The Hidden Lives of Brahman

Uses both textual and ethnographic sources to demonstrate that in Śaṅkara's vedānta, brahman is an active force as well as a transcendent ultimate. Finalist for the 2014 Best First Book in the History of Religions presented by the American Academy of Religion Śaṅkara's thought, advaita vedānta or non-dual vedānta, is a tradition focused on brahman , the ultimate reality transcending all particular manifestations, words, and ideas. It is generally considered that the transcendent brahman cannot b