Contents | |
Part I | |
Adi Sankara’s Life History and Universality (P.9) | |
Part II | |
1. Relevance to Modern Times | |
Greatness of Guru | 39 |
A Colossus in the Spiritual Firemament | 41 |
Sankara Lives Today | 42 |
Eternal Relevance of Sankara’s Legacy | 43 |
Sankara and Western Spiritual Tradition | 46 |
Is Sankara’s Philosophy Modern? | 49 |
2. World Teacher | |
Sankara, the World Teacher | 53 |
Teacher Extraordinaire | 55 |
Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada: Commentator Par Excellence | 56 |
Realism in Sankara | 60 |
On the Upanishads | 63 |
Sankara on Gita | 65 |
Sankara and Modern Science | 68 |
Brahma Satyam Jagan Mithya | 72 |
Sankara’s Practical Reforms | 74 |
3. Universal Benefactor | |
Sankara, the Universal Benefactor | 75 |
Superhuman Achievements | 77 |
Sankara: The Proto-Einstien | 78 |
Sankara’s Criticism of Sankhya | 81 |
Search for Reality | 88 |
The Unique Teaching | 92 |
Adi Sankara Propunded the Religion | 95 |
4. Brilliant Leader | |
Sankara, the Brilliant Leader | 99 |
Sparkling Leasership | 101 |
A Beacon Light to Managers | 102 |
The Spiritual Leader | 107 |
The Spiritual General | 111 |
Sankara’s Virtues in Spiritual Management | 114 |
Management and Leadership style | 120 |
5. Marvellous Poet | |
Sankara, a Marvellous Poet | 125 |
Poet of a Very High Order | 127 |
Adi Sankara, the Peerless Poet | 128 |
Thoughts on sankara’s Poetry | 133 |
Poet or Philosopher? | 136 |
The Poetic Genuius of Sankara | 139 |
The First Verse of Bhaja Govindam | 146 |
Manishapanchakam | 148 |
6. Ocean of Mercy | |
Sankara, the Ocean of Mercy | 149 |
His Heart Was Full of Compassion | 151 |
His Merciful Life | 152 |
Embodiment of Service | 158 |
An Ocean of Compassion | 163 |
Acharya’s Glorious Call | 167 |
The Sadguru, Mercy Incarnate | 171 |
7. Great Yogisvara | |
Adi Sankara, the Great Yogisvara | 175 |
Sri sankara’s Yogic Power | 177 |
New Sankara Commentary | 178 |
Sankara and Yoga | 180 |
Originality of the Vivarana | 185 |
Devition to Lord | 187 |
The Swing towards Advaita | 190 |
The Sublime Path of Yoga | 192 |
8. Glorious Digvijaya | |
Glorious digvijaya | 197 |
Sankara’s Most Useful Peripatetic years | 199 |
Veda Vyasa and Sankara | 200 |
Sankara and Kumarila | 201 |
disciples of Sankara | 203 |
Mandana Misra and Sankara | 207 |
Ubhaya Byharati’s Challenge | 210 |
Sankara Attains Siddhi at Kailas | 212 |
Imagery in Sankara Digvijaya | 214 |
Sankara, the Legend | 217 |