The Word Speak's to the Faustian Man: A Translation and Interpretation of the Prasthānatrayī and Śaṅkara's Bhāṣya for the Participation of Contemporary ManMotilal Banarsidass Publ., 1991 - 798 The Chandogya Upanisad: The culture it reflects is remote and archaic, the texture of its ritualistic and contemplative symbolism thick and dense-virtually a closed book for us moderns. A sustained self-submitting attentiveness, however, discloses its language as resonating disturbingly modern notes, focusing our attention on many of our pathologies as well as our possibilities, pathologies and possibilities that have escaped the notice of us moderns. The spirit of quiet hermeneutics that characterizes this study illumines many an opaque spot in this text, solves many an interpretive puzzle, turns many of its 'archaic naivetes' into living and compelling profundities. We are made to realize that what some moderns call Gestell is far more primordial than they would envisage it to be, far more ominous and primitive, tragic and persistent. A radical transformation is required, an ontological transformation. Not mere 'a masterly exposition' of an ancient text is, therefore, this study, but 'an authentic springboard for fresh philosophical thinking fecundating (the) two shores of the human experience: East and West'. The first three (published) Vols. are on (i) Isa, Kena, Katha and Prasna Upanisads; (ii) Mundaka and Mandukya Upanisad with Gaudapada Karika; (iii) Taittiriya and Aitareya Upanisads. |
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aditya agni Āruņi atha ātman attain avidyā become bhavati body Brahman breath Bṛhaspati burns called civilisation comes concepts consciousness contemplation context creatures death deity desire discourse dream duality dwell earth eater ecstasy essence etad evam fire gods heaven holy acts hovāca human immortal Indra interpreted interspace knower knowledge language language games light live Lord mantra means meditation mind moon mortal moves names and forms Nārada negation nonbeing nondual nothingness object oblation offering one's oneself ontological organs parjanya path perceive person Prajapati prāṇa prastāva pratihāra presence Raikva realise reality redemptive remain reveal Rg Veda Ṛgveda sacrifice sāma sāman Samaveda Śankara sarvam Satyakāma seer sense shines sing sleep soma song space speak speech śruti Śvetaketu syllable symbol things thought threefold truth turn udgitha undo Upanisad Vaiśvānara vāva Vedas verily Virocana vision wisdom words Yajurveda