An Integrated Science of the Absolute
author: Nataraja Guru
edition: 2001, D. K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 1246
ISBN-10: 8124610576
ISBN-13: 9788124610572
Topic: Hindu-philosophy
Jnana-Darsanam (Vision by Awareness or Reason)
This chapter describes Jnana-Darsanam (Vision by Awareness or Reason) in the book An Integrated Science of the Absolute. This book deals with the study and translation of the Darsana Mala (Garland of Visions) by Narayana Guru (19th century) which represents an exposition of Upanisadic thought and Mysticism. Nataraja Guru was his direct disciple but also studied Educational Psychology. In this book, he attempts to integrate science with philosophy (Darshana). Narayana Guru was a philosopher, and visionary poet from Kerala who sought to propound the wisdom of Advaita philosophy. This chapter is part of the collection Part 7. Awareness.
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Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika) [by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat]
I shall now preach to you “Jnana”, (the Secret of all Knowledge) and “Vijnana” (Knowledge of this world), so that you will be able to know me in entirety as clearly as the very jewel placed on your palm. You might feel doubtful about the necessity of the empirical or worldly knowledge, but you must know it before everything else. For, with the advent of the vision of true knowledge, ordinary awareness gets its eyes dimmed, just as a boat remains steady, when kept resting on the bank....
Read full contents: Verse 7.1-2
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
Any form of awareness (jnana-grahaka), such as “I am aware of the jug,” would according to this view carry with it also the certainty that such awareness is also true, independent of anything else (jnana-grahakatiriktanapekshatvam)....
Read full contents: Part 3 - Svatah-pramanya (self-validity of knowledge)
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita [by Narayana Gosvami]
If they are jnanis, they cannot attain liberation as a result of their jnana. So what do they achieve? In answer to this, Shri Bhagavan speaks the third line of this verse beginning with rakshasim. “They attain a demoniac nature.”...
Read full contents: Verse 9.12
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[An Integrated Science of the Absolute: index]
[About the Author (Narayana Guru and Nataraja Guru)]
[Introduction]
[The Three Steps in a Complete Philosophy]