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Realism and idealism in Rāmānuja’s self-body metaphor

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Author

Editor

  • Steven Tsoukalas
  • Gerald Surya

Summary, in English

The ontology of Rāmānuja, as expressed in his Gītābhāṣya and other works, centres on the doctrine of coordinate predication (sāmānādhikaraṇya), expressed through the metaphor of the self-body relationship (ātma-śarīra-bhāva). This metaphor, employed to define the ontological status of God (Nārāyaṇa), the individual selves and the world, also serves as a strategy for reconciling apparently conflicting passages in the Bhagavadgītā and other authoritative texts of Vedānta. The view emerging from a close reading of Rāmānuja’s writings is one of universal realism grounded in the reality and unity of divine consciousness.

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Pages

23-42

Publication/Series

Studies in the Ontology of the Bhagavad Gita : What is One’s View of God, the Universe, and the Soul?

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Edwin Mellen Press

Topic

  • History of Religions

Keywords

  • Rāmānuja
  • Bhagavadgītā
  • Vedānta
  • ātma-śarīra-bhāva
  • idealist philosophy

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-1-4955-0274-3