Omniscience in Indian Philosophy of Religion

1989 ◽  
pp. 125-142
Author(s):  
Roy W. Perrett
Keyword(s):  
Indian Philosophy ◽  
Philosophy Of Religion

Philosophy of Religion and Indian Philosophy

1968 ◽  
Vol 18 (70) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
David Bastow ◽  
Paul Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Indian Philosophy ◽  
Philosophy Of Religion

Sankara, Ramanuja, and the Function of Religious Language

1970 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-68
Author(s):  
J. G. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Important Implication ◽  
Indian Philosophy ◽  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
Alternative Interpretation ◽  
Religious Language ◽  
The West ◽  
Living Tradition ◽  
Religious Controversy

In the opening sections of his Brahma-sutra-bhasya, Ramanuja makes a very forceful assault on Sankara's Advaita theory. This assault anticipates in a striking way modern western attacks on metaphysical religious positions, attacks which stem from Hume and are associated today with names like A. J. Ayer and Antony Flew. In this paper I wish to argue that certain aspects of Sankara's position, as enunciated in his Brahma-sutra-bhasya, suggest that Ramanunja's assault, and therefore by implication a modern western attack on Sankara also, depends for its success on a misinterpretation of Sankara's views. I wish then to suggest a possible alternative interpretation of Sankara's Advaita in terms viable for today, drawing, though indirectly, on such writers as R. B. Braithwaite and R. M. Hare. An incidental implication of this paper is that these two philosophers of religion would meet less opposition from the religious if they were Hindu rather than Christian! A more important implication is that light could be thrown on the present religious controversy in the west by a study of Indian philosophy of religion, if only we were more disposed to treat it as a living tradition which might teach us something, rather than as an antique.

The Critical Examination of the Philosophy of Religion. By.Sādhu Śāntinātha. Vols. I, II. pp. 1110. Amalner, 1938. - Māyāvāda, or the Non-dualistic Philosophy (Vedānta). By Sādhu Śāntinātha. pp. v, 153, 18. Poona, 1938. - The Philosophy of Advaita. By T. M. P. Mahadevan. pp. xvi, 284. London: Luzac and Co., 1938. - The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology. By Benoy Kumar Sarkar. Book I: Introduction to Hindu Positivism. (The Sacred Books of the Hindus, Vol. XXXII.) pp. 697. Allahabad, 1937. - Eastern Eeligions and Western Thought. By Sir S. Radhakrishnan. pp. xiii, 394. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1939. - A History of Indian Philosophy. By Surendranath Dasgupta. Vol. III. pp. xiii, 614. Cambridge: University Press, 1942. - The Cultural Heritage of India. Edited by Sri Eamakrishna Centenary Committee. Vol. I. pp. xxx, 608. Calcutta: Belur Math, 1937. - La Doctrine Morale et Métaphysique de Rāmānuja. By Olivier Lacombe. pp. 132, ix, 255. Paris: Adrien Maisonneuve, 1938. - Wayfarer's Words. By Mrs. Ehys Davids, Vol. I. pp. x, 371. London: Luzac and Co., 1942. - Tattvabindu with Tattvavibhāvanā. Edited by V. A. Rāmaswāmi Śāstri. (Anainalai University Sanskrit Series, no. 3.) pp. xix, 197, 161, 5. 1936. - East and West. By René Guénon. Translated by William Massey. pp. 257. London: Luzac and Co., 1941. - Concepts of Riti and Guṇa in Sanskrit Poetics in their Historical Development. By P. C. Lahiri. pp. iv, 310. Ramna, Dacca, 1937.

1942 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1031-1049
Author(s):  
Betty Heimann
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Indian Philosophy ◽  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Western Thought ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Sanskrit Poetics ◽  
Sanskrit Series ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals The Path of a Saint: Buddhaghosa’s Argument for Sustainable Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-209
Author(s):  
Gyan Prakash ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Indian Philosophy ◽  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
Buddhist Philosophy ◽  
Philosophical Investigation ◽  
Significant Implication ◽  
Philosophical Framework

A philosophical investigation of sustainable development has much to contribute to the study of philosophy of religion because religion has significant effect on human behavior. In Indian philosophy, to be precise, early Buddhist Philosophy argues for individual suffering and it’s solution. Notwithstanding, there is an argument that Buddhist philosophy does not motivate an individual to make efforts for sustainable development or preservation of natural resources. Therefore, one cannot contemplate the problem of sustainable development under early Buddhist philosophical framework. To refute this view, I have attempted to analyze Buddhaghosa’s notion of virtue. In this paper, I have argued that, there is a significant implication of the study of virtue for the area of sustainable development. This, consequentially, imparts significance to the balanced consumption of natural resources and balanced consumption of natural resources is vital for sustainable development.

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Murray ◽  
Michael C. Rea
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Religion
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