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René Guénon: Studies in Hinduism

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This is a collection of essays. It is concerned with Tantra, Kundalini-yoga, the caste system, Dharma and Maya. It also contains reviews of books on Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Ramana Maharishi, Sri Vivekananda and others.

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Studies in Hinduism consists of articles published posthumously, to which has been added René Guénon’s separate study, Eastern Metaphysics, the text of a lecture delivered at the Sorbonne. In this work Guénon completes his presentation of Hindu metaphysics, which he considered the most primordial and comprehensive body of spiritual teaching, one capable of throwing light upon and illuminating the essence of every other Tradition. Of special interest are three chapters on various aspects of tantra-a doctrine profoundly misunderstood in the contemporary West-which Hindu authorities consider the spirituality most appropriate to the Kali Yuga, as well as a chapter on the Sanatana Dharma, the Hindu concept closest to the ancient and medieval Christian idea of the philosophia perennis, which led Saint Augustine to declare that Christianity has always existed, but only came to be so called after the coming of Christ. Included are extensive reviews of books on Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Ramana Maharshi, Swami Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo Ghose, Rabindranath Tagore, Mircea Eliade, Paul Brunton, and others, as well as 40 pages of reviews of books and articles by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. Leading Indian thinkers have called Guénon the most authentic expositor of Hindu metaphysics in any Western language.

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Author Guénon, René
Full Title Studies in Hinduism
Binding Softcover
Publisher Sophia Perennis
Pages 268
ISBN 0900588691
Language English
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This is a collection of essays. It is concerned with Tantra, Kundalini-yoga, the caste system, Dharma and Maya. It also contains reviews of books on Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Ramana Maharishi, Sri Vivekananda and others.

Table of Contents 1 Atma-Gita
2 The Spirit of India
3 Kundalini Yoga
4 The Hindu Theory of the Five Elements
5 Dharma
6 Varna
7 Tantrism and Magic
8 The Fifth Veda
9 Nama-Rupa
10 Maya
11 Sanatana Dharma
12 Eastern Metaphysics
Reviews of Books and Articles
AKC Reviews
Reviews of Other Authors
Appendix
Buddhist Index
Sanskrit Index
About the Author

René Guénon (1886-1951), French metaphysician, scholar of religions and critic of modern civilisation. Guénon is regarded by leading scholars as the first truly authentic interpreter of many Eastern doctrines in the West. He argued for the transcendent unity of all religious faiths and the abiding Truth that contains them all.

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