This erudite and wide-ranging anthology offers a panoramic view of Vedanta in Sankara’s own words, with selections from standard translations of his commentaries on the Upanishads, the Brahma-sutra and the Bhagavad-Gita-texts which together form the scriptural canon of Vedanta and an independent treatise, the Upadesa Sahasri, on whose authentically there is unanimity.

Her general and sectional introductions illuminate and demystify the esoteric concepts, providing a holistic perspective of Vedanta making it eminently accessible to the modern world.