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Shankara, also known as Adi Shankaracharya, was an Indian philosopher and theologian associated with Advaita Vedanta. He argued that ultimate reality is nondual Brahman and that liberation comes through knowledge that the individual self is not separate from that reality. Influential commentaries at...

Ramanuja was a prominent philosopher of medieval India. He developed Vishishtadvaita Vedanta, a school of thought emphasizing qualified non-dualism within the context of devotional worship of Vishnu. His work significantly shaped Hindu theology and remains influential for scholars studying Indian ph...

This focuses specifically on the philosophical content within Waking Up. For the user who has mastered basic breathing and is now ready to tackle the 'What is consciousness?' questions, these modules provide the necessary intellectual scaffolding. It treats meditation as a rigorous academic pursuit,...

Madhvacharya was a 13th-century Indian philosopher and religious teacher who founded the Dvaita, or dualist, school of Vedanta. He taught that the supreme God Vishnu, individual souls, and material reality are eternally real and fundamentally distinct, rejecting the nondual interpretation associated...

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian philosopher and statesman who served as the first Vice President of India and the second President from 1962 to 1967. He was an influential academic who held the Spalding Chair of Eastern Religions and Ethics at the University of Oxford. Radhakrishnan is recogn...

Sri Aurobindo was an Indian philosopher, poet, nationalist, and spiritual teacher who developed the system known as Integral Yoga. After participating in the movement against British colonial rule, he settled in Pondicherry and devoted himself to philosophical writing and spiritual practice. His maj...