upanishads/hindu renaissance (2nd) Flashcards by S Jones | Brainscape

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upanishads/hindu renaissance (9)

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(1) upanishads (general + katha/chandogya)

(2) brahman and atman relationship

(3) yajna/yagna (+UP concept of yajna)

(4) importance/unimportance of UPs today

(5) hindu renaissance, hindutva/neo-vedanta

(6) RMR (key points, efforts, key terms, Qs)

(7) RMK (key points, efforts, key terms, Qs)

(8) Vivk (key points, efforts, key terms, Qs)

(9) gandhi (key points, efforts, key terms, Qs)

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(1) upanishads (general + katha/chandogya)

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questioning of br/at, shruti (verbal)/smriti (written), 16thC
karmakand (instructions/chants)/jnanakand (spiritual/later)

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(2) brahman and atman relationship

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AT: consciousness/apophatic, eternal+transmigratory; develop for moksha
BR: universal/all-pervading consciousness, saguna/nirguna
relationship personal v impersonal/micro vs macro

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(3) yajna/yagna (+UP concept of yajna)

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fire sacrifice; restore dharmic+karmic balance
differs in time; pre/post-vedic time

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(4) importance/unimportance of UPs today

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S: older than west, origins of hinduism, represent hindu/indian culture (srinivasan, uzzell, aurobindo, smith)
W: exclusive, dated, guru necessary (jamison, coburn)

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(5) hindu renaissance, hindutva/neo-vedanta

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16C+ (disparate asso) foreign rule>19thC HI/WE discourse; 1948 secular state (hindu identity rebirth; equality)
neo-vedanta (inclusivist, monotheistic, modern, hybrid east/west) vs hindutva (backlash, golden vedic age, exclusivist, hindustan)

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(6) RMR (key points, efforts, key terms, Qs)

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1814 social reformer, brahmo samaj
hybrid east/west + science/spirituality; Neo-vedanta/AdV, Universalism/Pluralism

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(7) RMK (key points, efforts, key terms, Qs)

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1836, kali/trauma/visions, Pluralism, Universalism, AdV, inclusivity
all worship to one ultimate goal/reality>end inequality through shared end goal

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(8) Vivk (key points, efforts, key terms, Qs)

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1863, reformer, all to same goal, infl by RMK/RMR
1897 founded Ramakrishna Mission, presented HI to West

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(9) gandhi (key points, efforts, key terms, Qs)

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1869, infl east/west, opposed discrimination
advaita vedanta, universalism, pluralism, inclusivism
‘indian answers to indian problems’/work as indian unit, capitalise on indian strengths

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