The Guru Tradition - Aviva Robibo

The Guru Tradition

India's Spiritual Heritage

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Buch | Hardcover
302 Seiten
2024
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-4999-7 (ISBN)
109,70 inkl. MwSt
In this book, the natures and roles of both guru and disciple—as depicted in the Upaniṣads and Dharma Śāstras—are discussed and further developed into a paradigm by which to comprehend the ancient and modern expressions of the Guru Tradition. This study is conducted from the perspective of Advaita Vedānta, or nondualism.
The Guru Tradition: India's Spiritual Heritage discusses the natures and roles of both guru and of the s śiṣya, or disciple, as depicted in the Upaniṣads and Dharma Śāstras. The entirety of this analysis, of guru and disciple, is developed into a paradigm by which both the ancient and modern Guru Tradition can be more thoroughly understood. Four pivotal gurus from the twentieth century (Ramakrishna Paramahansa, Sri Aurobindo, Ramana Maharshi, and Paramahansa Yogananda), who have impacted the spiritual fabric of both east and west, are juxtaposed and discussed alongside this paradigm. This study is conducted from the perspective of Advaita Vedānta, the Indian philosophical system of nondualism.

Aviva Robibo is an independent scholar of Indian philosophy and religion. She is a scholar-practitioner and a certified teacher of meditation.

Section I: The Ancient Guru Tradition

Part I: Initiation Into Self-Knowledge or Brahmavidyā

Chapter 1. Seeking and Approaching a Guru

Chapter 2. Self-Knowledge is Learned from the Guru

Chapter 3. Adhikārin: The Worthy Disciple

Chapter 4. Upaniṣadic Examples of Adhikārins

Part II: The Gurukula: Living with the Guru

Chapter 5. Traditional Enrolment in the Gurinula

Chapter 6. Brahmacarya

Chapter 7. The Guru-Disciple Relationship

Part III. Sādhanā: The Practice of Self-Knowledge

Chapter 8. The Practice of Self-Knowledge Through Service: Sevā

Chapter. 9 The Practice of Self-Knowledge Through Austerities: Haṭha Yoga and Prāṇāyāma

Chapter 10. The Practice of Self-Knowledge Through Study: Svādhyāya

Chapter 11. The Practice of Self-Knowledge Through Meditation: Dhyāna

Part IV: Transformation Through The Guru’s Transmission Of Self-Knowledge: The Purpose Of Sādhanā

Chapter 12. Results of Initial Sādhanā

Chapter 13. Advanced Levels of Sādhanā

Part V: Methods Of The Guru

Chapter 14. Guru-Disciple Dialogue (Guru-Siṣya Samvāda: An Outer Process of Evolution

Chapter 15. Churning (Manthana): The Inner Process of Evolution

Part VI: The Archetypal Guru: An Upaniṣadic Paradigm

Chapter 16. Guru Consciousness is Brahman Consciousness

Chapter 17. Guru: The Embodiment of Brahman Consciousness

Chapter 18. Yājñavalkya: An Archetypal Upaniṣadic Guru

Section II: The Modern Guru Tradition

Part VII: Four Modern Gurus: Their Self Realization

Chapter 19. Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836-1886)

Chapter 20. Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950)

Chapter 21. Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950)

Chapter 22. Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952)

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 160 x 235 mm
Gewicht 581 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Religionsgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Hinduismus
ISBN-10 1-7936-4999-5 / 1793649995
ISBN-13 978-1-7936-4999-7 / 9781793649997
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