The Advaita Tradition in Indian Philosophy: A Study of Advaita in Buddhism, Vedānta and Kāshmīra Shaivism
The present work is a comparative and critical study of Shunyavada, Vijnanavada, Advaita Vedanta and Kashmira Shaivism, the four main systems of Advaitavada or spiritual non-dualism which has been the most celebrated tradition in Indian philosophy. It is based on the author s study of original sources and when dealing with fundamental issues original texts are either quoted or referred to. The points of similarity and of difference among these systems are discussed in detail and with great clarity. Professor Sharma, with his unique gift of expressing abstruse metaphysical thoughts in a clear language, has eminently succeeded in correcting some misconceptions and in clarifying many difficult and obscure points about these systems. This work is indeed a masterly survey of Mahayana Buddhism, Advaita Vedanta and kashmira Shaivism which brings into rominence the author s original contributions some of which are of outstanding merit for a correct appreciation of the relation among these systems.The Advaita Tradition in Indian Philosophy will be found eminently useful by the students of philosophy in universities and colleges and also by all those who are interested in Buddhism, Vedanta and Kashmira Shaivism and who want a clear and accurate exposition of the development of the Advaita tradition in Indian philosophical thought.
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Absolute Acharya Advaita Vedānta advaitin Ālaya appears Ātmā avidyā beginningless bliss Brahma Buddha Buddhist called categories of thought causation cause creation dharmas dialectic difference dream empirical world eternal existence external objects false falsity Gauḍapāda ground-reality Hence Ibid idealism identity Ignorance illusory object immanent immediate experience immediate spiritual experience indefinable indescribable indeterminate Ishvara jiva jñāna Kārikā karma Kashmira Kashmira Shaivism knowledge logic Madhyamika Mahāyāna manifestation māyā māyā or avidyā means mental mokṣa momentary Nāgārjuna nature negation Nirvana non-dual non-dual spiritual paratantra parikalpita pariņāma perceived philosophy plurality prajñā Prakṛti pratītyasamutpāda projects pure consciousness Purușa Rāmānuja realised relation sākṣī samādhi samvṛti Sankhya says self-consciousness self-contradictory self-luminous self-proved self-shining sense Shaivism Shakti Shankara Shiva Shriharṣa shruti shunyata snake spiritual discipline subject-object duality supra Supreme tattvas theory tion transcendent transcendental transcendental Illusion treated ultimate reality ultimately unreal unity Upanisads utterly unreal vāsanā Vasubandhu vijñāna Vijñānavāda vimarsha Vṛtti world-objects