Introduction to the Study of the Hindu Doctrines

Introduction to the Study of the Hindu Doctrines
Author: René Guénon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Hindu philosophy
ISBN: 9788121509633

Description: The present work is reissue of English translation of Rene Guenon's work, Introduction Generals and I'Etude des Doctrines Hindoues. This work instead of treating the Hindu doctrines as a special field of research with a view to derive results that could be of least importance to ordinary men takes an entirely different approach. The author starts out with quite other ends in view requiring an entirely different method for their realization, as well as an entirely different angle of approach. As a result this book just as well serves as a key to the understanding of any of the traditional doctrines, or of them all. As for the Hindu doctrines which cover only one part of the work have simply been selected to exemplify the principles and workings of traditional civilization.

Studies in Hinduism

Studies in Hinduism
Author: René Guénon
Publisher: Sophia Perennis
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2001
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780900588693

A study of various aspects of the traditional metaphysical doctrines of the Hindu Tradition, along with extensive book and article reviews

Hinduism

Hinduism
Author: C. Rajagopalachari
Publisher:
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2017-08-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781975616144

WHETHER the claim made in the introductory chapter that Vedanta can create a conscience for social obligations is accepted or not, this book will have served its purpose if it gives to those who read it a clear idea of the philosophy of the Hindus and the way of life flowing from it. Hinduism has been the subject of study by quite a number of earnest men from foreign lands.Some, repelled by features of the social structure still in existence among Hindus, have condemned Hindu philosophy itself as worthless. Others have found great and rare things in it, but in trying to give expression to what they admire, they confuse and mystify their readers and leave them sceptical.This is only what may be expected, for while difficulties of language and idiom can be overcome by patient scholarship, the complex product of the gradual synthesis of philosophy and social evolution, that is to say, of the eternal with the ephemeral, which has taken place through millennia and which reflects vicissitudes of a chequered history, is not easy for a foreigner to understand or explain.

From the Divine to the Human

From the Divine to the Human
Author: Muhammad U. Faruque
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2023-06-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1000892654

Featuring the work of leading contemporary Muslim philosophers and theologians, this book grapples with various forms of evil and suffering in the world today, from COVID-19 and issues in climate change to problems in palliative care and human vulnerability. Rather than walking down well-trodden paths in philosophy of religion which often address questions of evil and suffering by focusing on divine attributes and the God-world relationship, this volume offers another path of inquiry by focusing on human vulnerability, potential, and resilience. Addressing both the theoretical and practical dimensions of the question of evil, topics range from the transformative power of love, virtue ethics in Sufism and the necessity of suffering, to the spiritual significance of the body and Islamic perspectives on embodiment. In doing so, the contributors propose new perspectives based on various pre-modern and contemporary materials that can enrich the emerging field of the global philosophy of religion, thereby radically transforming contemporary debates on the nature of evil and suffering. The book will appeal to researchers in a variety of disciplines, including Islamic philosophy, religious studies, Sufism, and theology.

Knowledge and the Sacred

Knowledge and the Sacred
Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 358
Release: 1989-01-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780791401767

Nasr (Islamic studies, George Washington U.), in a series of ten lectures, argues that, unlike in the West, where scientific thought has been secularized, in the East, knowledge and religious experience have remained unified. Drawing from Buddhist, Hindu, Judaic, Christian, and Islamic traditions, he finds in each the idea of perennial wisdom as a philosophical basis for such unity. Paperback edition ($10.95) not seen. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR