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Advaitic Sadhana or The Yoga of Direct Liberation : Containing English Translations of Mandukyopanisad and Atma Bodha

S. S. Cohen, Motilal Banarsidass, 2011, Second Edition, xvi, 104 p, ISBN : 9788120831711, $30.00 (Includes free airmail shipping)

Advaitic Sadhana or The Yoga of Direct Liberation : Containing English Translations of Mandukyopanisad and Atma Bodha

Contents: Preface. I. Advaitic Sadhana: Introductory. 1. The qualified disciple. 2. Necessity of Sadhana. 3. Dhyana (meditation). 4. Pitfalls. 5. Samadhi. 6. The Sattic food. 7. Sadhakas. Conclusion. II. Mandukyopanisad: 1. Introductory. 2. Sruti I to XII. Book III-Atma Bodha: 1. Introductory. 2. Stanza 1 to 68. Index.

Advaitic Sadhana is an inspired trilogy that constitutes a thorough, practical guide on the path to Self-realisation. Book I has particular relevance to spiritual aspirants visiting Sri Ramanasramam, as it was written by the author in the 1940s for the sole purpose of making their visits meaningful. It throws much light on the practice of sadhana, especially meditation, and the insights and guidelines presented are as applicable now as when they were written.

Book II contains the well known Mandukya Upanisad with brief notes. This Upanisad is said to offer the briefest, clearest, and most practical study of the nature of man, or Atman (Self). Atma Bodha of Book III was composed by Acarya Sankara, the greatest expounder of the Upanisads. In sixty-eight short stanzas the celebrated author delivers the cream of Vedanta.

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