Laghu Vasudevamananam is the condensation of a larger treatise Vasudevamananam attributed to Vasudeva Yati.
Laghu Vasudevamananam is a vade mecum of Advaitic metaphysics. The analysis is thorough, neat, precise. The cause of all human misery is traced, stage by stage, to Ajnana or ignorance. And it is underlined that no word or deed can exorcise Ajnana which vanishes in toto only when supreme knowledge dawns. The desiderata for the seeker of knowledge are then specified and the technique of investigation is described. The distinction between self and non-self, the nature of superimposition, the nexus between Jivatman and Paramatman, the three states of consciousness, the five sheaths, the three bodies, are all explained clearly. How the Mahavakyas like Tat Tvam Asi are to be interpreted and how Brahman is to be realized as Sat-chit-ananda are next elucidated. The logic is razor-sharp and no loose ends are left anywhere. So when the author concludes with the challenging declaration, 'There is nothing more to be said or heard', we gladly nod assent.
This English translation of Laghu Vasudevamananam is the last scholarly work of Swami Tapasyanandaji Maharaj, who has enriched our religio-philosophic literature with so many admirable translations and critical notes during his long dedicated life of nearly nine decades. -Publisher
Laghu Vasudevamananam
ISBN10: 8171206298
ISBN13: 9788171206292
Title: Laghu Vasudevamananam
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Author(s): Swami Tapasyananda
Published Year: Unknown
Page Count: 151
Condition: New
Tags: Laghu Vasudeva Mananam, Laghuvasudeva, Sankaracarya, Sat-Chit-Anand, Atma, Bhakti