Swami Medhananda
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 959008 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Swami Medhananda |
| PRENOMES | Swami |
| SOBRENOME | Medhananda |
| ASSINATURA | MEDHANANDA S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2019 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Beyond Pedantry
“We Derive from Ramakrishna”
An Integral Advaitic theodicy of spiritual evolution
This article outlines and defends an ‘Integral Advaitic’ theodicy that takes its bearings from the thought of three modern Indian mystics: Sri Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda, and Sri Aurobindo. Their Integral Advaitic theodicy has two key dimensions: a doctrine of spiritual evolution and a panentheistic metaphysics. God has created this world as an arena for our moral and spiritual evolution in which evil and suffering are as necessary as good. T…
From Good to God
Swami Vivekananda's Vedantic Cosmopolitanism
Mysticism without the Mustikos ? Some Reflections on Stephen Palmquist’s Mystical Kant
This article critically examines some of the main arguments of Stephen Palmquist’s Kant and Mysticism . While I agree with Palmquist that Kant admits the possibility of certain indirect forms of mystical experience, I argue that Palmquist makes Kant out to be more of a mystic than he actually was. In particular, I contend that Palmquist fails to provide convincing justification of two of his main claims: (1) that Kant was a mystic or at least had…
Continuing the Philosophical Conversation on Śrī Rāmakṛṣṇa
A Great Adventure of the Soul”
Cutting the Knot of the World Problem
This article proposes to examine in detail Aurobindo's searching-and often quite original-criticisms of Advaita Vedānta, which have not yet received the sustained scholarly attention they deserve. After discussing his early spiritual experiences and the formative influence of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda on his thought, I outline Aurobindo's philosophy of "realistic Adwaita". According to Aurobindo, the sole reality is the Divine Saccidā…
Why Sri Aurobindo's Hermeneutics Still Matters
Contemporary scholars, this article argues, stand to learn a great deal from Sri Aurobindo's sophisticated hermeneutic approach to the Vedāntic scriptures. After identifying the strengths and weaknesses of traditional and modern hermeneutic approaches to the scriptures, I summarize Sri Aurobindo's neglected essay, "The Interpretation of Scripture" (1912), where he outlines a timely hermeneutic method that combines elements from both traditional a…
Was Swami Vivekananda a Hindu Supremacist? Revisiting a Long-Standing Debate
In the past several decades, numerous scholars have contended that Swami Vivekananda was a Hindu supremacist in the guise of a liberal preacher of the harmony of all religions. Jyotirmaya Sharma follows their lead in his provocative book, A Restatement of Religion: Swami Vivekananda and the Making of Hindu Nationalism (2013). According to Sharma, Vivekananda was "the father and preceptor of Hindutva," a Hindu chauvinist who favored the existing c…
Panentheism and Panpsychism
Panpsychism has become a highly attractive position in the philosophy of mind. On panpsychism, both the physical and the mental are inseparable and fundamental features of reality. Panentheism has also become immensely popular in the philo-sophy of religion. Panentheism strives for a higher reconciliation of an atheistic pantheism, on which the universe itself is causa sui, and the ontological dualism of necessarily existing, eternal creator and …
Why Sri Aurobindo's Hermeneutics Still Matters
Contemporary scholars, this article argues, stand to learn a great deal from Sri Aurobindo's sophisticated hermeneutic approach to the Vedāntic scriptures. After identifying the strengths and weaknesses of traditional and modern hermeneutic approaches to the scriptures, I summarize Sri Aurobindo's neglected essay, "The Interpretation of Scripture" (1912), where he outlines a timely hermeneutic method that combines elements from both traditional a…
Panentheism and Panpsychism
Panpsychism has become a highly attractive position in the philosophy of mind. On panpsychism, both the physical and the mental are inseparable and fundamental features of reality. Panentheism has also become immensely popular in the philo-sophy of religion. Panentheism strives for a higher reconciliation of an atheistic pantheism, on which the universe itself is causa sui, and the ontological dualism of necessarily existing, eternal creator and …
