, while perception, or pratyakssa, and logical inference, or anumana, were considered to be subordinate (but valid).
		Consistent throughout Vedanta, however, is the exhortation that ritual be eschewed in favor of the individual's quest for truth through meditation governed by a loving morality, secure in the knowledge that infinite bliss awaits the seeker.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vedanta (1652 words)

	PHILOSOPHY AND LIFE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Philosophy is, therefore, the great art of the perfect life, a life where the common notion of it is transcended, and the Supreme Being, which is identical with existence itself, is realised.
		The Vedanta does not shut its eyes to the heart-rending conditions filling earthly life, nor does it pass uncircumspect about the body and the mind with their downward pulls towards empirical life, though the province of the Vedanta is supermundane.
		His Vedanta is the culmination of wisdom, an expression of the realisation of Brahman attained through philosophical analysis which is made possible by the absence of the distractions of the mind, consequent upon devout worship of Isvara.
	www.talkabouthealthnetwork.com /group/alt.yoga/messages/59424.html (1654 words)

	Vedanta: An Overview
		Vedanta is one of the world's most ancient religious philosophies and one of its broadest.
		Vedanta is the philosophical foundation of Hinduism; but while Hinduism includes aspects of Indian culture, Vedanta is universal in its application and is equally relevant to all countries, all cultures, and all religious backgrounds.
		A closer look at the word "Vedanta" is revealing: "Vedanta" is a combination of two words: "Veda" which means "knowledge" and "anta" which means "the end of" or "the goal of." In this context the goal of knowledge isn't intellectual—the limited knowledge we acquire by reading books.
	www.vedanta.org /wiv/overview.html (438 words)

	Vedanta, Sankhya, Lokayata - Hindu Philosophical Schools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		While the Vedanta school was theistic (believing in the existence of God), the Lokayata school was materialistic and atheistic (believing in the existence of only those things whose existence could be seen, heard, felt, tasted and smelt).
		The essence of Vedanta philosophy is that all human beings have souls (Atman).
		The doctrine of Advaita is central to Vedanta philosophy.
	hindubooks.org /sudheer_birodkar/hindu_history/vedanta.html (1920 words)

	Advaita Vedanta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Advaita Vedanta (IAST advaita vedānta; Devanagari अद्वैत वेदान्त; IPA [ədvaitə vé:dα:ntə]) is a most influential and probably the best known school of all Vedānta (literally, end or the goal of the Vedas, Sanskrit) schools of Hindu philosophy, the others being Dvaita, Viśishṭādvaita, and different varieties of Bhedābheda.
		It is like the philosophy of Samkhya, which says that the cause is always hidden into its effect—and the effect is just a transformation of the cause.
		Advaita Vedanta philosophy had a tremendous impact on the Hindu system of Tantra and also served to bolster Yogic (see Yoga) ideas of the ultimate Self, Brahman/Atman, being One.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Advaita_Vedanta (5765 words)

	Vedanta Philosophy
		Vedanta is the teachings of the Upanishads (the concluding chapters of the four Vedas), the Brahma Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita, and their commentaries by Shri Sankaracharya, the 8th century philosopher saint.
		Vedanta is that highest spritual knowledge knowing which, there remains nothing further to be known.
		Vedanta shows the way to eradicate these problems once and for all and enables man to attain the highest spiritual enlightenment, peace, happiness and freedom (moksha) from repeated births and deaths.
	www.vedanta-philosophy.com /page2.html (895 words)

	Vedanta Society of New York--What Is Vedanta?
		VEDANTA, however, is not confined to these scriptures alone; it includes all the spiritual teachings of the saints and philosophers in some form or the other that India has produced during the past five thousand years.
		Vedanta's TRUTH, or the ULTIMATE REALITY (or the popularly known word GOD) is the Sanskrit word Brahman (not to be confused with Brahmin, one of the caste of Hindu caste system).
		Modern VEDANTA is exemplified in the lives and teachings of Sri Ramakrishna, a great prophet of nineteenth century India (1836 - 1886), and Swami Vivekananda (1863 - 1902), his foremost monastic disciple.
	www.vedanta-newyork.org /vedanta.htm (644 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Vedanta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Vedanta (Vedānta) is an important branch of Hindu philosophy and is a form of Jnana Yoga (one of the four basic yoga practices in Hinduism; the others are: Raja Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Karma Yoga), a form of yoga which involves an individual seeking "the path of intellectual analysis or the discrimination of truth and reality."
		Traditional Vedanta considered scriptural evidence, or sabdapramana, as the most authentic means of knowledge, while perception, or pratyaksa, and logical inference, or anumana, were considered to be subordinate.
		More scholarly treatments include Theology After Vedanta, by Francis X. Clooney, Sankara and Indian Philosophy, by Natalia Isayeva, A History of Early Vedanta Philosophy, by Hajime Nakamura, and volume III of Karl Potter and Sibajiban Bhattacharyya's Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Vedanta (855 words)

