Aviva Robibo

The Guru Tradition (eBook, ePUB)

India's Spiritual Heritage

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Guru Tradition: India's Spiritual Heritage discusses the natures and roles of both the guru and the si?ya, or disciple, as depicted in the Upani?ads and Dharma Sastras. 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 who have impacted the spiritual fabric of both East and West -Ramakrishna Paramahansa, Sri Aurobindo, Ramana Maharshi, and Paramahansa Yogananda- are juxtaposed and discussed alongside this paradigm. This study is conducted from the perspective of Advaita Vedanta, the Indian philosophical system of nondualism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781793650009
• Artikelnr.: 74939026

Autorenporträt

Aviva Robibo, PhD, is a scholar-practitioner of Indian philosophy and religion and a certified teacher of meditation.

Inhaltsangabe

SECTION I: THE ANCIENT GURU TRADITION
PART I: INITIATION INTO SELF-KNOWLEDGE OR BRAHMAVIDYA
Chapter 1. Seeking and Approaching a Guru
Chapter 2. Self-Knowledge is Learned from the Guru
Chapter 3. Adhikarin: The Worthy Disciple
Chapter 4. Upani?adic Examples of Adhikarins
PART II: THE GURUKULA: LIVING WITH THE GURU
Chapter 5. Traditional Enrolment in the Gurukula
Chapter 6. Brahmacarya: Spiritual Studentship
Chapter 7. The Guru-Disciple Relationship
PART III: SADHANA: THE PRACTICE OF SELF-KNOWLEDGE
Chapter 8. Seva: Self-Knowledge Through Service
Chapter 9. Ha?ha Yoga and Pra?ayama: Self-Knowledge Through Austerities
Chapter 10. Svadhyaya: Self-Knowledge Through Study
Chapter 11. Dhyana: Self-Knowledge Through Meditation
PART IV: TRANSMISSION OF SELF-KNOWLEDGE: SANCARA
Chapter 12. Results of Initial Sadhana
Chapter 13. The Advanced Level of Sadhana
PART V: METHODS OF THE GURU
Chapter 14. An Outer Process of Evolution: Guru-Disciple Dialogue (
Guru-Si?ya-Samvada)
Chapter 15. An Inner Process of Evolution: Churning (Manthana)
PART VI: THE ARCHETYPAL GURU: AN UPANI?ADIC PARADIGM
Chapter 16. Guru Consciousness is Brahman Consciousness
Chapter 17. Guru: The Embodiment of Brahman Consciousness
Chapter 18. Yajñavalkya: An Archetypal Upani?adic 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)