Tag: Advaita
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Swami Vivekananda’s Philosophy of Religion and Consciousness with Swami Medhananda
In this conversation Swami Medhananda joins the host Saad Ismail to discuss his brilliant recent book ‘Swami Vivekananda’s Vedantic Cosmopolitanism’. We discuss Swami Vivekananda’s philosophy of ‘Integral Advaita’ and what makes it different from other forms of Advaita, how are we to approach Swami Vivekananda’s views on religious pluralism in the context of the evolution…
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Vijnana Vedanta: The Theology of Sri Ramakrishna
In this conversation, we discuss Swami Medhananda’s milestone publication on Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa which brings the thought of this esteemed saint in conversation with debates in Western philosophy of religion. We discuss how what can be termed Sri Ramakrishna’s ‘Vijnana Vedanta’ differs from the other schools of Vedanta such as Advaita, Vishishtadvaita, and Dvaita. Swami…
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The Advaita Worldview and its Modern Trajectories
Professor Anantanand Rambachan joins Dr. Saad Ismail in a deep dive into the professor’s brilliant book The Advaita Worldview: God, World, and Humanity. The discussion covers the limited nature of various human quests and the consequent human need for the Infinite. The role of scripture in furnishing knowledge of one’s deepest Self/Atman, which as Brahman…
