Problems and Perspectives in Religious Discourse: Advaita Vedānta Implications
Religious discourse uses ordinary language in an extraordinary way. This book surveys Western and Indian discussions of the nature and aspects of religious discourse. It presents the first cross-cultural elucidation of Advaita Vedānta as religious discourse.
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Contents
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Introduction
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xi |
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The Problem
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1 |
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Two Assertions
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4 |
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Religion and Language
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5 |
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Advaita and Religious Discourse
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9 |
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Advaita via a via Religious Discourse
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12 |
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Logic of Religioud Discourse
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13 |
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Qualifications for Religious Knowledge
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14 |
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Relation to Epistemology
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66 |
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Language and Knowledge
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68 |
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Brahman Atman
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71 |
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Brahman The Objective Vision
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74 |
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Is the Absolute Known or Not?
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76 |
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Atman The Subjective Vision
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79 |
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Atman is Brahman
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81 |
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East and West
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83 |
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How Religious Knowledge is Conveyed
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16 |
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Advaita visavis Other Systems
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18 |
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The Nature of Religious Discourse
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Three Assertions
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22 |
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Consequences
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23 |
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Advaita Vedanta A Perspective
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27 |
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Perspective
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33 |
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Key Concept
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36 |
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Advaita Vedanta Prospectus
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41 |
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Indirect Approaches
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43 |
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The Gap
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45 |
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Religious Discourse Its Use
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47 |
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Peculiarities of Religious Discourse
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48 |
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The Theme of Advaita Vedanta
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50 |
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Sankaras Solution
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51 |
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Advaita and Language
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54 |
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Methods and Perspectives
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57 |
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Methodology
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64 |
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Part 1
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88 |
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Part 2
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113 |
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Advaitas Solution
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119 |
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Two Approaches to Religious Discourse
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121 |
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Consequences of the Two Approaches
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122 |
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Two Levels of Language
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131 |
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A TwoLevel Theory of Religious Discourse
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133 |
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Can the Absolute Be Signified Directly
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137 |
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SecondLevel Problems
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144 |
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Satkaryavada and Asatkaryavada
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148 |
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One Level Language Absolute Language
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153 |
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Language About the Absolute
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158 |
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Retrospective of Results
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165 |
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Comment
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168 |
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Notes
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171 |
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Bibliography
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Index
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Common terms and phrases
A. J. Ayer According to Advaita Advaita Vedānta Advaitin analysis anantam appears approach assertions Ātman avidya Bhagavadgītā Brah Brahman Brahmasūtrabhāṣya Bṛhadaranyaka Upaniṣad Cārvākas cause claim cognition concept consciousness convey declares difference directly distinction Divine doctrine duality empirical world enquiry entity epistemology eternal existence experience expressions fact factual first-level gious discourse guage Ibid identity ignorance implied Indian Philosophy individual interpreted jñānam knower known linguistic logically London Madras mahāvākyas māyā meaningful means of knowledge metaphysical Mīmāmsā Nāgārjuna names and forms nature nirguna Brahman non-cognitive non-dual object one's perception perspective position pramāņa presuppose presupposition primary meaning problem of religious proof purport question reason regards relation reli religious discourse religious discourse refers religious language reveal sabda saguna Brahman Sankara satyam Scripture sense solution source of knowledge śruti Sureśvara theistic things thought tion truth two-level theory unreal Upanisad valid knowledge Veda Vedanta verifiable vicāra words as knowledge