Asparsa - Yoga: A Study of Gaudapada's Mandukya Karika

The purpose of this book is to investigate the nature of the soteriology of the quest for liberation of Advaita Vedanta. The enquiry restricts itself to a concrete example of this tradition to illustrate the problem. There are two major areas explored in this study. The first involves the inter relation and interdependence of philosophy and religion. Gaudapada and his text are used to illustrate the synthesis of these two aspects within Advaita Vedanta.