Advaita Worldview

God, World, and Humanity

AvAnantanand Rambachan

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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A new interpretation of Hindu tradition focusing on the nature of God, the value of the world, and the meaning of liberation.2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title In this book, Anantanand Rambachan offers a fresh and detailed perspective on Advaita Vedanta, Hinduism's most influential and revered religious tradition. Rambachan, who is both a scholar and an Advaitin, attends closely to the Upanisads and authentic commentaries of Sankara to challenge the tradition and to reconsider central aspects of its current teachings. His reconstruction and reinterpretation of Advaita focuses in particular on the nature of brahman, the status of the world in relation to brahman, and the meaning and relevance of liberation.Rambachan queries contemporary representations of an impersonal brahman and the need for popular, hierarchical distinctions such as those between a higher (para) and lower (apara) brahman. Such distinctions, Rambachan argues, are inconsistent with the non-dual nature of brahman and are unnecessary when brahman's relationship with the world is correctly understood. Questioning Advaita's traditional emphasis on renunciation and world-denial, Rambachan expands the understanding of suffering (duhkha) and liberation (moksa) and addresses socioeconomic as well as gender and caste inequalities. Positing that the world is a celebrative expression of God's fullness, this book advances Advaita as a universal and uninhibited path to a liberated life committed to compassion, equality, and justice.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-08-10
Mått:152 x 229 x 9 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series in Religious Studies
Antal sidor:158
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791468517

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Anantanand Rambachan is Professor of Religion at St. Olaf College and is the author of several books, including The Limits of Scripture: Vivekananda's Reinterpretation of the Vedas.

Innehållsförteckning

Abbreviations Introduction 1.The Human Problem The Limits of KnowledgeThe Limits of WealthThe Limits of PleasureThe Reflective Life 2. The Requirements of Discipleship The Necessity of VirtueVivekaVairāgya Śamādisatkasampatti MumuksutvaSādhana Catustaya and the Immediacy of KnowledgeEligibility for Discipleship and the Caste System 3. The Nature of the Ātman Overcoming the Human ProblemWho Am I?The Ātman and the BodyThe Ātman and the MindThe Ātman as AwarenessThe Ātman as TimelessThe Ātman as ĀnandaThe Ātman as Non-dual 4. The Source of Valid Knowledge The Significance of a Valid Means of KnowledgeThe Limits of Perception and InferenceThe Vedas as the Means of Knowledge for BrahmanKnowledge and the Attainment of BrahmanThe Self-Revealing Nature of BrahmanIgnorance as Incomplete Knowledge of BrahmanKnowledge and ExperienceThe Dilemma of Knowing the KnowerNon-dual Experience and Non-dual KnowledgeThe Teacher and the TextBrahman as Ultimate Mystery 5. Brahman as the World Denying the Reality and Value of the WorldThe Origin of the World from BrahmanBrahman as Intelligent and Material CauseThe Universe as Non-different from BrahmanThe Doctrine of MāyāAsymmetrical Relationship between Brahman and World Is the World an Illusion?World as Celebrative Expression of Brahman Seeing the One and the Many 6. Brahman as God Brahman as Nirgunand Saguna Are Hierarchies in Brahman Necessary? The Problem of Change and Activity in Brahman The Problem of Substance and Attributes The Problem of PurposeThe Value of the Creation of Brahman 7. Liberation The Nature of Ignorance Liberation as Identical with the Nature of Brahman Embodied or Living LiberationLiberation as Freedom from DesireLiberation as the Attainment of Fullness of Self Liberation as Freedom from MortalityLiberation as Freedom from the Cycles of Rebirth Liberation as Freedom from KarmaLiberation as Freedom in ActionLiberation as Identification with All BeingsLiberation as Knowing Brahman to be Self and God NotesIndex