Advaita Worldview

Anantanand Rambachan is Professor of Religion at St. Olaf College and is the author of several books, including The Limits of Scripture: Vivekananda's Reinterpretation of the Vedas.

• Abbreviations Introduction 1.The Human Problem The Limits of KnowledgeThe Limits of WealthThe Limits of PleasureThe Reflective Life 2. The Requirements of Discipleship The Necessity of VirtueVivekaVairāgya Śamādisatkasampatti MumuksutvaSādhana Catustaya and the Immediacy of KnowledgeEligibility for Discipleship and the Caste System 3. The Nature of the Ātman Overcoming the Human ProblemWho Am I?The Ātman and the BodyThe Ātman and the MindThe Ātman as AwarenessThe Ātman as TimelessThe Ātman as ĀnandaThe Ātman as Non-dual 4. The Source of Valid Knowledge The Significance of a Valid Means of KnowledgeThe Limits of Perception and InferenceThe Vedas as the Means of Knowledge for BrahmanKnowledge and the Attainment of BrahmanThe Self-Revealing Nature of BrahmanIgnorance as Incomplete Knowledge of BrahmanKnowledge and ExperienceThe Dilemma of Knowing the KnowerNon-dual Experience and Non-dual KnowledgeThe Teacher and the TextBrahman as Ultimate Mystery 5. Brahman as the World Denying the Reality and Value of the WorldThe Origin of the World from BrahmanBrahman as Intelligent and Material CauseThe Universe as Non-different from BrahmanThe Doctrine of MāyāAsymmetrical Relationship between Brahman and World Is the World an Illusion?World as Celebrative Expression of Brahman Seeing the One and the Many 6. Brahman as God  Brahman as Nirgunand Saguna Are Hierarchies in Brahman Necessary? The Problem of Change and Activity in Brahman The Problem of Substance and Attributes The Problem of PurposeThe Value of the Creation of Brahman  7. Liberation The Nature of Ignorance Liberation as Identical with the Nature of Brahman Embodied or Living LiberationLiberation as Freedom from DesireLiberation as the Attainment of Fullness of Self Liberation as Freedom from MortalityLiberation as Freedom from the Cycles of Rebirth Liberation as Freedom from KarmaLiberation as Freedom in ActionLiberation as Identification with All BeingsLiberation as Knowing Brahman to be Self and God NotesIndex