Living liberation in Hindu thought /
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| Imprint: | Albany, NY : State Univerasity of New York Press, c1996. |
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| Description: | xiii, 278 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2420107 |
Table of Contents:
- Figures
- Preface
- Introduction: Living Liberation in Hindu Thought
- Chapter Summaries
- Notes
- Part I. Living Liberations in Vedanta Traditions
- 1. Living Liberation in Sankara and Classical Advaita: Sharing the Holy Waiting of God
- Introduction
- Liberation in Sankara's Thought
- Living Liberation
- Jivanmukti: Difficult to Justify but Necessary for Salvation Sankara's Justifications of Living Liberation
- Is Jivanmukti Complete Liberation?
- Justifications of Jivanmukti in Post-Sankara Advaita
- Reservations about Jivanmukti in Post-Sankara Advaita
- Isvara as a Paradigm for Living Liberation
- Even Isvara Suffers Limitation
- Conclusion
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- 2. Is the Jivanmukti State Possible? Ramanuja's Perspective
- Introduction: Ramanuja's Three Arguments
- Ramanuja's First Argument
- Ramanuja's Second Argument
- Ramanuja's Third Argument
- Analysis of the First Argument: Jivanmukti as Self-Contradiction
- Analysis of the Second Argument: The Jivanmukti-Videhamukti Dispute Is Verbal in Nature
- Analysis of the Third Argument: False Analogy in the Two-Moons Analogy
- Basis for the Jivanmukti and Videhamukti-Only Positions
- Scriptural Basis for JivanmuktiEmpirical Evidence for Jivanmukti
- Doctrinal Considerations Regarding the Jivanmukti and Jivanmukti-Positions
- View of the Self
- Metaphysics
- Performance of Actions
- Fructifying Karma
- Theological Considerations
- Conclusion
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- 3. Direct Knowledge of God and Living Liberation in the Religious Thought of Madhva
- Introduction
- Madhva in the Context of Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century Advaita
- Bondage and Liberation in Madva's Teaching
- The Practical Means to Liberation According to Madhva
- The Direct Knowledge of God While Living
- Conclusion
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Part II. Yoga and Renunciation in Living Liberation
- 4. Living Liberation in Samkhya and Yoga
- Introduction
- Samkhya
- Knowledge and Non-Attachment in Samkhya
- Later Vedantic Interpretations of Samkhya
- Yoga
- Distinctions between Samkhya and Yoga
- Yogic Liberation as the End of Afflicted Action
- A Comparative Analysis of Living Liberation in Samkhya and Yoga
- Possible Jaina Elements in the Yoga System
- Conclusion
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- 5. Liberation While Living in the Jivanmuktiviveka: Vidyaranya's "Yogic Advaita"
- Introduction
- The Nature of Jivanmukti
- The Jivanmukti as One with Firm Wisdom (Sthita-Prajna)
- The Threefold Means to Obtain Jivanmukti
- Jivanmukti and Videhamukti in the Jivanmuktiviveka
- The Purposes of Attaining Liberation While Living
- Renunciation and Jivanmukti
- Conclusion
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- 6. Modes of Perfected Living in the Mahabharata and the Puranas: The Different Faces of Suka the Renouncer
- Introduction
- The "Empty Form" of Suka in the Mahabharata: The Revelation of Inscrutable Indifference
- Suka and His Models in the Bhagavata Purana: Enlightened Idiots of Dazzle and Dirt
- Suka in the Devi-Bhagavata Purana: The Reluctant Householder
- Conclusion
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Part III. Living Liberation in Saiva Traditions
- 7. Aspects of Jivanmukti in the Tantric Saivism of Kashmir
- Introduction: Placing the Tradition
- The Problem of Jivanmukti
- Jivanmukti in Early Texts
- Kashmiri Constructions of Bondage and Liberation
- The Seven Experiencers
- Embodied Enlightenment
- Conclusion
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- 8. Living Liberation in Saiva Siddhanta
- Introduction
- Saiva Siddhanta Literature
- The Advaita of Saiva Siddhanta and the Jivanmukti Ideal
- Toward JivanmuktiThe Odyssey of the Soul
- Continuity of Bondage (Samsara) and Liberation (Moksa) God's Quest for the Soul
- The Spiritual Sadhana
- The Descent of Divine Grace (Saktinipata)
- Growth in the State of Jivanmukti
- Freedom from the Bonds (Pasavitu)
- Removal of the Root Impurity (Anavamala)
- Removal of Karma and Maya
- Attaining the Feet of the Lord
- Union in Knowledge
- Union in Love
- Means to Persevere and Grow in God-Experience
- The Conduct of the Jivanmukta
- Detachment from Creatures
- Life of Service of the Jivanmukta
- Is the Jivanmukta Beyond Ethical Norms?
- Love as the Ultimate Criterion
- Injunctions for the Jivanmukta
- Respect for the Sacred Emblems
- Worship of God in the Temple
- Conclusion
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Conclusion: Living Liberation in Comparative Perspective
- Jivanmukti: The Concept and the Term
- Strong, Medium, and Weak Positions on Living Liberation
- Jivanmukti and Scholastic Metaphysics
- The Lord and Liberation
- Karma and Conscious Experience in the Penultimate State
- The Need for Enlightened Teachers
- The Behavior of the Jivanmukta: Dharma, Karma, and Freedom
- Conclusion: Prospects for Future Study
- Notes
- Contributors
- Index