Swami Vivekananda and Non-Hindu Traditions - 9781472483751

Taylor & Francis

Swami Vivekananda and Non-Hindu TraditionsA Universal Advaita\nAuthor(s): Stephen E. Gregg\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781472483751, 978-1472483751\nSynopsis\nThe Hindu thinker Swami Vivekananda [tel] was and remains an important figure both within India, and in the West, where he was notable for preaching Vedanta. Scholarship surrounding Vivekananda is dominated by hagiography and his (mis)appropriation by the political Hindu Right. This work demonstrates that Vivekananda was no simplistic pluralist, as portrayed in hagiographical texts, nor narrow exclusivist, as portrayed by some modern Hindu nationalists, but a thoughtful, complex inclusivist.\n\nThe book shows that Vivekananda formulated a hierarchical and inclusivistic framework of Hinduism, based upon his interpretations of a four-fold system of Yoga. It goes on to argue that Vivekananda understood his formulation of Vedanta to be universal, and applied .