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A tradition of teachers: Sankara and the Jagadgurus today (Record no. 22427)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	978-8120817630
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Classification number	294.561
Item number	CEN
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Personal name	Cenkner, William
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	A tradition of teachers: Sankara and the Jagadgurus today
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement	1st.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc.	New Delhi:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc.	Motilal Banarsidass,
Date of publication, distribution, etc.	1983
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent	xiv, 210 p.
Other physical details	bib., ind.
Dimensions	21 cm x 13 cm
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General note	Recommended By: Shailendra Raj Mehta<br/>-------------------------------------------------------
521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE
Target audience note	CONTENTS<br/> <br/><br/>NOTE TO 2001 EDITION vii<br/>NOTE TO 1994 EDITION ix<br/>INTRODUCTION xi<br/>LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xvii<br/>PART ONE: THE TRADITION<br/>ONE ANCIENT TRADITION: VEDIC AND UPANISADIC 3<br/> ROOTS 3<br/> The Teacher in the Upanisads 8<br/> The Guru-Sisya Relationship 15<br/> Pedagogy in the Upanishads 19<br/>TWO SANKARA AND TEACHING TRADITION 29<br/> The Nature of the Guru 32<br/> The Personality of the Religious seeker 45<br/> The Guru-Sisya Relationship 55<br/>THREE SANKARA'S PEDAGOGY IN RELIGIOS LIFE 60<br/> Self-Inquiry 61<br/> Triple-Method: Hearing, Reflection, Concentration 65<br/> The place of meditation 71<br/> Practice of meditation 77<br/> The Independence of Self-Realization 80<br/>FOUR THE TEACHING HERITAGE AFTER SANKARA 84<br/> The First Disciples of Sankara 85<br/> Works of the Late-Sankara 90<br/> Diversity within Advaita Vedanta 96<br/> The Threshold of the Present<br/> <br/><br/>03<br/>PART TWO: PRESENT DAY SANKARACHARYAS<br/>FIVE THE SANKARACHAYAS AND THE SEATS OF LEARNING 109<br/> The Vidyapithas Today 112<br/> The Pathasalas and Traditional Education 117<br/> The Present Sankaracharyas 122<br/> The Ministry of Sankaracharyas 127<br/> The Capacity of a Jagadguru<br/> <br/><br/>132<br/>SIX THE TEACHING OF THE SANKARACHARYAS 135<br/> The Dharma Path 136<br/> Themes of special interest 142<br/> The Supreme teaching: Advaita Vedanta 146<br/> The Exaltation of Adi Sankara<br/> <br/><br/>152<br/>SEVEN THE TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIP TODAY 154<br/> The Meaning of the Student Today 161<br/> The Experience of a Guru 168<br/> The Path of the Student 170<br/>EIGHT THE GURU IN THE MODERN WORLD 175<br/> Hymn to Sri Daksinamurti 175<br/> The Guru in the Historical Order 177<br/> The Guru in Modern Life 181<br/>BIBLIOGRAPHY 189<br/>GLOSSARY 202<br/>INDEX 209
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General subdivision	Gurus
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General subdivision	Sankaracarya
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General subdivision	Ancient Tradition
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General subdivision	Vedic teaching
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