Joël André-Michel Dubois is Professor of Humanities and Religious Studies at California State University, Sacramento.

"The central idea of a multifaceted braham in Śaṅkara's thought is original and will be well received." — Frederick Smith, coeditor of Modern and Global Ayurveda: Pluralism and Paradigms"The author's detailed descriptions of the actual pedagogical practices of contemporary Brāhmin training is a welcome contribution. One gets a real sense of the teacher-student relationship from this book." — Andrew O. Fort, author of Jīvanmukti in Transformation: Embodied Liberation in Advaita and Neo-Vedānta"[Dubois] captures the sounds, sights, and tastes of India's Brāhmin schools and centers of study, conveying a sense of what he calls the 'hidden lives' of young people who later emerge to carry on the tradition of advaita vedānta. In elegant, descriptive language, Dubois evokes the mood and energy of the daily life followed by these young men as they prepare for highly specialized careers." — from the Foreword by Christopher Key Chapple

• IllustrationsPronunciation of Sanskrit WordsForewordPrefaceAbbreviations1. Introducing Brahman: The Hidden Lives of Śaṅkara’s Vedānta TeachingPart 1: Envisioning Brahman 2. Attending to Brahman: Upāsana Practice Past and Present3. Learning Brahman: The Daily Life of the Brahmacārin4. Envisioning Veda: First-Person Declarations in Śaṅkara’s Upaniṣad CommentariesPart 2: Imagining Brahman 5. Conditioning the Mind for Brahman: Saṁskṛta Training Past and Present6. Perfecting the Life of Brahman: The Training of Saṁskṛta Paṇḍita7. Perfecting the Vedic Imagination: Imagery and Rhetoric in Śaṅkara’s Upaniṣad CommentariesPart 3: Perceiving Brahman 8. Thinking Deeply About Brahman: The Two Mīmāṁsās, the Lost Art of Yajña, and the Hidden Structure of Brahman9. Giving Up the Inconstant Brahman: Contemporary Saṁnyāsins and Aspiring Renouncers10. Discerning the Paradox of Veda: Ritual Activity and Insight in Śaṅkara’s Upaniṣad CommentariesConclusion: Brahman as Center and PeripheryAppendix: Diagrams of Key ConceptsNotesBibliographyIndex

Joël André-Michel Dubois is Professor of Humanities and Religious Studies at California State University, Sacramento.

"The central idea of a multifaceted braham in Śaṅkara's thought is original and will be well received." — Frederick Smith, coeditor of Modern and Global Ayurveda: Pluralism and Paradigms"The author's detailed descriptions of the actual pedagogical practices of contemporary Brāhmin training is a welcome contribution. One gets a real sense of the teacher-student relationship from this book." — Andrew O. Fort, author of Jīvanmukti in Transformation: Embodied Liberation in Advaita and Neo-Vedānta"[Dubois] captures the sounds, sights, and tastes of India's Brāhmin schools and centers of study, conveying a sense of what he calls the 'hidden lives' of young people who later emerge to carry on the tradition of advaita vedānta. In elegant, descriptive language, Dubois evokes the mood and energy of the daily life followed by these young men as they prepare for highly specialized careers." — from the Foreword by Christopher Key Chapple

• IllustrationsPronunciation of Sanskrit WordsForewordPrefaceAbbreviations1. Introducing Brahman: The Hidden Lives of Śaṅkara’s Vedānta TeachingPart 1: Envisioning Brahman 2. Attending to Brahman: Upāsana Practice Past and Present3. Learning Brahman: The Daily Life of the Brahmacārin4. Envisioning Veda: First-Person Declarations in Śaṅkara’s Upaniṣad CommentariesPart 2: Imagining Brahman 5. Conditioning the Mind for Brahman: Saṁskṛta Training Past and Present6. Perfecting the Life of Brahman: The Training of Saṁskṛta Paṇḍita7. Perfecting the Vedic Imagination: Imagery and Rhetoric in Śaṅkara’s Upaniṣad CommentariesPart 3: Perceiving Brahman 8. Thinking Deeply About Brahman: The Two Mīmāṁsās, the Lost Art of Yajña, and the Hidden Structure of Brahman9. Giving Up the Inconstant Brahman: Contemporary Saṁnyāsins and Aspiring Renouncers10. Discerning the Paradox of Veda: Ritual Activity and Insight in Śaṅkara’s Upaniṣad CommentariesConclusion: Brahman as Center and PeripheryAppendix: Diagrams of Key ConceptsNotesBibliographyIndex

Joël André-Michel Dubois is Professor of Humanities and Religious Studies at California State University, Sacramento.

"The central idea of a multifaceted braham in Śaṅkara's thought is original and will be well received." — Frederick Smith, coeditor of Modern and Global Ayurveda: Pluralism and Paradigms"The author's detailed descriptions of the actual pedagogical practices of contemporary Brāhmin training is a welcome contribution. One gets a real sense of the teacher-student relationship from this book." — Andrew O. Fort, author of Jīvanmukti in Transformation: Embodied Liberation in Advaita and Neo-Vedānta"[Dubois] captures the sounds, sights, and tastes of India's Brāhmin schools and centers of study, conveying a sense of what he calls the 'hidden lives' of young people who later emerge to carry on the tradition of advaita vedānta. In elegant, descriptive language, Dubois evokes the mood and energy of the daily life followed by these young men as they prepare for highly specialized careers." — from the Foreword by Christopher Key Chapple

• IllustrationsPronunciation of Sanskrit WordsForewordPrefaceAbbreviations1. Introducing Brahman: The Hidden Lives of Śaṅkara’s Vedānta TeachingPart 1: Envisioning Brahman 2. Attending to Brahman: Upāsana Practice Past and Present3. Learning Brahman: The Daily Life of the Brahmacārin4. Envisioning Veda: First-Person Declarations in Śaṅkara’s Upaniṣad CommentariesPart 2: Imagining Brahman 5. Conditioning the Mind for Brahman: Saṁskṛta Training Past and Present6. Perfecting the Life of Brahman: The Training of Saṁskṛta Paṇḍita7. Perfecting the Vedic Imagination: Imagery and Rhetoric in Śaṅkara’s Upaniṣad CommentariesPart 3: Perceiving Brahman 8. Thinking Deeply About Brahman: The Two Mīmāṁsās, the Lost Art of Yajña, and the Hidden Structure of Brahman9. Giving Up the Inconstant Brahman: Contemporary Saṁnyāsins and Aspiring Renouncers10. Discerning the Paradox of Veda: Ritual Activity and Insight in Śaṅkara’s Upaniṣad CommentariesConclusion: Brahman as Center and PeripheryAppendix: Diagrams of Key ConceptsNotesBibliographyIndex