Madugula (79 results)

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Condition: New. pp. 229 1st Edition NO-PA16APR2015-KAP.

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Soft cover. Condition: New. Sankara was nothing short of a phenom during his lifetime and has been one ever since. His massive output during a short life span is mind-numbing. Among the tons of tomes written about him, there are none exclusively devoted to his literary skills. This book shows that, no matter what genre he chose to write in, he advocated undiluted (suddha) advaita from his folksy Bhajagovindam to the highly technical Saundaryalahari. The dozens of stotras that he composed in between, while apparently praising this or that deity, taught nothing but the one Reality called Brahman. Sivanandalahari is unique among the stotras in that all one hundred of its verses have a single unified theme-of jnana presented in the guise of bhakti-selfless, dedicated, whole hearted surrender to the Supreme. And the sheer beauty of his poetry is bliss per se. …

Soft cover. Condition: New. Some might say, with great justification, that is foolhardy to write another book about the perennial tantric-devotional classic Saundaryalahari which has an honored place in just about every Indian household, guiding the lives of worshippers and practitioners of Devi rituals ever since Sankara gave the finishing touches to Sri Cakra. Indeed, every verse of the poem has been thoroughly analyzed, the Tantra has been explained, and the supreme beauty of Devi, the consort of Siva, who is an integral aspect of His perfection and His performance. He is simply incomplete without Her. And they, together, constitute Universal Consciousness that is Brahman. My aim is rather humble. While it is true that just about every aspect of the poem has been written about already, it seemed to me that the preponderant philosophy of the text rather choked off its art the poetry. It makes me rather sad that the best Sankara scholars somehow overlooked the literary component of his profoundly beautiful poetic craft. Advaita shines through every poem that he wrote, with all the artistic devices that he employed serving the single unwavering message tat tvam asi, 'That you are!' Given this modest aim, a brief digest of the principles of Tantra, the tradition of Sri Cakra worship, the meanings of the thousand names of Lalita, and other general background information has been presented, so that readers would have a comprehensive picture of the genesis and provenance of the poem. Those devices are aplenty in his hymns, ranging from simple alliteration to complex metaphors, and basic sound effects to amazing syntactic patterns. His imagery is ever fresh, and his diction invariably provocative. The result is blissful poetry whose impact on the reader is indelible. In short, it makes the reader gobble up scores of his verses, and then come back for seconds. If Sankara wrote nothing but his hymnals, without exaggeration, he would be the foremost devotee, the foremost poet, and the foremost wordsmith in the whole of Sanskrit literature. This book is the third in the series Dr. I. S. Madugula of Austin, Texas has written on Sankara and his work.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. ISBN:9789359662060 N.A.

Condition: New. pp. 229.

Soft cover. Condition: New. ISBN:9789368534396 N.A.

Condition: New. pp. 229 1st Edition NO-PA16APR2015-KAP.

Condition: New. pp. 105.

Soft cover. Condition: New. ISBN:9789390713691 N.A.

Soft cover. Condition: New. ISBN:9789393214058 N.A.

Soft cover. Condition: New. Sankara was one of those rare teachers who emphasized the testing of theoretical postulates before people accepted their validity. He laid down the basic tenets of lofty advaita in a few instruction manuals (prakaranas) that, if followed carefully, would light the ordinary man's path to Self-realization. Four of those texts, Atmabodha, Aparoksanubhµuti, Upadesa Sshasri, and Vivekacudamani have been used in this third edition to highlight the essence of what the Acarya had to say, without recourse to his more profound commentaries. Sankara's instructions on the practice of self-discipline, the goal of the practice, and the resulting bliss have been organized under an alphabetical list of topics of common interest. Selected verses from the texts have been paraphrased and included under the appropriate heads. The purport of the verses has been restated to facilitate understanding. The sole purpose of this new edition is to make the book more useful to more people who are interest-ed in finding out who they are and what their place here on earth is, and what they can do to make themselves better human beings. The original life story of the saint still fascinates the reader.…

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Soft cover. Condition: New. ISBN:9789356763364 N.A.

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Hardcover. Condition: New. Some might say, with great justification, that is foolhardy to write another book about the perennial tantric-devotional classic Saundaryalahari which has an honored place in just about every Indian household, guiding the lives of worshippers and practitioners of Devi rituals ever since Sankara gave the finishing touches to Sri Cakra. Indeed, every verse of the poem has been thoroughly analyzed, the Tantra has been explained, and the supreme beauty of Devi, the consort of Siva, who is an integral aspect of His perfection and His performance. He is simply incomplete without Her. And they, together, constitute Universal Consciousness that is Brahman. My aim is rather humble. While it is true that just about every aspect of the poem has been written about already, it seemed to me that the preponderant philosophy of the text rather choked off its art the poetry. It makes me rather sad that the best Sankara scholars somehow overlooked the literary component of his profoundly beautiful poetic craft. Advaita shines through every poem that he wrote, with all the artistic devices that he employed serving the single unwavering message tat tvam asi, 'That you are!' Given this modest aim, a brief digest of the principles of Tantra, the tradition of Sri Cakra worship, the meanings of the thousand names of Lalita, and other general background information has been presented, so that readers would have a comprehensive picture of the genesis and provenance of the poem. Those devices are aplenty in his hymns, ranging from simple alliteration to complex metaphors, and basic sound effects to amazing syntactic patterns. His imagery is ever fresh, and his diction invariably provocative. The result is blissful poetry whose impact on the reader is indelible. In short, it makes the reader gobble up scores of his verses, and then come back for seconds. If Sankara wrote nothing but his hymnals, without exaggeration, he would be the foremost devotee, the foremost poet, and the foremost wordsmith in the whole of Sanskrit literature. This book is the third in the series Dr. I. S. Madugula of Austin, Texas has written on Sankara and his work.…