Author: Swami Vivekananda
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ISBN: 9788187332220
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Languages : en
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Author: Swami Vivekananda
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788187332121
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 11

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Author: Sister Gayatriprana
Publisher: Cook Communication
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 605

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This book presents in the words of Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) a history of Vedanta, the deep exploration of the inner human world going back to the most ancient rishis or seers whose testimony is still revered in India. He traces the tradition up to the beginning of the twentieth century, showing how the dynamics of social structures within Vedanta and the appearance from within Vedanta of traditions such as Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Sikhism influenced and molded the tradition. In addition, he studies the impact of the Western, Abrahamic invasions of India that began around the eleventh century CE. These brought to bear on Vedanta a worldview which operated on the assumption that the physical world was the primary reality and that the kind of radical exploration of the inner world embraced by Vedanta was highly suspect and not valid. The Vedantic tradition adapted in many different ways, producing a variety of philosophical positions that are still extant today. Along with these traditions went various forms of yoga or self-transformation, in Vedanta the key to experiencing the inner meaning of not only philosophy, but also of our human condition, and of reality itself. This tradition presents four contexts of experience (chatushpad), suggesting the “right brain” mode of approach as described by Iain McGilchrist (2009). Under the influence of Shri Ramakrishna (1836-1886) Vivekananda gained access to vijnana or a knowledge higher than those classically described and known in the chatushpad. Vijnana permitted the acceptance of not only the traditional, deeply experiential truths of Vedanta, but also of the validity of Western materialism when seen as related to each other on a continuum of consciousness to be traversed by contemporary forms of yoga. I see the result as a resolution of “right-left” brain conflict à la McGilchrist and thereby a model for universal human understanding, conciliation and co-operation. In my introduction I attempt to show how the whole picture can be related both experientially and conceptually to matrices of consciousness developed in India as far back as the early medieval period. A large glossary and index-cum concordance indicate the various contexts and depths of thought that emerge from Vivekananda’s multi-contextual vijnana.

Author: Swami Vivekananda
Publisher: Sri Ramakrishna Math
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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“…Do I wish that the Christian would become Hindu? God forbid. Do I wish that the Hindu/Buddhist would become Christian? God forbid…The Christian is not to become a Hindu or Buddhist, nor a Hindu or Buddhist to become a Christian. But each must assimilate the spirit of the others and yet preserve his individuality and grow according to his own law of growth…”

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Category : Hinduism
Languages : en
Pages : 190

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Author: Sangharakshita
Publisher: Windhorse Publications
ISBN: 1915342201
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1382

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With elements of index, dictionary, encyclopaedia, concordance, and collection of quotations, this volume has been designed to act as a comprehensive and accessible guide to the whole of Sangharakshita's Complete Works.

Author: Swami Tejasananda
Publisher: Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)
ISBN: 8175058609
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 83

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The life and message of Swami Vivekananda are a source of great inspiration to many in their individual as well as collective life. The present short biography published by Advaita Ashrama, a Publication House of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math, is intended to meet the needs of those who have neither the time nor the opportunity to read bigger works about the Swami. A versatile genius as the great Swami was, and many-sided as were his activities, it is idle to hope that a complete picture of his wonderful life could be given in such a small compass. Here an attempt is made to give only a glimpse of this great personality so that people may become interested to know more about him.

Author: Swami Atmashraddhananda
Publisher: Advaita Ashrama
ISBN: 817505803X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 215

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Swami Vivekananda was a wonderful storyteller. His talks and writings are interspersed with numerous anecdotes and illustrations. This book published by Advaita Ashrama,a publication centre of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math, India, contains most of his stories from his nine-volume Complete Works, retold and illustrated.

Author: Swami Vivekananda
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Author: Swami Vivekananda
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780874810936
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 522

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Excerpt: "Liberty is the first condition of growth. Just as man must have liberty to think and speak, so must he have liberty in food, dress, and marriage, and in every other thing as long as he does not injure others."