Advaita Vedanta: Being the Self

Advaita Vedanta, the philosophy of non-duality, is one of Hinduism’s most brilliant pearls. It is reserved for seekers of Truth who want to know their own essence and aspire to liberation, or mokṣa. It proposes the path of knowledge called jñāna-yoga and its main tool is self-inquiry: “who am I?” This question is an expression of the highest and noblest spiritual rebellion. Vedanta restores our dignity and accepts us as the only authority on who we are. It says that our self-exploration might lead us to discover our own nature as the Self beyond time and space.

Prabhuji presents the principles of Vedanta that will help seekers take their first steps on this path. Rather than offering explanations or answers, he inspires us to inquire, doubt, and investigate our own essence. He tells us that every effort to achieve enlightenment is superfluous because we already are what we aspire to be. We simply need to turn our attention to consciousness itself and be the Self.

David, Ben Yosef, Har-Zion, who writes under the pen name Prabhuji, is an artist, writer, painter, composer, and avadhūta mystic. He was born in Santiago, the capital of the Republic of Chile, on March 21, 1958. When he was eight years old, he had a mystical experience that sparked his search for the Truth. Since then, he has devoted his life to deepening the early transformative experience that marked the beginning of his process of involution. For more than fifty years, he has been exploring and practicing various religions and spiritual paths. In his view, the awakening at the level of consciousness, or the transcendence of the egoic phenomenon, is the next step in humanity’s evolutionary process.

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Advaita Vedanta: Being the Self

Advaita Vedanta, the philosophy of non-duality, is one of Hinduism’s most brilliant pearls. It is reserved for seekers of Truth who want to know their own essence and aspire to liberation, or mokṣa. It proposes the path of knowledge called jñāna-yoga and its main tool is self-inquiry: “who am I?” This question is an expression of the highest and noblest spiritual rebellion. Vedanta restores our dignity and accepts us as the only authority on who we are. It says that our self-exploration might lead us to discover our own nature as the Self beyond time and space.

Prabhuji presents the principles of Vedanta that will help seekers take their first steps on this path. Rather than offering explanations or answers, he inspires us to inquire, doubt, and investigate our own essence. He tells us that every effort to achieve enlightenment is superfluous because we already are what we aspire to be. We simply need to turn our attention to consciousness itself and be the Self.

David, Ben Yosef, Har-Zion, who writes under the pen name Prabhuji, is an artist, writer, painter, composer, and avadhūta mystic. He was born in Santiago, the capital of the Republic of Chile, on March 21, 1958. When he was eight years old, he had a mystical experience that sparked his search for the Truth. Since then, he has devoted his life to deepening the early transformative experience that marked the beginning of his process of involution. For more than fifty years, he has been exploring and practicing various religions and spiritual paths. In his view, the awakening at the level of consciousness, or the transcendence of the egoic phenomenon, is the next step in humanity’s evolutionary process.

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Advaita Vedanta, the philosophy of non-duality, is one of Hinduism’s most brilliant pearls. It is reserved for seekers of Truth who want to know their own essence and aspire to liberation, or mokṣa. It proposes the path of knowledge called jñāna-yoga and its main tool is self-inquiry: “who am I?” This question is an expression of the highest and noblest spiritual rebellion. Vedanta restores our dignity and accepts us as the only authority on who we are. It says that our self-exploration might lead us to discover our own nature as the Self beyond time and space.

Prabhuji presents the principles of Vedanta that will help seekers take their first steps on this path. Rather than offering explanations or answers, he inspires us to inquire, doubt, and investigate our own essence. He tells us that every effort to achieve enlightenment is superfluous because we already are what we aspire to be. We simply need to turn our attention to consciousness itself and be the Self.

David, Ben Yosef, Har-Zion, who writes under the pen name Prabhuji, is an artist, writer, painter, composer, and avadhūta mystic. He was born in Santiago, the capital of the Republic of Chile, on March 21, 1958. When he was eight years old, he had a mystical experience that sparked his search for the Truth. Since then, he has devoted his life to deepening the early transformative experience that marked the beginning of his process of involution. For more than fifty years, he has been exploring and practicing various religions and spiritual paths. In his view, the awakening at the level of consciousness, or the transcendence of the egoic phenomenon, is the next step in humanity’s evolutionary process.


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ISBN-13: 9781945894008
Publisher: Prabhuji Mission
Publication date: 03/07/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 288
File size: 6 MB

Table of Contents

PREFACE    
INTRODUCTION    
CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS VEDANTA?    
CHAPTER 2: ĀTMA-VICĀRAṆA OR “SELF-INQUIRY”    
CHAPTER 3: THE SACRED LITERATURE    
CHAPTER 4: BRAHMAN    
CHAPTER 5: ILLUSION OR MĀYĀ    
CHAPTER 6: GOD (ĪŚVARA) AND THE SOUL (JĪVA)    
CHAPTER 7: THE WORLD OR JAGAT    
CHAPTER 8: THE CAUSALITY OF VEDANTA OR VIVARTA-VĀDA    
CHAPTER 9: CREATION ACCORDING TO ADVAITA    
CHAPTER 10: A SCIENTIFIC VIEW OF OUR PERCEPTION OF THE WORLD    
CHAPTER 11: THE PURPOSES OF HUMAN BEINGS OR PURUṢĀRTHAS
CHAPTER 12: THE FIVE AFFLICTIONS OR KLEŚAS    
CHAPTER 13: THE FOURFOLD SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE OR SĀDHANA-CATUṢṬAYA    
CHAPTER 14: THE DISCIPLINES ON THE PATH OF SELF-DISCOVERY    
CHAPTER 15: VEDANTIC EPISTEMOLOGY    
CHAPTER 17: CONSCIOUSNESS    
CHAPTER 18: LIBERATION OR MUKTI    
EPILOGUE    
APPENDIX: THE LIFE AND WORK OF ŚRĪ ŚAṄKARĀCĀRYA    

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