Śaivism in Philosophical Perspective

Śaivism in Philosophical Perspective
Author: Krishna Sivaraman
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages: 720
Release: 2001
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9788120817715

Saivism is one of the pervasive expressions of Indian Religious Culture stretching to the dim past of pre-history and surviving as a living force in the thought and life of millions of Hindus especially in Southern India and Northern Ceylon. The present work is scholarly reconstruction of Saivism in its characteristic and classical from as Saiva Siddhanta, focusing mainly on the philosophical doctrine and presenting a conceptual analysis of its formative notions, problems and methods. Anteceding the rise of the great systems of Vedanta including that of Sankara, Saiva Siddhanta in its fully systematised form as Mystical Theology in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries represents a constructive reaction to the theological, ethical and aesthetic aspects of Vedanta as a whole. A patient study of this much neglected phase of religo-philosophical development of India should prove useful for a more balanced understanding of Indian religiosity, providing a corrective to the view entertained not without justification that Indian religious thought does not affirms the values of freedom, love and personality. This methodical study, appended with very exhaustive glossary, bibliography and index and two-hundred pages of references and foot-notes is designed to meet the requirements of seriious students of Eastern religious thought.

The Concept of Bondage and Liberation in SAIVA SIDDHANTA AND ADVAITA

The Concept of Bondage and Liberation in SAIVA SIDDHANTA AND ADVAITA
Author: Harish Damodaran
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2012-12-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1300519231

A unique feature of all the different schools of Indian philosophy is that, irrespective of being orthodox or heterodox, they always struggle to answer the problem of the bondage and the liberation. Both the philosophies; Advaita and Saiva Siddhanta are no exceptions. Together they accept the existence of the bondage that keeps the individual self away from the realization of the absolute self and strive to find the most probable way of breaking down the bonds for gaining the ultimate freedom. This book is a critical approach to compare the ways in which both the schools of Saiva Siddhanta and Advaita attempt to solve the vital problem of bondage and liberation.

Hindu-Christian Dialogue

Hindu-Christian Dialogue
Author: Mariasusai Dhavamony
Publisher: Rodopi
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2002
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9789042015104

From the contents: Introduction: The meaning of interreligious dialogue. - Hinduism and Christianity. - Christian approaches to Hinduism: points of contact and difficulties. - The idea of God: a Hindu-Christian dialogue. - The creative word in Saiva Siddhanta and Christianity: Siva-Sakti and logos. - Trinity and Hinduism. - Revelation: Hindu and Christian. - Salvation: Hindu and Christian. - Monasticism: Hindu and Christian.

Mysticism in Shaivism and Christianity

Mysticism in Shaivism and Christianity
Author: Bettina Bäumer
Publisher: D.K. Print World Limited
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1997
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Setting Out A Spiritual Dialogue Between Saiva And Christian Mysticism, The Book Articulates World-Views Of The Mystical Traditions Of Saiva-Siddhanta, Kashmir Saivism, Meister Eckhart, Hadewijch, Julian Of Norwich, St. Ignatius Loyola And Of The Eastern Christianity.