1st Edition
Consciousness in Indian Philosophy The Advaita Doctrine of ‘Awareness Only’
By Sthaneshwar Timalsina
Copyright 2009
204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book focuses on the analysis of pure consciousness as found in Advaita Vedanta, one of the main schools of Indian philosophy. According to this tradition, reality is identified as Brahman, the world is considered illusory, and the individual self is identified with the absolute reality. Advaitins have various approaches to defend this argument, the central one being the doctrine of... Read more
Introduction Part 1: Sat 1. Establishment of Awareness Only 2. Svaprakasata 3. Ekajiva: Solitary Self-awareness 4. Existence and Awareness Part 2: Anirvacaniya 5. Avidya Part 3: Asat 6. A Critique of Difference 7. A Critique of Object
Biography
Sthaneshwar Timalsina is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies, San Diego State University, US. His research interests include Tantric traditions, literary theory, and ritual studies. His first book, Seeing and Appearance, was published in 2006 by Shaker Verlag.
"[T]he advanced student will find it particularly useful, as it fills a long-standing lacuna in contemporary studies of Advaita in the English language. A work of impressive scholarship that makes extensive use of primary sources (with translations provided by the author), it will repay careful study on the part of the serious student of Advaita Vedānta." -- Alan Preti, Philosophy East & West Volume 61, Number 4 October 2011 730–736
