Indras Net

Defending Hinduisms Philosophical Unity ,it is fashionable among intellectuals to assert that dharma traditions lacked any semblance of unity before the British period and that the contours of contemporary Hinduism were bequeathed to us by our colonial masters Such arguments routinely target Swami Vivekananda, a key interlocutor who shattered many deeply rooted prejudices against Indian civilization They accuse him of having camouflaged various alleged contradictions within traditional Hinduism and charge him with having appropriated the principles of Western religion to manufacture a coherent and unified worldview and set of practices known today as Hinduism Indras Net Defending Hinduisms Philosophical Unity provides a foundation for theories that slander contemporary Hinduism as illegitimate, ascribing sinister motives to its existence and characterizing its fabric as oppressive Rajiv Malhotra offers a detailed, systematic rejoinder to such views and articulates the multidimensional, holographic understanding of reality that grounds Hindu dharma He also argues that Vivekanandas creative interpretations of Hindu dharma informed and influenced many Western intellectual movements of the post modern era Indeed, as he cites with many insightful examples, appropriations from Hinduism have provided a foundation for cutting edge discoveries in several fields, including cognitive science and neuroscience. Best Read [ Indras Net ] By [ Rajiv Malhotra ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I have read two books by Rajiv Malhotra Breaking India and Being Different and Indra s Net is third book by same author This book is serious work Indra s Net is for those who are genuinely interested in knowing the correct history and interpretations of Hindu civilization and are willing and open minded to imbibe those thoughts in their ordinary lives as their age old customs, live those thoughts and pass on to next generation in their pristine originality As with every work of his, Raj I have read two books by Rajiv Malhotra Breaking India and Being Different and Indra s Net is third book by same author This book is serious work Indra s Net is for those who are genuinely interested in knowing the correct histor...In the first part of Indra s Net, Rajiv Malhotra traces the lineage of scholars who posit a neo Hinduism invented by Swami Vivekananda The most recent of this lineage is Anantanand Rambachan of St Olaf College, who claims that Swami Vivekananda s reliance on direct experience is incompatible with Shankara s reliance on sruti.Malhotra then proceeds to show that Rambachan s concept of Hinduism is too narrow namely, that Shankara did not dismiss direct experience out of hand and that Sankara s In the first part of Indra s Net, Rajiv Malhotra traces the lineage of scholars who posit a neo Hinduism invented by Swami Vivekananda The most recent of this lineage is Anantanand Rambachan of St Olaf College, who claims that Swami Vivekananda s reliance on direct experience is incompatible with Shankara s reliance on sruti.Malhotra then proceeds to show that Rambachan s concept of Hinduism is too narrow namely, that Shankara did not dismiss direct experience out of hand and that Sankara s Advaita Vedanta is but one system of knowing within Hinduism Malhotra discusses how Hinduism has evolved over time and places Swami Vivekananda squarely in the Hindu tradition.In his lengthy article Untangling The False Knots In Rajiv Malhotra s Indra s Net, Anantanand Rambachan contends that Rajiv Malhotra distorts and misrepresents his work and responds to Malhotra s principal allegations Malhotra then discusses digestion of Hinduism By digestion, he mea...I didn t like the book The author fails to respond to any of the philosophical problems raised by western philosophers regarding Hinduism though he is able to clearly define the problems posed by them I have read better booksThis is a long review , it is divided into sections You may want to pick the sections you want to read A Little Background Sanatana Dharma is rooted in diversity you can be a staunch Sri Vaishnavaite and be a Hindu, you can be a Shaivaite and be Hindu, you can follow the Advaita Vedanta of Sri AdiShankara and be a Hindu, you can be a follower of Dvaita Vedanta and be Hindu, you can follow a Guru who follows Sastra Pramana and be a Hindu Moksha, the ultimate Aim of Sanatana Dharma, can be obt This is a long review , it is divided into sections You may want to pick the sections you want to read A Little Background Sanatana Dharma is rooted in diversity you can be a staunch Sri Vaishnavaite and be a Hindu, you can be a Shaivaite and be Hindu, you can follow the Advaita Vedanta of Sri AdiShankara and...Indra s Net is the most researched and valuable book of my collection on Hinduism Indra s net is written by Mr Rajiv Malhotra Ji Philanthropist, Scholar of Hinduism, Social Activist and Public speaker This book is recommended by me, everyone who has interested to know deep culture of Adavita Vedanta and Swami Vivekananda.This book share many deep idea of Hinduism and reveal an conspiracy about academic misrepresentation of Swami Vivekananda character or work This book, closely inquire the d Indra s Net is the most researched and valuable book of my collection on Hinduism Indra s net is written by Mr Rajiv Malhotra Ji Philanthropist, Scholar of Hinduism, Social Activist and Public speaker This book is recommended by me, everyone who has interested to know deep culture of Adavita Vedanta and Swami Vivekananda.This book share many deep idea of Hinduism and reveal an conspiracy about academic misrepresentation of Swami Vivekananda character or work This book, closely inquire the deep threat which is behind mind making against contemporary Hinduism This book will open gate for new young mind who want to knowauthentic reality of Hinduism and its deep and vibrant relati...First came across the Avatamsaka Sutra and its transmission from Hinduism into Buddhism Author with incredible insight presents the shallow poverty stricken nature or perhaps the presence of an agenda driven tint in the western lens when the lens keeps parrotting that dharma trad...Far from the common practitioner of dharmic traditions, among the western and westernized academia, for aboutthan half a century, a quasi literate bid to create an impression that the evolution of hinduism has stopped and the concurrent developments since Vivekananda are mere bastardization of christian values, has been leveraged as an impenetrable scholarship This book tears into this flimsy facade made out bundles of eco chamber isk academic excellence The book has five main point to Far from the common practitioner of dharmic traditions, among ...This book is a very specific rebuttal of selected biases against the Hindu culture that are misrepresented by some western academicians It is worth a read if you want to know what s wrong sometimes deliberately in the academic circles.Must read for all Indians.a book which all Indians or South East Asians should read An eye opener on the subject.

• English
• 22 August 2018
Rajiv Malhotra
• Hardcover
• 396 pages
• 9351362442
• Rajiv Malhotra
• Indras Net