Introduction To The Study Of The Hindu Doctrines

Author : René Guénon
Publisher : Sophia Perennis
Page : 288 pages
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Release : 2004-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0900588748

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René Guénon's Introduction to the Study of Hindu Doctrines can serve as an introduction to all his later works-especially those which, like Man and His Becoming according to the Vedanta, The Symbolism of the Cross, The Multiple States of the Being, and Studies in Hinduism, expound the more profound aspects of metaphysical doctrines in greater detail. In Part I Guenon clears away certain ingrained prejudices inherited from the 'Renaissance', with its adulation of the Greco-Roman culture and its compensating depreciation-both deliberate and instinctive-of other civilizations. In Part II he establishes the fundamental distinctions between various modes of thought and brings out the real nature of metaphysical or universal knowledge-an understanding of which is the first condition for the personal realization of that 'Knowledge' which partakes of the Absolute. Words like 'religion', 'philosophy', 'symbolism', 'mysticism', and 'superstition', are here given a precise meaning. Part III presents a more detailed examination of the Hindu doctrine and its applications at different levels, leading up to the Vedanta, which constitutes its metaphysical essence. Lastly, Part IV resumes the task of clearing away current misconceptions, but is this time concerned not with the West itself, but with distortions of the Hindu doctrines that have arisen as a result of attempts to read into them, or to graft onto them, modern Western conceptions. The concluding chapter lays down the essential conditions for any genuine understanding between East and West, which can only come through the work of those who have attained, at least in some degree, to the realization of 'wisdom uncreate'-that intellective, suprarational knowledge called in the East jñana, and in the West gnosis.

Author : Rene Guenon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:248129523

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Introduction to the Study of the Hindu Doctrines by Rene Guenon Pdf

Author : René Guénon
Publisher : Sophia Perennis
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0900588691

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Studies in Hinduism by René Guénon Pdf

A study of various aspects of the traditional metaphysical doctrines of the Hindu Tradition, along with extensive book and article reviews

Author : René Guénon
Publisher : Sophia Perennis
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2004-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0900588497

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East and West by René Guénon Pdf

In East and West Guénon diagnoses the fundamental 'abnormality' of Western civilization vis-à-vis the traditional civilizations of the East, suggests avenues by which the West might be 're-oriented' toward the fundamental metaphysical principles it has largely abandoned, and outlines the possible role of a restoration of true intellectuality in this task. Of course, East and West are no longer what they were in Guenon's time. The aggressive rationalism and materialism of post-Christian Western culture has become a worldwide phenomenon, and no longer corrodes the philosophical and cultural underpinnings of the West only: it has infiltrated distorted forms of Eastern spirituality and metaphysics, incited fundamentalist reactions the world over, and, thanks to the pervasive internet, wields previously unheard of influence. And so today we have an East largely inflamed with a desire to surpass the West in materialism, and a West sodden with moral and spiritual degeneracy. Nonetheless, fruitful exchanges between traditional Christianity and Eastern religions have also taken place on an unprecedented scale, though marred by an ongoing temptation to ill-informed syncretism. In such a milieu, Guénon's East and West, read with an eye to events of recent decades, delivers a stunning intellectual punch. But the East is always the East: the place where the sun rises, the point of recollection and return to the Source. And the West is always the West: the place of the full manifestation of possibilities (including the most degenerate), of the tendency to dissipation and dissolution; the point where the sun sets. In postmodern, global culture, we are all more or less forced to be 'Westerners' outwardly; our only recourse under these circumstances may be to become 'Easterners' within.

Author : René Guénon
Publisher : World Wisdom, Inc
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781933316574

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The Essential Ren‚ Gu‚non by René Guénon Pdf

A prolific writer and author of over 24 books, Rene Guenon was the founder of the Perennialist/Traditionalist school of comparative religious thought. Known for his discourses on the intellectual and spiritual bankruptcy of the modern world, symbolism, tradition, and the inner or spiritual dimension of religion, this book is a compilation of his most important writings. A key component of his thought was the assertion that universal truths manifest themselves in various forms in the world's religions and his writings on Hinduism, Taoism, and Sufism are particularly illuminating in this regard.

