Contemplative Practice and Textual Agency in Advaita Vedānta
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Advaita Vedāntins consider contemplative practice (nididhyāsana) as one of the primary practices for gaining self-knowledge and liberation. However, the nature of contemplative practice is both ambiguous and contested. How do Advaita Vedānta practitioners actually engage this contemplative process? What are the relationships between contemplative practice, scriptural study, and liberating experience? This paper explores the nature of contemplative practice based on fieldwork with contemporary Advaita Vedānta monks from the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam.
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Contemplative Practice and Textual Agency in Advaita Vedānta
In: Method & Theory in the Study of ReligionSearch for other papers by Neil Dalal in
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Abstract
Advaita Vedāntins consider contemplative practice (nididhyāsana) as one of the primary practices for gaining self-knowledge and liberation. However, the nature of contemplative practice is both ambiguous and contested. How do Advaita Vedānta practitioners actually engage this contemplative process? What are the relationships between contemplative practice, scriptural study, and liberating experience? This paper explores the nature of contemplative practice based on fieldwork with contemporary Advaita Vedānta monks from the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 536 | 125 | 10 |
| Full Text Views | 68 | 3 | 2 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 42 | 7 | 0 |