Publisher |
DK Print World Ltd |
Publication Year |
2006 |
ISBN-13 |
9788124603529 |
ISBN-10 |
8124603529 |
Binding |
Hardcover |
Number of Pages |
104 Pages |
Language |
(English) |
Weight (grms) |
400 |
The question of the relationship between the ultimate reality of the universe, and its proximate reality as experienced by us, is apt to boggle the mind, given the vastness of the dimensions involved. The distinction between it and us is like the difference between an avalanche and a snowflake. Nevertheless, the Hindu school of philosophy, known as Advaita Vedanta, tries to render it comprehensible at the level of the individual by pressing everyday analogies into service. One such analogy is suggested by our experience in life when we momentarily mistake a piece of seashell for a piece of silver. Advaita Vedanta then proceeds to employ this pivotal analogy to explore the various dimensions of the relationship of the individual to the world, to the ultimate reality, and of the ultimate reality to the world. This book uses this metaphor as a window which opens out into the world of Advaita Vedanta.
Arvind Sharma
Dr Arvind Sharma was appointed Associate Professor in the Faculty of Religious Studies at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, in 1987, where he is now the Birks Professor of Comparative Religion. His previous books include Our Religions, Hinduism and Its Sense of History and Gandhi: A Spiritual Biography, among others.
Arvind Sharma
DK Print World Ltd