Search for dissertations about: "Vedanta philosophy"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Vedanta philosophy.

2. 1. "Unity pervades all activity as water every wave" : principal teachings and philosophy of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

   Author : Anders Lindh; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : Maharishi Mahesh Yogi; Transcendental Meditation; TM-Sidhi programme; Meditation; Indian philosophy; Philosophy; Maharishi Effect; Consciousness; Consciousness-Based Education; Bhagavadgītā; Metaphorical language; Veda; Vedic literature; Shankara; Vedanta; Advaita; Yoga;

   Abstract : The major purpose of this thesis is to investigate some essential aspects of the teachings and philosophy of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1917-2008) expressed during different periods of time. There is a primary focus on the teachings expressed in Maharishi’s translation and commentary on the didactic poem, Bhagavadgītā, with extensive references to Maharishi’s metaphorical language. READ MORE

4. 2. In Search of the Self: A Study of the International Scene of Modern Advaitic Satsang in Present-Day Rishikesh

   Author : Elin Thorsén; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Modern Advaita; Neo-Advaita; Satsang; Rishikesh; Guru movements; Translocative religion; Spiritual tourism; Religion and globalization;

   Abstract : The north Indian pilgrimage town Rishikesh has since the late 1990’s become something of a center for the international scene of Modern Advaita. An increasing number of teachers and adherents from mainly Western countries have started to gather there for a few weeks each spring to engage in satsang, a form of dialogical lectures, in these cases based on contemporary interpretations of the classical Indian philosophical system Advaita (“nondual”) Vedānta. READ MORE

5. 3. Engaging Advaita : Conceptualising liberating knowledge in the face of Western modernity

   Author : Pawel Odyniec; Ram-Prasad Chakravarthi; Heinz Werner Wessler; Christiane Schaefer; Stephen Phillips; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Indology; modern Indian philosophy; Advaita Vedānta; brahmajñāna; liberating knowledge; Badrīnāth Śukla; Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya; Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan; History of Ideas; Idéhistoria; Indology with Classical Sanscrit;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a study of modern Indian philosophy. It examines three engaging articulations of the Advaitic notion of liberating knowledge or brahmajñāna provided by three prominent Indian philosophers of the twentieth century, namely, Badrīnāth Śukla (1898-1988), Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya (1875-1949), and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975). READ MORE

6. 4. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati. The Context and Significance of a Modern Hindu Personalist

   Author : Ferdinando Sardella; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; bhakti; Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati; Bengal intellectual life; Bhaktivinoda; caste; Chaitanya doctrines; colonialism; Gaudiya Math; globalization; India religion 20th century; missionaries; modern Hinduism; postcolonialism; Vaishnavism Vishnuism; Vedanta; Vivekananda; worship Hinduism ; Modern Hinduism; History of religion; Religionshistoria;

   Abstract : This study explores the life and work of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874-1937), a Vaishnava guru of the school of Chaitanya (1486-1534), who, at a time that Hindu non-dualism was most prominent, managed to establish a pan-Indian movement for the modern revival of traditional personalist bhakti that today encompasses both Indian and non-Indian populations throughout the world. To most historians, the period between 1815 and 1914 is known as Britain’s Imperial Century, when the power of British cultural influence was at its height, most especially in Calcutta, India, the jewel of the British crown. READ MORE