Exploring Ātman from the Perspective of the Vivekacūḍāmaṇi, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017

This book investigates the central metaphysics and epistemology of Advaita. Although the vastness of Advaita literature has grown to immense proportions, there has been a glaring lacuna in unraveling its philosophical, theological and religious implications. This volume undertakes a thematic search on the conception of ?tman in an all-important Advaitic text, the Vivekac???ma?i , and other supportive texts of the same genre. Walter Menezes aims to revive Advaita as a sound philosophical system by driving away the cloud of negativity associated with it, thereby opening a new chapter in the history of Advaita philosophy.

1: A Prolegomenon on the Vivekacūḍāmaṇi.- 2: Pratyakṣa-Paśyati Interrelatedness.- 3: Is Viveka a Pramāṇa in the Vivekacūḍāmaṇi?.- 4: The Fading Boundaries of Analysis and Speculation.- 5: Transcending the Method of Via Negativa.- 6: The Reality-Experience: A Mystical Dimension of Advaita.- 7: The Philosophical Underpinnings of the Vivekacūḍāmaṇi.

Walter Menezes is a Post-Doctoral Fellow of Indian Council of Philosophical Research (New Delhi), at the Department of Philosophy, Goa University. He was awarded a Gold Medal for standing first in MA examinations at Goa University, and obtained his PhD in Indian Philosophy from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai.