0499470 - OÚ 2019 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Madaio, James
The Instability of Non-dual Knowing: Post-gnosis sādhana in Vidyāraṇya’s Advaita Vedānta.
Journal of Dharma Studies. Roč. 1, č. 1 (2018), s. 11-30. ISSN 2522-0926
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Keywords : Advaita Vedānta * Vidyāraṇya * Jīvanmukti * Sādhana * Saṃnyāsa * Yoga * Non-duality
OECD category: Religious studies

The Advaita Vedāntic path to liberation is often characterized as being constituted by, and as culminating in, gnosis or advaitic awakening. In his fourteenth century work, the Jīvanmuktiviveka, Vidyāraṇya, however, argues for a broader conception of Advaita Vedāntic sādhana, which revolves around the problem of post-gnosis obscurations. In this paper, I examine Vidyāraṇya’s understanding of the causes of post-gnosis hindrances and how they inform his articulation of two stages of renunciation and their corresponding disciplinary schemes and liberative results. I also explore the way in which Vidyāraṇya situates the JMV’s yogic approach in relation to his Śaṃkarite sampradāya
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0292866