Among the great treasures of Vedic knowledge is a branch known as Vedanta. Vedanta reveals the story of Brahman- the wholeness, totality of life, and its availability to humankind. It includes both intellectual understanding derived from its primary texts mainly the Upanishads, Brahma Sūtras, and Bhagavad-Gita as well as technologies of consciousness to unfold the experience of life in Brahman.
But the proper understanding of Vedanta has often been obscured, as translations and commentaries have become divorced from the actual experience of Brahman. As a result, Vedanta philosophy today is a purely intellectual and speculative philosophy with virtually no practical significance, and therefore useless and ineffective for those who aspire to the knowledge and experience of life's ultimate reality..
In Realizing Brahman, Dr. Sands explores Vedanta philosophy in the light of the teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, illustrating both its proper understanding and the practical technologies for unfolding Brahman in our lives. This easy-to-read exposition incorporates Maharishi's teachings on Vedanta into an enjoyable and easily understandable account, which anyone interested in the full potential of human life can comfortably enjoy.
The timeless Vedic wisdom is the oldest system of knowledge on Earth. It includes the complete understanding of every area of life, along with practical technologies for unfolding the full potential of both individual and society. Indeed, it is such a complete and comprehensive body of knowledge that enquiries of seekers from any culture or tradition can be freely directed toward it, with certainty that their answers lie within.
But the proper understanding of Vedic knowledge has not always been readily available. Throughout history, as the phases of time quietly shift from age to age, the interpretations of Veda and its literature often be-come mired in confusion and misunderstanding. It is an innate cycle, and Maharishi has spoken often of the waxing and waning of this precious science as a natural part of the landscape in which we live. In his commentary on the first six chapters of the Bhagavad-Gīta, Mahae rishi comments upon the inevitability of both loss and revival of Vedic knowledge:
The truth of Vedic wisdom is by its very nature independent of time and can therefore never be lost. When, however, man's vision becomes one-sided and he is caught by the binding influence of the phenomenal world to the exclusion of the absolute phase of Reality, when he is thus confined within the ever-changing phases of existence, his life loses stability and he begins to suffer. When suffering grows, the invincible force of nature moves to set man's vision right and establish a way of life which will again fulfill the high purpose of his existence. The long history of the world re-cords many such periods in which the ideal pattern of life is first forgotten and then restored to man.'
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