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100 1 $aRambachan, Anantanand,$d1951-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91019014
245 14 $aThe Advaita worldview :$bGod, world, and humanity /$cAnantanand Rambachan.
260 $aAlbany, NY :$bState University of New York Press,$c[2006], ©2006.
300 $axi, 145 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aSUNY series in religious studies
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 133-137) and index.
520 1 $a"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."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aAdvaita.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001058
650 0 $aHindu philosophy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100926
830 0 $aSUNY series in religious studies.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42024162
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip061/2005029977.html
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852 00 $bbar$hB132.A3$iR36 2006