Realism and idealism in Rāmānuja’s self-body metaphor
Författare
Redaktör
- Steven Tsoukalas
- Gerald Surya
Summary, in English
The ontology of Rāmānuja, as expressed in his Gītābhāṣya and other works, centres on the doctrine of coordinate predication (sāmānādhikaraṇya), expressed through the metaphor of the self-body relationship (ātma-śarīra-bhāva). This metaphor, employed to define the ontological status of God (Nārāyaṇa), the individual selves and the world, also serves as a strategy for reconciling apparently conflicting passages in the Bhagavadgītā and other authoritative texts of Vedānta. The view emerging from a close reading of Rāmānuja’s writings is one of universal realism grounded in the reality and unity of divine consciousness.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2015
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
23-42
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Studies in the Ontology of the Bhagavad Gita : What is One’s View of God, the Universe, and the Soul?
Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
Edwin Mellen Press
Ämne
- History of Religions
Nyckelord
- Rāmānuja
- Bhagavadgītā
- Vedānta
- ātma-śarīra-bhāva
- idealist philosophy
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISBN: 978-1-4955-0274-3