	Philosophy
		Saiva Siddhanta is the philosophy of Southern Saivism.
		Philosophy is the self-expression of the growing spirit of man. The philosophers are its voice.
		The Vedanta is an amplification and fulfillment of the Sankhya.
	www.hinduism.co.za /philosop.htm (16004 words)

	Vedanta
		Vedanta is the system of thought embodied in the Upanishads (ca 1500-600 bce), which give forth the ultimate conclusions of the Vedas.
		Vedanta is also called Uttara Mimamsa, "upper or later examination," as distinguished from Purva Mimamsa, which concerned itself solely with the earlier portions of the Veda.
		Philosophy founded by Kanada (ca 300 bce) teaching that liberation is to be attained through understanding the nature of existence, which is classified in nine basic realities (dravyas): earth, water, light, air, ether, time, space, soul and mind.
	www.experiencefestival.com /vedanta (1869 words)

	Neo-Vedanta
		As a religion, Vedanta is the practice based on the combination of the philosophy and science for realizing our real nature as Divine Consciousness.
		The philosophy of Vedanta in general, and Advaita Vedanta in particular, maintains that there is only one Reality - Absolute Consciousness (also called as Brahman, Atman, God, or Self).
		Vedanta would surely be misunderstood if it were thought that it considers the universe unreal in the crude sense of illusion or Maya.
	www.geocities.com /neovedanta/a36.html (1263 words)

	What is Vedanta? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The Vedanta philosophy is drawn from the Vedas, which are the traditional Hindu scriptures.
		The end of the Vedas is the philosophical section, the "Vedanta," the portion known as the Upanishads.
		Vedanta is the chief means whereby each religion will have the incentive to practice tolerance and acceptance toward all other faiths.
	www.vedanticshorespress.com /what-is-vedanta.htm (996 words)

	October 1996 - Vedanta in Daily Life
		Vedanta is the only bold philosophy which dares call man God, not merely the son of God, or His servant.
		If the Vedanta philosophy is rightly understood and acted up to, then it will obliterate all evils that emanate from factional and racial prejudices.
		Vedanta encloses within its sphere all the religions of the world and is strong enough to make them all useful and enduring.
	www.sivanandadlshq.org /discourse/oct96.htm (1209 words)

	What is Vedanta
		Vedanta means "the final portions of the Vedas," and refers to those philosophical systems of Hinduism that take their inspiration from the Upanishads, the Brahma-sutras (or Vedanta-sutras), and the Bhagavad-Gita.
		The earliest known exposition of Advaita Vedanta is in Gaudapada's Karikas on the Mandukya Upanishad, but the most famous personage of this school-and the most influential of classical Indian philosophers was Shankaracharya (788- 820).
		This theory, although not the only Vedanta doctrine, is so popular among intellectuals in India that it is frequently and uncritically identified with Vedanta or with Indian philosophy as a whole.
	www.geocities.com /neovedanta/acxxv.html (1881 words)

	The Philosophy of Vedanta
		Vedanta is not a particular religion but a philosophy which includes the basic truths of all religions.
		It teaches that man’s real nature is divine; that it is the aim of man’s life on earth to unfold and manifest the hidden Godhead within him; and that truth is universal...
		In its insistence on personal experience of the truth of God, on the divinity of man, and the universality of truth it has kept the spirit of religion alive since the age of the Vedas (ancient scriptures).
	www.spiritualworld.org /vedanta/philosophy.htm (190 words)

	About Vedanta Centre
		Our philosophy is based on the universal teachings of Vedanta as expounded by India's 19th century mystic and world teacher, Sri Ramakrishna.
		Vedanta strives to be free from sectarianism and exclusiveness with an infinite scope for tolerance.
		Vedanta does not believe in converting from one form of faith to another, but it seeks to help each one to follow his or her own religious faith with whole-heartedness.
	www.vedantacentre.org /aboutvedantacentre.htm (671 words)

	Vedanta Philosophy
		Therefore, Vedanta does not say that the death of the body will end the attraction or the attachment of two souls; but as the souls are immortal so their relation will continue forever.
		Although this theory was known in the East by the ancient Vedanta philosophers, by the Buddhists of the pre-Christian era and by the Greek philosophers in the West, still it has received a new impetus and has grown with new strength since the introduction of the Darwinian theory of the evolution of species.
		Vedanta solves this difficulty by saying that each of these germ-plasms or germ-cells is nothing but the subtle form of a reincarnating individual, containing potentially all the experiences, characters, tendencies, and desires which one had in one's previous life.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext05/8rinc10h.htm (18036 words)

	Schools of Vedanta
		The Sutras (Brahma-Sutras) or aphorisms of Vyasa are the basis of the Vedanta philosophy.
		The Achintya Bhedabheda philosophy of Sri Chaitanya and the Siddhanta philosophy of Sri Meykandar.
		The Upanishads, the Vedanta Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita are regarded as the authoritative scriptures.
	www.hinduism.co.za /schools.htm (9848 words)

