Philosophical Foundations of Hinduism: The Vedas, the Upanishads, and the Bhagavadgītā : a Reinterpretation and Critical Appraisal |
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absolute according actions Advaita Advaita Vedānta akṣara Arjuna ātman attain freedom avatāra avidyā basis becomes Bhagavadgītā birth and death bliss body body-mind organism bondage Brahman Brāhmaṇas characterised Christ Christian conceived concept consciousness constitutes cosmic cosmos cycle of birth darśana deities desire devotion dharma divine enjoy essential eternal evil existence existential situation experience finitude Gītā gods gunas higher reason Hindu Hinduism human hymns Ibid identity immortality individual soul Indra infinite intellect interpretation Isvara jīva jīvanmukta jñāna kāma karma karmayoga knowledge kṣetrajña liberation living logic Lord Kṛṣṇa Madhyamika man's manifested means mind mokṣa moral and spiritual mystery namely nature nirguṇa objects observes perform personality possessed prakṛti propounded Purușa Rāmānuja realisation religion religious renunciation revealed Ṛgveda sacrifice samādhi Śankara scriptures seers and philosophers sense Smṛtis Sri Aurobindo śruti statements suffering supreme goal Supreme Reality symbolic Tillich transcendent truth unity universal Upanisads Veda Vedanta Vedic tradition worship yoga