Contemplative Grammars: Śaṅkara’s Distinction of Upāsana and Nididhyāsana
@article{Dalal2016ContemplativeG, title={Contemplative Grammars: Śaṅkara’s Distinction of Upāsana and Nididhyāsana}, author={Neil Dalal}, journal={Journal of Indian Philosophy}, year={2016}, volume={44}, pages={179-206} }
AbstractŚaṅkara’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 Śaṅkara shows that he does accept forms of devotional practice that have remained largely marginalized in studies of Advaita Vedānta. This article compares and contrasts contemplative devotion…
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