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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.

Table of Contents:
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

About the Author :
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.

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"This is a fine introduction to, and argument for a reinterpretation of, Advaita Vedonta by a scholar who is also an Advaitin. The book is thus constructive in two senses; it is theological and largely positive, while still solid scholarship. Such a combination, especially done well, is rare."


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  • ISBN-13: 9780791468517
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 158
  • Series Title: SUNY series in Religious Studies
  • Sub Title: God, World, and Humanity
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0791468518
  • Publisher Date: 10 Aug 2006
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 340 gr


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