	Advaita Vedanta
		The Indian mystical philosophies and religions are concerned not so much with the manifest reality we see about us, but with the unmanifest Absolute Transcendent.
		In short, they are not a mental or analytical philosophy as we understand the term in the West, but rather a conceptual system for guiding yogic practice, with the goal being the complete transcendence of embodied existence.
		Perhaps the most important school of Indian spiritual philosophy, Advaita Vedanta originates from the writings of Gaudapada and Sankaracharya, who in turn were commentators on earlier scriptures such as the Brahma Sutra, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Upanishads.
	www.kheper.net /topics/Vedanta/AdvaitaVedanta.htm (572 words)

	Advaita Vedanta
		The key texts from which all Vedanta texts draw are the Upanishads (especially twelve or thirteen in particular), which are commentaries on the Vedas, and the Brahma Sutras (also known as Vedanta Sutras), which is in turn a work discussing the essence of the Upanishads.
		In Advaitic philosophy, the manifold nature of the phenomenal world and their ultimate unity is symbolized by Aum, considered to be the most sacred of Hindu mantras.
		Charges that his philosophies were influenced by Buddhism are criticized on the grounds that Shankara vehemently opposed sunyata ("negation of being") and believed that the unmanifest Brahman manifested itself as Ishwara, the loving, perfect being on high who is seen by many as being Vishnu or Shiva or whatever their hearts dictate.
	www.thaiexotictreasures.com /advaita_vedanta.html (2260 words)

	Godserver Alternative Health and Spiritual Directory: Godserver Magazine: Sri Chinmoy: The Vedanta Philosophy
		Vedanta means "the end of the Vedas"; indeed, this is purely a literal meaning.
		Vedanta's inner door is open not only to the highest, but also to the lowest in human society.
		The five cardinal points of Vedanta are: the Oneness of Existence, the Divinity in Man, the Divinity of Man, Man the Infinite and Man the Absolute.
	www.godserver.com /srichinmoyarticle.shtml (693 words)

	Readings and Links
		The philosophies of the mass movements are seen not as unique and formative, but largely as inconsequential surface phenomena.
		Fascinating combination of psychology, philosophy and sociology, with insights that can be carried over from political psychology to spiritual psychology.
		Middle Way philosophy is an extremely powerful, sophisticated and clear way to pacify fear, doubt, anxiety and aggression, to relieve suffering and find contentment.
	www.heartofnow.com /files/links.html (2025 words)

	Ethics of Hindu Philosophy by Sanderson Beck
		This worldly philosophy naturally ignored the goal of liberation (moksha) or simply believed that death as the end of life and consciousness was a liberation.
		The Vedanta Sutra, written between the 500 and 200 BC by Badarayana, is also called the Brahma Sutra since it discusses knowledge of Brahman (Spirit) and sometimes Shariraka Sutra because it concerns the embodiment of the unconditioned self.
		The Vedanta Sutra attempts to clarify the meaning of the Upanishads and is rather terse, but it has been made famous by the commentaries written by the great Vedanta philosophers of the middle ages - Shankara, Ramanuja, and Madhva.
	www.san.beck.org /EC11-Hindu.html (6835 words)

	Books on Scriptures and Vedanta Philosophy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Scientific treatment of Yoga philosophy describing methods of concentration, psychic development, and the liberation of the soul from bondage of the body.
		Essence of Vedanta philosophy -- wisdom of the Vedas, Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita in modern scientific terms.
		The great exponent of Vedanta makes clear the idea of the distinction between oneself and one’s body, mind, and the senses, which leads one to the goal of unlimited Knowledge, Existence, and Bliss.
	www.ramakrishna.org /bk_scrip.htm (858 words)

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		The ideal of renunciation as a form of knowledge, has been thematized only in the Advaita philosophy of Samkaracarya, the well-known ascetic thinker and writer of the 8th/9th century A.D. All other schools of thought subscribe to it as a high ideal, but it is not integral to their philosophy.
		The point of the present study is that the acceptance of comparative philosophy as a valid methodology is based on a disregard for the crucial and irreducible difference between two traditions, as shaped by philosophers in these traditions.
		This may be seen to be in direct contrast to the modern interpreters of Vedanta who seemed to have uncritically envisaged the possibility of revitalizing their tradition by incorporating new ideas in order to be in tune with the demands of the times.
	www.anandamayi.org /books/Bithika2.htm (10300 words)

	The Advaita Vedânta Home Page
		SankarAcArya is the most important teacher of the advaita school of vedAnta, and his commentaries to the upanishads, the bhagavad-gItA and the brahmasUtras define the parameters of advaita thought.
		However, it must be remembered that all vedAnta philosophy really goes back to the upanishads, and SankarAcArya is regarded as a pre-eminent teacher who continued the upanishadic tradition.
		The philosophy of advaita, literally non-dualism, is the premier and oldest extant among the vedAnta schools of Indian philosophy.
	www.advaita-vedanta.org /avhp (732 words)

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