Contemplative Grammars: Śaṅkara's Distinction of Upāsana and Nididhyāsana.
Śaṅkara's Advaita Vedānta is largely dismissive of ritual action, in part because the metaphysical position of non-duality erodes any independent existence of the individual as a ritual agent, and because knowledge of non-duality is thought to be independent of action. However, a close reading of Śa...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Indian Philosophy Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 179 - 207 |
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