Rambachan The Advaita Worldview

God, World, and Humanity
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8131-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 158 Seiten

Reihe: SUNY series in Religious Studies

A new interpretation of Hindu tradition focusing on the nature of God, the value of the world, and the meaning of liberation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rambachan, Anantanand

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abbreviations
Introduction

1.The Human Problem The Limits of Knowledge
The Limits of Wealth
The Limits of Pleasure
The Reflective Life
2. The Requirements of Discipleship
The Necessity of Virtue
Viveka
Vairagya
Samadisatkasampatti
Mumuksutva
Sadhana Catustaya and the Immediacy of Knowledge
Eligibility for Discipleship and the Caste System
3. The Nature of the Atman
Overcoming the Human Problem
Who Am I?
The Atman and the Body
The Atman and the Mind
The Atman as Awareness
The Atman as Timeless
The Atman as Ananda
The Atman as Non-dual
4. The Source of Valid Knowledge
The Significance of a Valid Means of Knowledge
The Limits of Perception and Inference
The Vedas as the Means of Knowledge for Brahman
Knowledge and the Attainment of Brahman
The Self-Revealing Nature of Brahman
Ignorance as Incomplete Knowledge of Brahman
Knowledge and Experience
The Dilemma of Knowing the Knower
Non-dual Experience and Non-dual Knowledge
The Teacher and the Text
Brahman as Ultimate Mystery
5. Brahman as the World
Denying the Reality and Value of the World
The Origin of the World from Brahman
Brahman as Intelligent and Material Cause
The Universe as Non-different from Brahman
The Doctrine of Maya
Asymmetrical 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 Purpose
The Value of the Creation of Brahman
7. Liberation
The Nature of Ignorance
Liberation as Identical with the Nature of Brahman
Embodied or Living Liberation
Liberation as Freedom from Desire
Liberation as the Attainment of Fullness of Self
Liberation as Freedom from Mortality
Liberation as Freedom from the Cycles of Rebirth
Liberation as Freedom from Karma
Liberation as Freedom in Action
Liberation as Identification with All Beings
Liberation as Knowing Brahman to be Self and God
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

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.