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Jīvanmukti in transformation : embodied liberation in Advaita and Neo-Vedanta.
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ISBN: 0791439046 0791439038 9780791439036 9780791439043 Year: 1998 Publisher: Albany State university of New York press

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Liberation (mukti) is a central concern in Hinduism, particularly in Advaita (nondual) Vedanta, perhaps the best known school of Hindu thought. There has been vigorous debate and analysis about the possibility and nature of liberation while living (jivanmukti) in Advaita from the time of Sankara, the school's founder, to the present day. While the general conclusion seems to be that one can achieve living liberation, members of the Advaita tradition also regularly express reservations about, or describe limitiations to, full liberation while embodied.Jivanmukti in Transformation examines the development and transformation of the concept of jivanmukti from the Upanisads to the modern era. It gives the most thorough treatment of the scholastic Advaita tradition on liberation while living, makes the novel argument for a distinct "Yogic Advaita" tradition found in the Yogavasistha and Jivanmuktiviveka, and explores the modern "neo-Vedanta" view of jivanmukti, which has been influenced by modern Western concepts like global ecumenism and humanistic social concern for all. The book includes analysis of the views of modern Hindu figures such as Swami Vivekananda, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Ramana Maharshi, and Sankaracaryas of Kanchi and Sringeri, and considers these thinkers in the context of current academic discussions about the encounter of India and the West.

A history of Indian philosophy
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ISBN: 0521047803 0521047781 052104779X 0521047811 052104782X 9780521047791 9780521047807 9780521047814 9780521047784 9780521047821 Year: 1973 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University press


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The Upanishads : a complete guide
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ISBN: 9781138795051 1138795054 9781315758701 9780367261993 0367261995 9781317636953 Year: 2018 Publisher: Abingdon Routledge

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The Upaniṣads are among the most sacred foundational scriptures in the Hindu religion. Composed from 800 BCE onwards and making up part of the larger Vedic corpus, they offer the reader "knowledge lessons" on life, death, and immortality. While they are essential to understanding Hinduism and Asian religions more generally, their complexities make them almost impenetrable to anyone but serious scholars of Sanskrit and ancient Indian culture.This book is divided into five parts:Composition, authorship, and transmission of the Upaniṣads;The historical, cultural, and religious background of the Upaniṣads;Religion and philosophy in the Upaniṣads;The classical Upaniṣads;The later Upaniṣads. The chapters cover critical issues such as the origins of the Upaniṣads, authorship, and redaction, as well as exploring the broad religious and philosophical themes within the texts. The guide analyzes each of the Upaniṣads separately, unpacking their contextual relevance and explaining difficult terms and concepts. The Upaniṣads: A Complete Guide is a unique and valuable reference source for undergraduate religious studies, history, and philosophy students and researchers who want to learn more about these foundational sacred texts and the religious lessons in the Hindu tradition.

Theory and practice of yoga : essays in honour of Gerald James Larson.
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ISSN: 15709434 ISBN: 9004147578 9047416333 9789004147577 Year: 2005 Volume: 110. Publisher: Leiden Brill

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This collection of original essays provides fascinating insights into yoga as a historical and pluralistic phenomenon flourishing in a variety of religious and philosophical contexts. They cover a wide variety of traditions and topics related to Yoga: Classical Yoga, Sāṃkhya, Tantric Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, the Guru, Indic Islamic traditions of Yoga, Yoga and asceticism in contemporary India, and the reception of Yoga in the West. The essays are written by eighteen professors in the field of the history of religions, most of them former graduate students of Gerald James Larson, Larson is Rabindranath Tagore Professor Emeritus, Indiana University, Bloomington, Professor Emeritus, Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, an internationally acclaimed scholar on the history of religions and philosophies of India, and one of the world's foremost authorities on the Samkhya and Yoga traditions. The publication is in honour of him.

The philosophy of religion and Advaita Vedānta : a comparative study in religion and reason
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ISBN: 0271010320 9780271010328 Year: 1995 Publisher: University Park Pennsylvania State university press

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