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The authors are acknowledged experts within the field and have accordingly made an excellent selection of texts and provided them -- David Lorenzen in Journal of Asian Studies
The following reviews were written about the first edition A Source Book of Advaita Vedanta by Eliot Deutsch and J. -- Richard Brooks in Philosophy East and West
The learned editors deserve congratulations for providing us with a complete picture of the origin and the development of Advaita -- Dr. Debabrata Sensharma in Ex-director, Institue of Sanskrit & Indological Studies Kurukshetra University
[This volume] is a significant contribution, and is a great aid to the study of Advaita Vedanta from its primary -- Dr. P. Nagaraja Rao in Vedanta Kesari
he publication of this book is an event of the greatest significance for everybody who is interested in the history -- Marietta Stepaniants, Director of the Center for Oriental philosophies' studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
The following reviews were written about the first edition A Source Book of Advaita Vedanta by Eliot Deutsch and J. -- Richard Brooks in Philosophy East and West
The learned editors deserve congratulations for providing us with a complete picture of the origin and the development of Advaita -- Dr. Debabrata Sensharma in Ex-director, Institue of Sanskrit & Indological Studies Kurukshetra University
[This volume] is a significant contribution, and is a great aid to the study of Advaita Vedanta from its primary -- Dr. P. Nagaraja Rao in Vedanta Kesari
he publication of this book is an event of the greatest significance for everybody who is interested in the history -- Marietta Stepaniants, Director of the Center for Oriental philosophies' studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
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In 1971, the University of Hawaii Press published A Source Book of Advaita Vedanta, edited by myself and the late distinguished Professor of Sanskrit and Indic Studies at the University of Chicago, J. A. B. van Buitenen. The present volume, edited by myself and Rohit Dalvi, is basically a 2nd edition of the earlier work. Some changes and additions have been made in the selections from the Upaniads and new materials from Srihara have been added to the selections from the major Advaitic philosophers. In the preface to the first edition we noted that the purpose of this book is to help make possible a study of Advaita Vedanta in its classical form as this great tradition of thought actually functioned in Indian culture and as this tradition represents distinctive philosophical achievements. We are concerned in short to understand Advaita Vedanta both in terms of cultural history and philosophy. We are presenting translations of selections from the major Sanskrit writings of some of the most important Advaitic thinkers, together with the appropriate background materials. We have not included in this work any material from the neo-Vedanta that has developed in India in recent decades (e.g., Vivekananda, Aurobindo, Radhakrishnan) as the literature of this movement, having been written in English, is readily accessible. In a collaboration of this sort the authors, while standing behind the entire work, have naturally divided it into areas of special individual responsibility. Van Buitenen has worked primarily with chapters 1–4, and Deutsch with chapters 5–21. The authors are extremely grateful to the publishers of the selected Sanskrit translations for their permission to use material previously published by them.
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From the viewpoint of an interested layman, and not an academic, I find this book to be most accessible. While many technical Sanskrit terms are used, their meaning is thoroughly and clearly explained both in the text and the glossary. I had no trouble following the text at all.
Such a comprehensive collection of translations from the primary sources in a single volume is a marvelous achievement. The clarity is wonderful. This volume will provide food for contemplation for many years. Over the years I have come to trust the quality of the publications of World Wisdom. This excellent translation of the the source works and selections from the teachings of the major advaitic philosophers was no exception. I especially appreciated the last chapter summary of the basic principles of Advaita Vedanta (metaphysics, meta- psychological, epistemological, and axiological.) In fact, I would recommend that the knowledgeable reader start with this final chapter.
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