Doctrine of Liberation in Indian Religion

Author(s): Shivkumarmuni
Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publisher's Pvt Ltd New Delhi

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intuitions -- right conduct - samvara and nirjarā - dhyāna - stages of spiritual path (gunasthānas - stages of spiritual progress of a householder (pratimus) - Haribhadra's contribution to yoga - Yogadrdrştisamuccaya - Yogašataka - meaning and nature of liberation — nature of liberation -- types of liberated
beings - Arhat - Tirthampkara - Siddha. CHAPTER V The Brahmanical Doctrine of Liberation
- 131-160 Worship of many gods -- fta-dharman – Vedic sacrifices (y ajña)
- Vedic eschatology - Early Upanişadic ideas - karma and transmigration - the notion of brahman - the Upanişadic path to liberation -- the Bhagavadgita - roads to liberation according to the Gita - the path of knowledge - the path of action- the path of devotion - Liberation according to Advaita-Vedānta
- liberation according to the Vis iştādvaita. CHAPTER VI The Buddhist Doctrine of Liberation
- 161-183 Buddhism as a soteriology - the problem of suffering - the meaning of Nirvā ņa - traditional descriptions of Nirvana -- the negative aspect of Nirvāņa - the positive aspect of Nirvāņa - types of Nirvana - conception of Nirvana in Abhidharma Schools - Mahāyāna interpretation of Nirvāņa - Buddhist conception of the Buddha - epithets and attributes of the Buddha
- the Way to Nirvāņa - Faith the Bodhisattva's way. CHAPTER VII The Sikh Doctrine of Liberation
184-204 Preliminary remarks - doctrine of one God - Bondage accor ding to Sikhism -- Sikh way to liberation - nāmsimran - integration of karma, bhakti and jnana - the ideal of a gurmukhdimensions of religious practice --- five khands - the nature of
liberation in Sikhism - types of liberation. CHAPTER VIII: Concluding Remarks
--- 205-208 Incomprehensibility of liberation - the ideal of mukti against the forces of scientific spirit, scepticism, materialism and intellectualism - the persistence of ancient traditions of ascetic ideal and realization of self - lessons from the comparative study of
religion - points of a greement and disagreement. BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 209-223
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