Vedanta, Heart of Hinduism

by Hans Torwesten

Book Overview

Vedanta is the most encompassing and open of the six orthodox systems of Hinduism and is considered the quintessence of Eastern thought and mysticism. At the center of Vedanta lie the texts of the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita. Beginning with the premise that man is a divine being whose greatest source of strength is his intuition, Vedanta seeks not merely the accumulation of knowledge but rather the annihilation of all knowledge. Its goal is an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802110428
• ISBN13: 9780802110428
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Grove/Atlantic
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.