Advaita,which is the Plenary Experience,is not a system among the systems of philosophy or a cult among the cults of religion.It has been taught by great preceptors from time immemorial as the goal of all philosophical schools and religious persuasions.In the Book under description,there are articles contributed by various scholars on the Preceptors of Advaita belonging to the three periods into which the history of Advaita falls:(1).that of pre-Sankara teachers,beginning with Vasishta,(2).that of Sankara and his immediate disciples,and (3).that of post Sankara exponenets of Advaita.
About the Author
Romain Rolland was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his famous novel Jean Christophe.A musician and pacifist,he was much attracted by Vivekananda's Advaita and ideas of World Religion,and disturbed by the first world war,he decided to learn more and write about not only him but also his Master.He also wrote the life-stories of Leo tolstoy and Mahatma Gandhi.For a while he worked wwith the Red Cross to serve the suffering.His literary writings set new trends in world literature.Romin rolland's reputation as an idealist and free thinker made him welcome all over the world.
