03364nam 2200577Ia 450 991081963170332120200520144314.00-7914-8131-X1-4294-0510-4(CKB)1000000000465818(OCoLC)71851056(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579228(SSID)ssj0000097586(PQKBManifestationID)11111808(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000097586(PQKBWorkID)10115042(PQKB)10949382(MiAaPQ)EBC3407805(MdBmJHUP)muse6445(DE-B1597)682099(DE-B1597)9780791481318(EXLCZ)99100000000046581820051013d2006 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe Advaita worldview God, world, and humanity /Anantanand RambachanAlbany, NY State University of New York Pressc20061 online resource (159 p.) SUNY series in religious studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-6851-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-137) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Human Problem -- The Requirements of Discipleship -- The Nature of the Ātman -- The Source of Valid Knowledge -- Brahman as the World -- Brahman as God -- Liberation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleIn 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.SUNY series in religious studies.AdvaitaHindu philosophyAdvaita.Hindu philosophy.181/.482Rambachan Anantanand1951-1469987MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819631703321The Advaita worldview4200061UNINA