A thousand teaching: the Upadesasahasri of Sankara/ Edited by Sengaku Mayeda

An Introduction to the
Life and Thought of Sankara
I. The Life and Works of Sankara
II. Sankara's Central Doctrine and His Position in the
History of the Vedanta
III. Atman's identity With Brahman
A. Theological and Cosmological Approach
1. A Cosmological Proof of the Identity
2. Characteristics of Sankara's Cosmological View
3. Sankara's View of Gross Elements
B. Psychological and Epistemological Approach
1. Structure of the Individual
2. Psychology of External Perception
3. Semantic Analysis of Perception [
4. Psychology of Internal Perception
5. Four States of Atman
C. Exegetical Approach
I. The Means of Knowledge
2. The Sentence "Tat Tvam Asi"
3. An Exegetical Method: Awuayaand Vyatireka
4. Later Advaitins' Exegetical Method
5. Discontinuance of Sahkara's Method
6. The Sentence "Aham Brahmasmi"
IV. Transmigration and Final Release
A. Transmigration
B. Final Release
C. Transmigrator
D. Avidyd
1. Nature of Avidyd
2. The Locus and the Object of Avidyd
3. A Theoretical Defect in Avidyd
E. The Means to Final Release
F. Sahkara's View of Ethics
A Thousand Teachings
(Translation and Notes)

I. Metrical Part (Padyabandha)
1 Pure Consciousness (Caitanyaprakaratia
2. Negation {Pratisedhaprakararm)
3. The Lord {Jsvaraprakarana)[
4. "I"-notion [Ahampralyayaprakarana).
5 Suspicion of Urine (Mulrdsankaprakarana)
6 Cut {Chittvdprakarana)
7 Located in the Intellect (Buddhydrudhaprakarana) \
8. The N«^re of Pure Consciousness ^CUismrupaprakaren.)
9. Subtlety {Suk^maldprakaram)
10. Seeing (DrUprakarann), _
,1 The QnalUy of Being .he Beholder (fMr-unfroteronn) I
12. In the Sunlight (Prakdsasthaprakaram)
13. Eyelessness (Acaksuslvaprakarana)
14 Dream and Memory {Svapnasmrtiprakarana).
15 One Th^ng Cannot Be Another (Ndnyadanyatprakarana)
16. Consisting of Earth (Pdrtliivaprak.-raiui)
17 Right Thought (Samyahmaliprakarana) 1
18. Thou Art That (Taltvamasipraluirana) [
19. Annihiladon of Fever (Jvarandsaprakarana)
II. Prose Part (Gadyabandha)
1. How to Enlighten the Pupil (Sisyapralibodhanaprakararm)
2. Awareness {Avagatiprukaraiia)[254]
3. Parimvikhyana Meditation (Paiisavikhydnaprakarana)