In this book Stephen Phillips focuses on one of the most important
poems about meditation in world literature, as understood by two of
the greatest philosophers of India, one classical, one modern.
Sankara’s commentaries on the Upanisads are a core of the Vedanta
tradition and Aurobindo is a towering figure of 20th Hindu thought.
This is the first time their approaches have been studied together.
The Isa (c. 500 BCE) an “Upanisad†belongs to a genre of
“adhyatmika†learning—concerning self and consciousness—in
early Indian literature. According to the Ancient Indian tradition
of yoga, meditation is antithetical to willful bodily and mental
action. Breathing is all you do. In the conception of the Isa
Upanisad, we are told that the best that comes from meditation is
because of what the “Lord†is. In Sankara's interpretation it
comes to block out the little “you,†whereas according to
Aurobindo it comes as a divine connection, an occult “Conscious
Force†belonging to truer part of oneself, atman, and an
“opening†to that self’s native energy. Framed around
Aurobindo’s translation of each of the Isa’s eighteen verses,
along with a translation of each verse, Phillips follows a
different reading of Sankara as laid out in his commentary. All
this is done against the backdrop of modern scholarship.
Convergences and divergences of these streams are the focus
throughout. Appendix A presents the Upanisad with the two readings
side by side. This book traces a worldview and consonant yoga
teaching common to two authors who are typically taken to be oceans
apart, not only chronologically but in intellectual stance.
Addressing a huge gap in the contemporary literature on meditation
in the Hindu traditions, Phillips presents a compelling new way of
thinking about meditation in the Advaita Vedanta philosophy and
Upanisad.
General
| Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic
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| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Bloomsbury Studies in World Philosophies |
| Release date: |
2024 |
| Authors: |
Stephen Phillips
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| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
256 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-350-41241-5 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-350-41241-4 |
| Barcode: |
9781350412415 |
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