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The following is an article contributed to the Vedanta Number of the Kalyana Kalpataru, Gorakhpur, in 1936. Readers interested in the subject are recommended to study Shankara's Bhashyas on the Upanishads, especially the Mandukya, Prasna, and portions of Brihadaranyaka and Chandogya relating to the three Avasthas. This book almost exhausts the merits of the Avasthaic Method and should be in the hands of every earnest student of Vedanta.
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Books You Ought To Read Vedanta or The Science of Reality By Sri K. A. Krishnaswamy Iyer, B.A., with a Foreword by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, M.A. This is a work dealing with the immediate Realization of Brahman by pure reflection on the witness of the three states. All Systems of Thought, Eastern and Western, are examined to prove the truths of Vedanta. 1991 III Edn. Pages 551 Avasthatraya or the Unique Method of Vedanta The first publication on the Method of the three states of Consciousness, to wit, waking, dream and deep sleep - which our Real Self transcends. A valuable introduction to the study of • Vedanta or the Science of Reality, (In your hand) 2006 III Edn. Pages 20 Salient Features of Sankara's Vedanta Although many books are very popular probably because their authorship has been ascribed to the great Sankara, they contain tenets in conflict with one another and the various doctrines contained in the three groups of works collectively called the Prasthana Trayi', indisputably ascribed to Sankara. As it is not easy for beginners to consolidate and discriminate for themselves the genuine Vedaritic doctrines, an attempt is made by the Swamiji to solve this problem. 1990II Edn. Pages 106 Intuition of Reality Another masterpiece from the pen of Shri Swami Satchidanandendra Saraswati, who has very ably illustrated as to how the Vedantic Knowledge is not mere subtle intellectualism, but it is an 'Intuition' of the Ultimate Reality arising through Divine Grace. The writer has incidentally refuted the oft-repeated assertion that Sankara's philosophy is an out-and-out rationalistic system and that he has provided no place for Iswara in his Advaita Philosophy. 1995 II Edn. Pages 114 Continued AVASTHATRAYA OR THE UNIQUE METHOD OF VEDANTA By Swaml Satchidanandendra Saraswati Serial No. 58 Adhyatma Prakasha Karyalaya Holenarasipur - 573 211, Karnataka, India ©: 91-08175-273820 First Edition Second Edition Third Edition 1938-500 Copies 1982-1000 Copies 2006-1000 Copies Pages:4+16=20 Price: Rs. 10/- All Rights Reserved DTP B y : Smt. Sudha # 1,11th Cross, 6th Main N.R. Colony, Bangalore-19 Tel: 65990721 Printed at: Sri Ganesha Maruthi Printers # 76, 6th Main, 3rd Block T.R. Nagar, Bangalore - 28 Tel: 26766342 (PREFACTORY NOTE) The following is a n article contributed to the Vedanta N u m b e r of the Kalyana Kalpataru, Gorakhpur, in 1936. R e a d e r s i n t e r e s t e d in t h e s u b j e c t are recommended to study S h a n k a r a ' s Bhashyas on the U p a n i s h a d s , especially the Mandukya, Prasna, a n d portions of Brihadaranyaka Chandogya and relating to the three Avasthas. This book almost exhausts the merits of the Avasthaic Method and should b e in the h a n d s of every earnest student of Vedanta. This small booklet was broughtout by the Pen of Sri Satchidanandendra Saraswati Swamiji before he embraced Sanyasa Ashrama. The stock of this book has been exhausted. Large number of readers including Foreigners are very much anxious that the book is re-printed. Hence The Karyalaya has now published this book. Readers are requested to support this effort and encourage the aims of the Institution. Holenarsipur. 4-12-1982. Thand