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Schools Classical Advaita Vedanta Bhāmatī Vivarana Shaivism/Tantra/Nath Kashmir Shaivism (Pratyabhijna) Nath (Inchegeri Sampradaya) New movements Neo-Advaita Nondualism
Concepts Classical Advaita vedanta Atman Brahman Avidya Ajativada Mahāvākyas Satchitananda Om Tat Tvam Asi Three Bodies Aham Cause and effect Kosha Neti neti Kashmir Shaivism Pratyabhijna so'ham
Practices Guru Meditation Svādhyāya Sravana, manana, nididhyasana Jnana yoga Rāja yoga "Unfoldment of the middle" Self-enquiry
Moksha Moksha Anubhava Turiya Jivanmukta Sahaja
Texts Advaita Vedanta Prasthanatrayi (Principal Upanishads, Brahma Sutras, Bhagavad Gita) Advaita Bodha Deepika Dŗg-Dŗśya-Viveka Vedantasara of Sadananda Panchadasi Ashtavakra Gita Gaudapada Mandukya Karika Adi Shankara Upadesasahasri Attributed to Shankara Vivekachudamani Atma bodha Aparokshanubhuti Advaita-Yoga Yoga Vasistha Yoga Yajnavalkya Nath Avadhuta Gita Kashmir Shaivism Shiva Sutras of Vasugupta Pratyabhijnahridayam Neo-Vedanta Works by Vivekananda Inchegeri Sampradaya Dasbodh
Teachers Classical Advaita Vedanta Gaudapada Adi Shankara Mandana Misra Sureśvara Vāchaspati Misra Padmapadacharya Amalananda Vidyaranya Bharathi Tirtha Advaita teachers Contemporary Swami Vivekananda Swami Rama Tirtha Swami Sivananda Swami Chinmayananda Swami Dayananda Swami Sarvapriyananda Shaivism/Tantra/Nath Gorakshanath Matsyendranath Neo-Advaita Ramana Maharshi Nisargadatta Maharaj H. W. L. Poonja Vijnanabhiksu
Influences Sramanic movement Hinduism Vedas Upanishads Mimamsa Nyaya Samkhya Yoga Vedanta Buddhism Precanonical Buddhism Madhyamika Yogacara Buddha-nature
Monasteries and Orders Classical Advaita Vedanta Dashanami Sampradaya Gaudapadacharya Math Sringeri Sharada Peetham Govardhana Pīṭhaṃ Dvāraka Pīṭhaṃ Jyotirmaṭha Pīṭhaṃ Modern Advaita Vedanta Divine Life Society Chinmaya Mission Arsha Vidya Gurukulam Neo-Vedanta Ramakrishna Mission
Scholarship Academic Paul Deussen Daniel H. H. Ingalls Richard De Smet Eliot Deutsch Sengaku Mayeda Max Müller Hajime Nakamura Patrick Olivelle Anantanand Rambachan Arvind Sharma Non-academic David Godman
Categories Advaita Advaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita Vedanta Advaita Shaivism Kashmir Shaivism Inchegeri Sampradaya Nondualism Neo-Advaita teachers
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David Godman (born 1953) has written on the life, teachings and disciples of Ramana Maharshi, an Indian sage who lived and taught for more than fifty years at Arunachala, a sacred mountain in Tamil Nadu, India. In the last 30 years Godman has written or edited 16 books on topics related to Sri Ramana, his teachings and his followers.