- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Illustration
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Pandits and Professors
- 2 Rabindranath Tagore, “Nationalism in India” (1917)
- 3 Aurobindo Ghosh, “The Renaissance in India” (1918)
- 4 A. K. Coomaraswamy, “Indian Nationality” (1909)
- 5 Lajpat Rai, “Reform or Revival?” (1904)
- 6 Bhagavan Das, “The Meaning of Swaraj or Self-Government” (1921)
- 7 K. C. Bhattacharyya, “Svaraj in Ideas” (1928)
- 1 A. K. Coomaraswamy, “Art and Swadeshi” (1910)
- 2 Aurobindo Ghosh, “The Future Poetry” (1917–1918)
- 3 Rabindranath Tagore, “Pathway to Mukti” (1925)
- 4 B. K. Sarkar, “Viewpoints in Aesthetics” (1922)
- 5 K. C. Bhattacharyya, “The Concept of Rasa” (1930)
- 6 M. Hiriyanna, “Indian Aesthetics 2,” “Art Experience 2” (1951)
- 7 Art Experience 2
- 8 An Indian in Paris
- 1 R. D. Ranade, “The Problem of Ultimate Reality in the Upanishads” (1926)
- 2 Vivekananda, Jñāna Yoga (1915)
- 3 A. C. Mukerji, “Absolute Consciousness” (1938)
- 4 Ras Bihari Das, “The Falsity of the World” (1940)
- 5 S. S. Suryanarayana Sastri, “Advaita, Causality and Human Freedom” (1940)
- 6 A. C. Mukerji, “Śaṅkara’s Theory of Consciousness” (1937)
- 7 V. S. Iyer, Śaṅkara’s Philosophy (1955)
- 8 P. T. Raju, “Scepticism and Its Place in Śaṅkara’s Philosophy” (1937)
- 9 Bringing Brahman Down to Earth
- 1 The Plato of Allahabad
- 2 A. C. Mukerji, “The Realist’s Conception of Idealism” (1927)
- 3 Hiralal Haldar, “Realistic Idealism” (1930)
- 4 K. C. Bhattacharyya, “The Concept of Philosophy” (1936)
- 5 M. Hiriyanna, “The Problem of Truth” (1930)
- 6 G. R. Malkani, “Philosophical Truth” (1949)
- 7 A. C. Mukerji, “Traditional Epistemology” (1950)
- 1 Symposium
- A Bibliography of Significant Work in Indian Philosophy from the Colonial Period and the Immediate Postindependence Period
- Index
Bringing Brahman Down to Earth
Bringing Brahman Down to Earth
Līlāvāda in Colonial India*
- Chapter:
- (p.435) 9 Bringing Brahman Down to Earth
- Source:
- Indian Philosophy in English
- Author(s):
Nalini Bhushan
Jay L. Garfield
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter examines Sri Aurobindo’s Līlāvāda interpretation of Vedānta and the significance of that interpretation in colonial India as a vehicle for modernity. It first considers the political and philosophical problems confronting Indian philosophy during the period before discussing how Aurobindo understood Līlāvāda, along with the impact of this understanding on subsequent developments in Indian philosophy and culture. It also explores the use of both the language of Māyā and of lālā in Advaita Vedānta.
Keywords: modernity, Sri Aurobindo, Līlāvāda, India, Indian philosophy, culture, Māyā, lālā, Advaita Vedānta
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Illustration
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Pandits and Professors
- 2 Rabindranath Tagore, “Nationalism in India” (1917)
- 3 Aurobindo Ghosh, “The Renaissance in India” (1918)
- 4 A. K. Coomaraswamy, “Indian Nationality” (1909)
- 5 Lajpat Rai, “Reform or Revival?” (1904)
- 6 Bhagavan Das, “The Meaning of Swaraj or Self-Government” (1921)
- 7 K. C. Bhattacharyya, “Svaraj in Ideas” (1928)
- 1 A. K. Coomaraswamy, “Art and Swadeshi” (1910)
- 2 Aurobindo Ghosh, “The Future Poetry” (1917–1918)
- 3 Rabindranath Tagore, “Pathway to Mukti” (1925)
- 4 B. K. Sarkar, “Viewpoints in Aesthetics” (1922)
- 5 K. C. Bhattacharyya, “The Concept of Rasa” (1930)
- 6 M. Hiriyanna, “Indian Aesthetics 2,” “Art Experience 2” (1951)
- 7 Art Experience 2
- 8 An Indian in Paris
- 1 R. D. Ranade, “The Problem of Ultimate Reality in the Upanishads” (1926)
- 2 Vivekananda, Jñāna Yoga (1915)
- 3 A. C. Mukerji, “Absolute Consciousness” (1938)
- 4 Ras Bihari Das, “The Falsity of the World” (1940)
- 5 S. S. Suryanarayana Sastri, “Advaita, Causality and Human Freedom” (1940)
- 6 A. C. Mukerji, “Śaṅkara’s Theory of Consciousness” (1937)
- 7 V. S. Iyer, Śaṅkara’s Philosophy (1955)
- 8 P. T. Raju, “Scepticism and Its Place in Śaṅkara’s Philosophy” (1937)
- 9 Bringing Brahman Down to Earth
- 1 The Plato of Allahabad
- 2 A. C. Mukerji, “The Realist’s Conception of Idealism” (1927)
- 3 Hiralal Haldar, “Realistic Idealism” (1930)
- 4 K. C. Bhattacharyya, “The Concept of Philosophy” (1936)
- 5 M. Hiriyanna, “The Problem of Truth” (1930)
- 6 G. R. Malkani, “Philosophical Truth” (1949)
- 7 A. C. Mukerji, “Traditional Epistemology” (1950)
- 1 Symposium
- A Bibliography of Significant Work in Indian Philosophy from the Colonial Period and the Immediate Postindependence Period
- Index
