Aparoksanubhuti: Self-Realization - Softcover

Aparoksanubhuti belongs to the series of works by SANKARA known as prakaranagrantha, i.e., specific treaties in verse and prose concerning basic points of Vedanta teaching that examine the great sentences (mahavakyas) contained in the Upanisads. In this series of treaties by Sankara, other works fundamental for the understanding of the Advaitavada or path of Non-duality include Vivekacudamani, Atmabodha, Upadesasahasri and Laghuvakyavrtti. Aparoksanubhuti means direct perception or knowledge of the Self and by extension the action or practice actualized to realize oneself as atman-Self, and therefore Self-realization. Because Aparoksanubhuti is based on jnana Realization (Knowledge), a text that appears as Sankara's Preface to the Svetasvatara Upanisad has been included in the Appendix because it promotes the right consciential position for one who wants to walk the Path of Knowledge. The translation and commentary by RAPHAEL adhere to the Advaita Tradition and offer a conceptual methodology appropriate to the Western mind; moreover, they adequately and properly stimulate the reader s consciousness to living a real metaphysical life. The book includes a transliterated Sanskrit text and a Glossary.