Author: F Max Muller
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 184
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8129100177
Description
Max Muller's fascination for India is well-known. This book was intended to familiarize the western world with the vastness and depth of Indian philosophy.
Metrical translations of ancient hymns, Vedanta philosophy, reformist religious movements, an in-depth study of the doctrines of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa-strands of thought blend seamlessly in this work of erudition. Dedicated to his Indian Friends, it is also rich in personal memories…of Dwarkanath Tagore and Raja Radhakanta Deva among others.
We have known for many years the beauties of its literature, the bold flights of its native philosophy, the fervid devotion of its ancient religion and these together seem to us to give a much truer picture of what India really was, and is still meant to be, in the history of the world.
Contents
Preface
My First Acquaintance with India Spirituality of India
The Greatness of Rammohan Roy
Dwarkanath Tagore
Debendranath Tagore
Raja Radhakanata Deva
Keshab Chandra Sen
Chaitanya
Nanak and the Sikhs
Ramtanu Lahiri
Dayananda Saraswati
The Mahatmans
The Four Stages of Life
Sannyasins or Saints
Ascetic Exercises or Yoga
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
A Reformer of Brahmanism
Pawari Baba
An Interview With an Old Saint
Rai Shaligram Saheb Bahadur
Gospel of Ramakrishna
The Dialogic Process
Ramakrishna’s Life
Remarks on Ramakrishna’s Life
Mazumdar’s Judgment
Ramakrishna’s Language
Ramakrishna’s Wife
Ramakrishna’s Influence on Keshab Chandra Sen
Vedanta-Philosophy
Ekam Advitiyam: One Without A Second
Gnothi Seauton
Final conclusion, Tat Tvamasi
The Sayings of Ramakrishna