Author : René Guénon
Publisher : Sophia Perennis
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0900588616

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Man and His Becoming According to the Vedanta by René Guénon Pdf

Br> Man and His Becoming According to the Vedanta by Guénon, René; Nicholson, Richard C. (Translator) Terms of use A study of the constitution and development of the human being from the metaphysical point of view, with special reference to Vedantic doctrine. Descriptive content provided by Syndetics"! a Bowker service.

Author : Swami Paramtattvadas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107158672

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An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hindu Theology by Swami Paramtattvadas Pdf

An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hindu Theology provides a comprehensive doctrinal account of the Swaminarayan tradition's belief system, drawing on its rich corpus of theological literature, including the teachings of Swaminarayan himself and classical commentaries on canonical Vedāntic texts.

Author : René Guénon
Publisher : Sophia Perennis
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0900588322

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Perspectives on Initiation by René Guénon Pdf

Author : Knut A. Jacobsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781136240317

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Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition by Knut A. Jacobsen Pdf

Salvific space is one of the central ideas in the Hindu traditions of pilgrimage, and concerns the ability of space, especially sites associated with bodies of water such as rivers and lakes, to grant salvific rewards. Focusing on religious, historical and sociological questions about the phenomenon, this book investigates the narratives, rituals, history and structures of salvific space, and looks at how it became a central feature of Hinduism. Arguing that salvific power of place became a major dimension of Hinduism through a development in several stages, the book analyses the historical process of how salvific space and pilgrimage in the Hindu tradition developed. It discusses how the traditions of salvific space exemplify the decentred polycentrism that defines Hinduism. The book uses original data from field research, as well as drawing on main textual sources such as Mahābhārata, the Purāṇas, the medieval digests on pilgrimage places (tīrthas), and a number of Sthalapurāṇas and Māhātmyas praising the salvific power of the place. By looking at some of the contradictions in and challenges to the tradition of Hindu salvific space in history and in contemporary India, the book is a useful study on Hinduism and South Asian Studies.

Author : Esther Bloch,Marianne Keppens,Rajaram Hegde
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-12-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135182793

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Rethinking Religion in India by Esther Bloch,Marianne Keppens,Rajaram Hegde Pdf

This book critically assesses recent debates about the colonial construction of Hinduism. Increasingly scholars have come to realise that the dominant understanding of Indian culture and its traditions is unsatisfactory. According to the classical paradigm, Hindu traditions are conceptualized as features of a religion with distinct beliefs, doctrines, sacred laws and holy texts. Today, however, many academics consider this conception to be a colonial ‘construction’. This book focuses on the different versions, arguments and counter-arguments of the thesis that the Hindu religion is a construct of colonialism. Bringing together the different positions in the debate, it provides necessary historical data, arguments and conceptual tools to examine the argument. Organized in two parts, the first half of the book provides new analyses of historical and empirical data; the second presents some of the theoretical questions that have emerged from the debate on the construction of Hinduism. Where some of the contributors argue that Hinduism was created as a result of a western Christian notion of religion and the imperatives of British colonialism, others show that this religion already existed in pre-colonial India; and as an alternative to these standpoints, other writers argue that Hinduism only exists in the European experience and does not correspond to any empirical reality in India. This volume offers new insights into the nature of the construction of religion in India and will be of interest to scholars of the History of Religion, Asian Religion, Postcolonial and South Asian Studies.

