The Bloomsbury Research Handbook Of Vedanta (bloomsbury Research Handbooks In Asian Philosophy)

"This handbook brings together a distinguished team of scholars from philosophy, theology, and religious studies to provide the first in-depth discussion of Vedanta and the many different systems of thought that make up this tradition of Indian philosophy. Emphasizing the historical development of Vedantic thought, it includes chapters on numerous classical Vedantic philosophies as well as the modern Vedantic views of Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Aurobindo, and Romain Rolland. The volume offers careful hermeneutic analyses of how Vedantic texts have been interpreted, and it addresses key issues and debates in Vedanta, including religious diversity, the nature of God, and the possibility of embodied liberation. Venturing into cross-philosophical and cross-cultural territory, it also brings Vedanta into dialogue with Saiva Nondualism as well as contemporary Western analytic philosophy. Highlighting current scholarly controversies and charting new paths of inquiry, this is an indispensable research guide for anyone interested in the past, present, and future of Vedanta and Indian philosophy"-- Provided by publisher Cover 1 Contents 6 Notes on Contributors 8 Acknowledgments 13 Note on Sanskrit Transliteration 14 Introduction: The Past, Present, and Future of Scholarship on Vedānta Ayon Maharaj 16 Chapter Summaries 48 Part 1 Classical Vedānta 6 1 Contemplating Nonduality: The Method of Nididhyāsana in Śaṅkara’s Advaita Vedānta Neil Dalal 60 2 Soul and Qualifying Knowledge (Dharmabhūtajñāna) in the Later Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta of Veṅkaṭanātha Marcus Schmücker 90 3 Vyāsatīrtha’s Nyāyāmṛta: An Analytic Defense of Realism in Mādhva Vedānta Michael Williams 120 4 Accomplishing the Impossible: Jīva Gosvāmī and the Concept of Acintya in Caitanya Vaiṣṇava Vedānta Ravi M. Gupta 146 Part 2 Modern Vedānta 170 5 Sri Ramakrishna’s Philosophy of Anekānta Vedānta Jeffery D. Long 172 6 Sri Aurobindo’s Psychology of a “Psychic Being” in Support of a Metaphysical Argument for Reincarnation Stephen Phillips 194 7 Debating Freud on the Oceanic Feeling: Romain Rolland’s Vedāntic Critique of Psychoanalysis and His Call for a “New Science of the Mind” Ayon Maharaj 212 Part 3 Key Themes, Concepts, and Debates in Vedānta 240 8 Making Space for God: Karma, Freedom, and Devotion in the Brahmasūtra Commentaries of Śaṅkara, Rāmānuja, and Baladeva Andrew J. Nicholson 242 9 Vedāntic Approaches to Religious Diversity: Grounding the Many Divinities in the Unity of Brahman Ankur Barua 270 10 Nondual Philosophies in Dialogue: The World and Embodied Liberation in Advaita Vedānta and Pratyabhijñā Klara Hedling 296 Part 4 Hermeneutic Investigations 322 11 Seeing Oneness Everywhere: Sri Aurobindo’s Mystico-Immanent Interpretation of the Īśā Upaniṣad Ayon Maharaj 324 12 On the Style of Vedānta: Reading Bhāratītīrtha’s Vaiyāsikanyāyamālā in Light of Mādhava’s Jaiminīyanyāyamālā Francis X. Clooney, S.J. 356 13 Śaṅkaradigvijaya: A Narrative Interpretation of Śaṅkara’s Advaita Vedānta Daniel Raveh 382 Part 5 Cross-Cultural Explorations 406 14 A New Debate on Consciousness: Bringing Classical and Modern Vedānta into Dialogue with Contemporary Analytic Panpsychism Anand Jayprakash Vaidya 408 15 Mystical Experience as a Skeptical Scenario: Śrīharṣa’s Skeptical Advaita in the Khaṇḍanakhaṇḍakhādya Ethan Mills 438 16 Dream and Love at the Edge of Wisdom: A Contemporary Cross-Cultural Remapping of Vedānta Arindam Chakrabarti 460 Index 487