LEADER 03364nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910819631703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7914-8131-X 010 $a1-4294-0510-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000465818 035 $a(OCoLC)71851056 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579228 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000097586 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11111808 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000097586 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10115042 035 $a(PQKB)10949382 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407805 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse6445 035 $a(DE-B1597)682099 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791481318 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000465818 100 $a20051013d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Advaita worldview $eGod, world, and humanity /$fAnantanand Rambachan 210 $aAlbany, NY $cState University of New York Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (159 p.) 225 1 $aSUNY series in religious studies 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7914-6851-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 133-137) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIntroduction -- $tThe Human Problem -- $tThe Requirements of Discipleship -- $tThe Nature of the ?tman -- $tThe Source of Valid Knowledge -- $tBrahman as the World -- $tBrahman as God -- $tLiberation -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $a2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleIn this book, Anantanand Rambachan offers a fresh and detailed perspective on Advaita Vedanta, Hinduism's most influential and revered religious tradition. Rambachan, who is both a scholar and an Advaitin, attends closely to the Upanisads and authentic commentaries of Sankara to challenge the tradition and to reconsider central aspects of its current teachings. His reconstruction and reinterpretation of Advaita focuses in particular on the nature of brahman, the status of the world in relation to brahman, and the meaning and relevance of liberation.Rambachan queries contemporary representations of an impersonal brahman and the need for popular, hierarchical distinctions such as those between a higher (para) and lower (apara) brahman. Such distinctions, Rambachan argues, are inconsistent with the non-dual nature of brahman and are unnecessary when brahman's relationship with the world is correctly understood. Questioning Advaita's traditional emphasis on renunciation and world-denial, Rambachan expands the understanding of suffering (duhkha) and liberation (moksa) and addresses socioeconomic as well as gender and caste inequalities. Positing that the world is a celebrative expression of God's fullness, this book advances Advaita as a universal and uninhibited path to a liberated life committed to compassion, equality, and justice. 410 0$aSUNY series in religious studies. 606 $aAdvaita 606 $aHindu philosophy 615 0$aAdvaita. 615 0$aHindu philosophy. 676 $a181/.482 700 $aRambachan$b Anantanand$f1951-$01469987 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819631703321 996 $aThe Advaita worldview$94200061 997 $aUNINA