The Vedanta-Sutras and their commentaries (including Srimad Bhagavatam): Volume

The Vedanta-Sutras and their commentaries (including Srimad Bhagavatam): Volume 1

Author : Jean-Christophe Perrin (Prakasatma Dasa)

What is Brahman and how the world came into being? What is life? How is Brahman the origin of everything and what is its connection with the world and the living entities? The Vedanta sutras written by Srila Vyasadeva answer all these questions, but since the aphorisms are vague and sometimes incomprehensible, they need a commentary to be understood. The merit of this book is to present and compare the different interpretations of the most essential commentators - Adi Sankaracarya, Sripada Ramanujacarya, Sripada Nimbarkacarya, Srila Madhvacarya, Srila Baladeva Vidyabhúsana - to delineate the views of Sri Badarayana Rsi. The import of the Bhagavata Purana is also considered since Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu considered the Srimad Bhagavatam the best commentary on the Vedanta sutras.

About The Author : 

Prakasatma dasa (Jean-Christophe Perrin) obtained a PhD in Religious Studies from Sorbonne University (France) and an M.A. in Philosophy from UQAM (Canada). He taught philosophy and comparative religion in Montreal for fifteen years (1986-2001). He currently works as a Christian priest in Charenton, a suburb of Paris. He is also a spiritualist in the Bhakti-Vedanta Tradition of India. Actively engaged in interreligious dialogue, he wrote several books on the subject, as well as on the history of ideas in the West.