Was Swami Vivekananda a Hindu Supremacist? Revisiting a Long-Standing Debate
In the past several decades, numerous scholars have contended that Swami Vivekananda was a Hindu supremacist in the guise of a liberal preacher of the harmony of all religions. Jyotirmaya Sharma follows their lead in his provocative book, A Restatement of Religion: Swami Vivekananda and the Making of Hindu Nationalism (2013). According to Sharma, Vivekananda was "the father and preceptor of Hindutva," a Hindu chauvinist who favored the existing c…
From Good to God
A Great Adventure of the Soul”
Cutting the Knot of the World Problem
This article proposes to examine in detail Aurobindo's searching-and often quite original-criticisms of Advaita Vedānta, which have not yet received the sustained scholarly attention they deserve. After discussing his early spiritual experiences and the formative influence of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda on his thought, I outline Aurobindo's philosophy of "realistic Adwaita". According to Aurobindo, the sole reality is the Divine Saccidā…
Panentheism and Panpsychism
Panpsychism has become a highly attractive position in the philosophy of mind. On panpsychism, both the physical and the mental are inseparable and fundamental features of reality. Panentheism has also become immensely popular in the philo-sophy of religion. Panentheism strives for a higher reconciliation of an atheistic pantheism, on which the universe itself is causa sui, and the ontological dualism of necessarily existing, eternal creator and …
Was Swami Vivekananda a Hindu Supremacist? Revisiting a Long-Standing Debate
In the past several decades, numerous scholars have contended that Swami Vivekananda was a Hindu supremacist in the guise of a liberal preacher of the harmony of all religions. Jyotirmaya Sharma follows their lead in his provocative book, A Restatement of Religion: Swami Vivekananda and the Making of Hindu Nationalism (2013). According to Sharma, Vivekananda was "the father and preceptor of Hindutva," a Hindu chauvinist who favored the existing c…
Mysticism without the Mustikos ? Some Reflections on Stephen Palmquist’s Mystical Kant
This article critically examines some of the main arguments of Stephen Palmquist’s Kant and Mysticism . While I agree with Palmquist that Kant admits the possibility of certain indirect forms of mystical experience, I argue that Palmquist makes Kant out to be more of a mystic than he actually was. In particular, I contend that Palmquist fails to provide convincing justification of two of his main claims: (1) that Kant was a mystic or at least had…
Continuing the Philosophical Conversation on Śrī Rāmakṛṣṇa
A Great Adventure of the Soul”
Cutting the Knot of the World Problem
This article proposes to examine in detail Aurobindo's searching-and often quite original-criticisms of Advaita Vedānta, which have not yet received the sustained scholarly attention they deserve. After discussing his early spiritual experiences and the formative influence of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda on his thought, I outline Aurobindo's philosophy of "realistic Adwaita". According to Aurobindo, the sole reality is the Divine Saccidā…
Why Sri Aurobindo's Hermeneutics Still Matters
Contemporary scholars, this article argues, stand to learn a great deal from Sri Aurobindo's sophisticated hermeneutic approach to the Vedāntic scriptures. After identifying the strengths and weaknesses of traditional and modern hermeneutic approaches to the scriptures, I summarize Sri Aurobindo's neglected essay, "The Interpretation of Scripture" (1912), where he outlines a timely hermeneutic method that combines elements from both traditional a…
From Good to God
Swami Vivekananda's Vedantic Cosmopolitanism
An Integral Advaitic theodicy of spiritual evolution
This article outlines and defends an ‘Integral Advaitic’ theodicy that takes its bearings from the thought of three modern Indian mystics: Sri Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda, and Sri Aurobindo. Their Integral Advaitic theodicy has two key dimensions: a doctrine of spiritual evolution and a panentheistic metaphysics. God has created this world as an arena for our moral and spiritual evolution in which evil and suffering are as necessary as good. T…
Beyond Pedantry
“We Derive from Ramakrishna”
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