The Atman-Brahman in Ancient Buddhism Motilal Banarsidass I am happy to hear

I am happy to hear that this work which is in 14 volumes (in 6

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His most recent book is India s Agony Over Religion (State University of New York Press

We have very clearly seen in the life of our beloved Gurudev Paramahamsa Hariharananda the beauty of his spiritual wisdom

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The Atman-Brahman in Ancient Buddhism Motilal Banarsidass I am happy to hearThe thesis of this book is epoch making. While no one doubts that the Buddha denied the atman, the self, the question is: Which atman? Buddhism, as understood in the modern era, has taken this to be the universal atman taught in the Hindu Upanisads, equivalent to Brahman. However, what we find in the Buddha's words as recorded in the Buddhist scriptures is only a denial of any permanent self in the ever changing aggregates that form a person. In