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SMS Chari's new book release details

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Krishna Kashyap • August 8, 2002 


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SMS chari's new book

The philosophy of the Upanisads, A study based on the Evaluation of the
Comments of Samkara, Ramanuja and Madhva - ISBN 81-215-1050-3

was released by Munshiram Manoharlal publishers. You can obtain the copies
from:

http://www.mrmlbooks.com/cgi-bin/bookware.cgi

www.mrmlbooks.com

the other book Advaita and Visistadvaita, a study based on Satadusani of Sri
Vedanta Desika is available from

http://www.ahobilamutt.org/bookorders/bkorder01.html  for $18 (note it is
cheaper to get it from this website instead of www.amazon.com where other
books of SMS Chari is also available -
search for Chari, you will also see other books such as:
The philosophy of the Vedantasutra, A study based on the Evaluation of the
Comments of Samkara, Ramanuja and Madhva  -

 The philosophy of the Upanisads,
**********************  Details **************
 The philosophy of the Upanisads:  Dr. Chari's scholarly work attempts to
make a dispassionate study of the philosphical passages of the fourteen
Principal Upanisads by giving due consideration to not only the comments of
Samkara, Ramanuja and Madhva, but more importantly the authoritative views
of Badarayana enshrined in his classic vedantasutras.  In the first part of
the book, he presents the important passages of the Upanisads along with
English rendering indicating the variations in the interpretation by the
three commentators and also discusses their philosophical implications with
reference to the vedanta doctrines developed in the post upanisadic period.
In the second part, he has attempted to consolidate the variety of
philophical thoughts scattered all over the Upanisads into coherent
doctrines under five broad subjects:

Brahman, Jivatman, jagat, sadhana and parama purusartha.

In the final chapter, he conclusively establishes on the basis of an
objective evaluation of the views of the commentators that the Upanisads do
not support the main tenets of Advaita such as the concept of Nirvisesa
Brahman, the identity of jivatman and Brahman, the phenomenal character of
the jagat and the doctrine of maya. The author maintains with sufficient
textual support that the nature of the philosophy advocated by the Upanisads
is theistic monism (savisesAdvaita). This book, which is the first of its
kind, presents an authentic and comprehensive exposition of the philsophy of
the Upanisads.

S.M. Srinivasa Chari is a Vedanta Scholar trained by eminent traditional
teachers. He did his PhD. from the University of Madras. His other published
works are : Advaita and Visistadvaita, a study based on Vedanta Desika's
satadusani;  Fundamentals of visistadvaita vedanta - A study based on
Vedanta Desika's tattva mukta kalapa;  vaishnavism - its philosophy,
theology and religious discipline; philosophy and theistic mysticism of the
Alwars; and the Philosophy of the Vedantasutra - A study based on the
Evaluation of the Comments of Samkara, Ramanuja and Madhva.




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