Further, in my book indras net, i discuss the idea of. It was transmitted via buddhisms avatamsaka sutra into western thought, where it now resides at the heart of postmodern discourse. I am glad you have entered the battlefield so we can get into some substantial matters. In his recently published book, indra s net, author rajiv malhotra describes professor anantanand rambachan as the foremost and most influential exponent of what malhotra. Mary clark takes the most recent data from a dozen or more fields, and works it together with clarifying anecdotes and thoughtprovoking images to challenge conventional western beliefs with hopeful new insights. It is fashionable among many intellectuals to parrot that dharma traditions lacked any semblance of unity before the british period, and that the contours of contemporary hinduism were bequeathed to us by our colonial masters. In order to help those who have an earlier version of this book, the attached downloadable pdf contains the entire new chapter 8, because it is easier to give the entire text rather than only the changes. Since this is an extended article, i want to go about it systematically, starting with the following clarifications. It challenges western categories of knowledge as well as. Rajiv malhotra born 15 september 1950 is an indianamerican author who, after a career in the computer and telecom industries, took early retirement in 1995 to set up the infinity foundation, which focuses on indic studies, and also funds projects such as columbia universitys project to translate the tibetan buddhist tengyur.
The boundaries of our socalled selves are not our bodily forms but reach out infinitely through the connections we have. The book uses indras net as a metaphor for the understanding of the universe as a web of connections and interdependences, an understanding which malhotra wants to revive as the foundation for vedic cosmology, a perspective that he asserts has always been implicit in the outlook of the ordinary hindu. The book is an appeal against the thesis of neohinduism and a defense of vivekanandas view of yoga and vedanta. Time for a diagnostic test on rajiv malhotras books. The book argues for a unity, coherence, and continuity of the yogic and vedantic traditions of hinduism and. Indras net pdf free download, pdf on jul 12, doug oman and others published indra s net. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Indras net is the most researched and valuable book of my collection on hinduism. The first half of chapter 8 was rewritten by the author in order to remove references to nicholson, and replace them with references to the original indian sources that are more accurate, and that reflect the authors notion of integral unity.
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