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Pros

Book is a wonderful, clearly and engagingly written to understand the vast ocean of hindu philosophy. As profound as swami vivekananda. Must read for every indian. Provides a balanced view on hinduism.

The anthology in the book briefly gives shankara’s bashya or his commentary on the bhagavad gita, prakarana texts and the stotras. A great book to know adi shankaracharya and his works. Like many other english books published in india, this one too ha...  Read More

The philosophy of advaita vedanta first preached by adi shankaracharya is beautifully explained by author. Vivekananda expounded the scientific philosophy of vedanta.

Pavan the author, knows how to mesmerize the readers. Using words most appropriate for the idea to be conveyed. Pavan has given a treasure house of references at the end of each chapter.

because of maya, multiplicity ( jagat) is perceived.



Cons

The kanchi kamkoti peetham claims that adi sankara lived before the birth of christ. The author is a total zero on hinduism.

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This is also a good time to read this book because one can notice definitively that the shankaracharyas life and philosophy has...  Read More


What makes it even more interesting to the readers with scientific bent of mind is the chapter where the pavan verma draws corr...  Read More

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  • This product had a total of 371 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 25 2022.

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    The book is lucid but some chapter titles are not fitting content therein like chapter on audacity where i cant see any audacity of shankaraachaarya to denounce caste even the author also accept it


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    There no single incidence of showing shankaraachaarya to take lower caste person as his disciple unlike buddha who accepted many lower caste people to his sangha


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    It seems that in this narration gaudapada has been wrongly typed for govindapada


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    Comparing brahman with energy seems inconsistent


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    At about 25 “matter and consciousness says shankara are two separate realities” it is against the advaitic tenet brahman alone is


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    They seemingly separate from vyavaharic viewpoint


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    So the statement should be with a rider

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