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Brahma Sutras - According To Sri Ramanuja (Book Jackets May Vary) Hardcover – October 13, 2012

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Badarayana's Brahma Sutras systematize the teachings of the Upanishads. These, along with the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita, form the prasthana traya (the three canonical texts of Divine Philosophy) especially of the Vedanta schools. Sri Ramanuja elucidated these sutras from a theistic standpoint in his famous commentary, Sri Bhashya, This book contains the original text in Devanagari with English translation and extensive explanatory notes based on Ramanuja s commentary, as well as his other works, Vedanta-sara and Vedanta-Dipa, and later glosses on his writings. The introduction contains a comparative study of the commentaries of Shankara, Ramanuja, Vallabha, Nimbarka, and Madhava.
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    Advaita Ashrama
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    October 13, 2012
  5. Dimensions
    4.8 x 1.4 x 7.2 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    8175050063
  7. ISBN-13
    978-8175050068
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Advaita Ashrama; First edition, 7th reprint (October 13, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 512 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8175050063
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8175050068
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.16 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.8 x 1.4 x 7.2 inches
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Please note that this book is not a complete translation of Ramanuja's SriBhasya. Rather, it is an abridged version of it. The authors have made an effort to summarize this big and complex text, but I think they have left out a lot of important ideas. One example of it is the commentary on sutra I.I.13, which appears extremely reduced in this version, while in the original is a quite lengthly and interesting discussion of relevant topics. In addition to that, I have doubts about the interpetation of some of Ramanuja's ideas given in this summary. It seems to me that the authors are biased in favor of Advaita philosophy.

I would recommend looking for another translation. Unfortunately, there are not many options available in English.

That being said, the book is, even as a summary, a very dense one, and requires some previous knowledge on Vedanta. If you want an introduction to Ramanuja's thought in his own words, I recommend his work "Vedartha Sangraha", which is a little more accesible, smaller in length, and you can find online translated into English, for free.

A year ago I wrote a review of this book, and I wanted to update it, because in this year I have learned a lot and there are things that I thought it is important to clarify. I leave the original text below.

ORIGINAL REVIEW: This edition of the Brahma Sutras contains the text with the commentary by Ramanuja translated into English, as well as an introductory essay. In this introduction, the translators explicitly express their disagreement with Ramanuja's views. Since I don't know Sanskrit, I can't say if the translation itself is biased because of this, but it doesn't seem to be the case.

The commentary is a long discussion about what the scriptures (Unpanishads, Gita) actually say about several topics. Usually, the view of an opponent is presented first, and then refuted. It is not a philosophical exposition the way we may understand it now, but rather a sometimes tedious analysis of the scriptures, its meaning and its possible contradictions. Ramanuja's views about God, the nature of reality and the self are inserted in this analysis. Sometimes you have to go through pages and pages before finding them. Some previous knowledge of the Upanishads and Hindu philosophy is required, otherwise you may find the discussion very hard to follow.

I don't regret buying it because it has helped me to better understand the philosophy and theology of Ramanuja, but it is certainly a very dense text, and most of it has not been very useful to me.
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I was looking for this for a long time. Unfortunately, the book was very old and some of the papers had some kind of dye spill on them.
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