Knowledge and liberation in classical Indian thought / Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad.

Author
Ram-Prasad, Chakravarthi [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2001.
Description
x, 259 pages ; 23 cm.

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    Series
    • Library of philosophy and religion (Palgrave (Firm)) [More in this series]
    • Library of philosophy and religion
    Summary note
    "Classical Indian schools of philosophy undertake inquiry with the formal aim of attaining some supreme end to existenceliberation from the cycle of lives. This book looks at four conceptions of liberation and the way analytic inquiry and philosophical knowledge are held to lead in its attainment. The brahminical (or Hindu) schools of Mimamsa, Nyaya and Advaita Vedanta, and the Buddhist Yogacara (and Yogacara Madhyamika) are studied. Although they agree that inquiry and knowledge play a role in its attainment, they differ on the significance of knowledge, the manner in which liberation is attained and its content. The notion of liberation, which is generally recognised as vital to Indian religious culture, and rigorous philosophical activity, which is not as generally recognised, are systematically dealt with and their interrelationship is shown. The study proceeds through exegesis of original translations especially relevant since several new interpretations of both liberation and philosophical doctrines are offered."--Jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-253) and index.
    Contents
    • Bhatta Mimamsa: Action, the Sacred Texts and the End of Action
    • The sacred text and its relation to reality
    • Mimamsa reality
    • The self and the unliberated state
    • The modest role of knowledge
    • Action and the attainment of liberation
    • The content of liberation
    • Nyaya: Suffering, Detachment and Peace
    • Self and world
    • Liberation
    • Philosophical inquiry and practice
    • The place of theism in Nyaya
    • Yogacara-Madhyamika: Conceptualisation, Insight and Pure Cognition
    • The nature of the unliberated life
    • The results of analysis: the denial of externality and the rejection of the self
    • Intellectual practice for the attainment of liberation
    • Advaita Vedanta: Radical Misunderstanding and the De-individuation of Consciousness
    • The philosophical framework
    • The unliberated life
    • The receptive attitude and the critical mind: approaches to liberation
    • Self-realisation and figurative liberation
    • God in Advaita: a concluding remark.
    ISBN
    • 0333927478
    • 9780333927472
    • 0333699963 ((SERIES))
    • 9780333699966 ((SERIES))
    LCCN
    00048345
    OCLC
    46907551
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