Author : Mark S. G. Dyczkowski
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Hinduism
ISBN : 8120805968

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The Doctrine of Vibration by Mark S. G. Dyczkowski Pdf

Cutting across distinctions of schools and types, the author explains the central feature of Kashmir Saivism: the creative pulse of the all-pervasive Consciousness called Siva. This is also the central theme of the Hindu Tantras, and Dyczkowski provides new insight into the most literate and extensive interpretations of the Tantras. This book is significant from four points of view. First, it breaks new ground in Indian philosophy. According to the Spanda Doctrine, the self is not simply witnessing consciousness as maintained by Sankhya and Vedanta, but is an active force. Second, the ultimate reality is not simply a logical system of abstract categories, but is living, pulsating energy, the source of all manifestation. Third, the work elaborates the dynamic aspect of consciousness. It supplies an excellent introduction to the texts and scriptures of Kashmir Saivism. Fourth, it suggests a Yoga for the realization of self.

Author : René Guénon
Publisher : Sophia Perennis
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Man (Hinduism)
ISBN : 0900588624

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Man and His Becoming According to the Vedanta by René Guénon Pdf

Guénon published his fundamental doctrinal work, Man and His Becoming according to the Vedanta, in 1925. After asserting that the Vedanta represents the purest metaphysics in Hindu doctrine, he acknowledges the impossibility of ever expounding it exhaustively and states that the specific object of his study will be the nature and constitution of the human being. Nonetheless, taking the human being as point of departure, he goes on to outline the fundamental principles of all traditional metaphysics. He leads the reader gradually to the doctrine of the Supreme Identity and its logical corollary-the possibility that the being in the human state might in this very life attain liberation, the unconditioned state where all separateness and risk of reversion to manifested existence ceases. Although Guénon chose the doctrine of the Advaita school (and in particular that of Shankara) as his basis, Man and His Becoming should not be considered exclusively an exposition of this school and of this master. It is, rather, a synthetic account drawing not only upon other orthodox branches of Hinduism, but not infrequently also upon the teachings of other traditional forms. Neither is it a work of erudition in the sense of the orientalists and historians of religion who study doctrines from the 'outside', but represents knowledge of the traditionally transmitted and effective 'sacred science'. Guénon treats other aspects of Hinduism in his Introduction to the Study of the Hindu Doctrines and Studies in Hinduism.

Author : Guru Prosad Sen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Hinduism
ISBN : SRLF:A0001091974

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An Introduction to the Study of Hinduism by Guru Prosad Sen Pdf

Author : René Guénon
Publisher : Sophia Perennis
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0900588659

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The Symbolism of the Cross by René Guénon Pdf

The Symbolism of the Cross is a major doctrinal study of the central symbol of Christianity from the standpoint of the universal metaphysical tradition, the 'perennial philosophy' as it is called in the West. As Guernon points out, the cross is one of the most universal of all symbols and is far from belonging to Christianity alone. Indeed, Christians have sometimes tended to lose sight of its symbolism of its symbolical significance and to regard it as no more than the sign of a historical event. By restoring to the full spiritual value as a symbol, but without in any way detracting from its historical importance for Christianity, Guenon has performed a task of inestimable importance which perhaps only he, with his unrivaled knowledge of the symbolic languages of both East and West, was qualified to perform.

Author : René Guénon
Publisher : Sophia Perennis
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Ontology
ISBN : 0900588594

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The Multiple States of the Being by René Guénon Pdf

The Multiple States of the Being is the companion to, and the completion of, The Symbolism of the Cross, which, together with Man and His Becoming according to the Vedanta, constitute Ren Gunon's great trilogy of pure metaphysics. In this work, Gunon offers a masterful explication of the metaphysical order and its multiple manifestations-of the divine hierarchies and what has been called the Great Chain of Being-and in so doing demonstrates how jana, intellective or intrinsic knowledge of what is, and of That which is Beyond what is, is a Way of Liberation. Gunon the metaphysical social critic, master of arcane symbolism, comparative religionist, researcher of ancient mysteries and secret histories, summoner to spiritual renewal, herald of the end days, disappears here. Reality remains.