We apologise for our long absence from this site, but our local internet providers are living in another century, and we still cannot get broadband in our admittedly rural area.

We have two new works to add to the site:

"The Word of the Guru", which combines a biography of Narayana Guru with an introduction to the philosophical, cultural and historical context of Advaita.

"The Autobiography of an Absolutist", which is an autobiography of Nataraja Guru collated from short magazine articles published over many years. It can be of great help in understanding the background which produced his philosophical writings.

WELCOME TO THE ADVAITAVEDANTA WEBSITE

Advaita Vedanta has been the mainstream of philosophy in India for the last thousand years. Two of its most important representatives in the twentieth century were Narayana Guru (1854-1928) and his successor, Dr. Nataraja Guru, B.A., M.Sc., D.Lit. (Sorbonne) etc. (1895-1973), founder of the Narayana Gurukula. On this site you will find their most important works: commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita, on Narayana Guru's Darsana Mala - the Integrated Science of the Absolute - and last but not least, a series of commentaries, notes and structural diagrams relating to the Saundarya Lahari. This enigmatic work by Sankara, the founder of Advaita Vedanta in its present form, was the focus of Nataraja Guru's attention during his final years. In his commentaries he fully develops the structural methodology which is perhaps his major contribution to the philosophy of science, and indeed to all of science, when its implications are fully understood. Tantra, Yoga, Vedic ritualism and the idiom of Sanskrit poetry are used as structural elements to express Advaita philosophy in a proto-linguistic, non-verbose schematic language which has universal application. Shorter works, consisting of essays and articles on a multitude of subjects, are also to be found on this site. More information can be found on the Content page . Any comments, questions etc. - please contact us - mailto This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it For more detailed information use our search engine on the upper right-hand corner of this page.

GO TO CONTENTS/SHORTER WORKS FOR NEW WORKS ON STRUCTURAL METHODOLOGY, EDUCATION, ETHICS, ECONOMICS, WORLD GOVERNMENT, RELIGION AND SHORT POEMS BY NARAYANA GURU

NEW STRUCTURAL DIAGRAMS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO SAUNDARYA LAHARI SHORT COMMENTS AND TO DARSANA MALA COMMENTS 1 AND 2

OTHER NEW CONTENT:

COMPLETE COMMENTARY ON THE BHAGAVAD GITA

COMPLETE COMMENTARY ON ATMOPADESA SATAKAM OF NARAYANA GURU