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Realism and idealism in Rāmānuja’s self-body metaphor

Gansten, Martin LU (2015) p.23-42
Abstract
The ontology of Rāmānuja, as expressed in his Gītābhāṣya and other works, centres on the doctrine of coordinate predication (sāmānādhikaraṇya), expressed through the metaphor of the self-body relationship (ātma-śarīra-bhāva). This metaphor, employed to define the ontological status of God (Nārāyaṇa), the individual selves and the world, also serves as a strategy for reconciling apparently conflicting passages in the Bhagavadgītā and other authoritative texts of Vedānta. The view emerging from a close reading of Rāmānuja’s writings is one of universal realism grounded in the reality and unity of divine consciousness.
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Rāmānuja, Bhagavadgītā, Vedānta, ātma-śarīra-bhāva, idealist philosophy
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Studies in the Ontology of the Bhagavad Gita : What is One’s View of God, the Universe, and the Soul? - What is One’s View of God, the Universe, and the Soul?
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Tsoukalas, Steven and Surya, Gerald
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23 - 42
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Edwin Mellen Press
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978-1-4955-0274-3
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English
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  author       = {{Gansten, Martin}},
  booktitle    = {{Studies in the Ontology of the Bhagavad Gita : What is One’s View of God, the Universe, and the Soul?}},
  editor       = {{Tsoukalas, Steven and Surya, Gerald}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-4955-0274-3}},
  keywords     = {{Rāmānuja; Bhagavadgītā; Vedānta; ātma-śarīra-bhāva; idealist philosophy}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{23--42}},
  publisher    = {{Edwin Mellen Press}},
  title        = {{Realism and idealism in Rāmānuja’s self-body metaphor}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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