{"product_id":"five-upanisads-isa-kaivalya-sarvasara-amrtabindu-atharvasira-9781931406260","title":"Five Upanisads: Isa Kaivalya Sarvasara Amrtabindu Atharvasira","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Upaniṣads are an integral part of Vedas, they represent a branch of the primordial Tradition and constitute the essence of \u003cem\u003eVedanta\u003c\/em\u003e itself. The expression \u003cem\u003eVedanta\u003c\/em\u003e (end of the \u003cem\u003eVedas\u003c\/em\u003e) should be understood in the double meaning of 'conclusion', as the Upaniṣads are the last part of the \u003cem\u003eVedic\u003c\/em\u003e texts, and of 'purpose', because what is being taught is the ultimate goal of Traditional Knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e The central theme of the \u003cem\u003eUpanisads\u003c\/em\u003e is the quest for the Ultimate Reality, they therefore represent Metaphysics in its real sense. This type of research is not an end to itself, for the Upaniṣads represent ways of contact and tools of realization; to this end they indicate a concise and complete sequence that concedes little or nothing to the analytical mind.\u003cbr\u003e The five \u003cem\u003eUpanisads\u003c\/em\u003e presented in this text - \u003cem\u003eIsa\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKaivalya\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSarvasāra\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAmrtabindu\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAtharvasira\u003c\/em\u003e - are commented extensively by Raphael. In his commentary, Raphael frames and broadens all the various points in the context of the traditional \u003cem\u003eAdvaita\u003c\/em\u003e (Non-duality) teaching, and thus provides the western mind with the key to the comprehension of their symbolic, figurative, and analogical language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaphael, (Āśram Vidyā Order):\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Raphael having attained a synthesis of Knowledge (with which eclecticism or syncretism are not to be confused) aims at 'presenting' the Universal Tradition in its many Eastern and Western expressions. He has spent a substantial number of years writing and publishing books on spiritual experience, and his works include commentaries on the Qabbalah, Hermeticism and Alchemy. He has also commented on and compared the Orphic Tradition with the works of Plato, Parmenides and Plotinus. Furthermore, Raphael is the author of several books on the pathway of non-duality (Advaita), which he has translated from the original Sanskrit, offering commentaries on a number of key Vedantic texts. After more than sixty years of teaching, both oral and written, Raphael has withdrawn into mahasamadhi.","brand":"Aurea Vidya","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874044154130,"sku":"9781931406260","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0dfc4a9f-93f0-4595-9a77-280e0938b164.jpg?v=1737981026","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/five-upanisads-isa-kaivalya-sarvasara-amrtabindu-atharvasira-9781931406260","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}