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Chapter One:
Comparative Theology and the Practice of Advaita Vedanta |
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I. The Elements of the Experiment |
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II Comparative Theology |
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1. Calling Comparison "Theological" |
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2. Calling Theology "Comparative" |
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3. Comparative Theology in Relation to Other Disciplines |
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III. Comparative Theology as Practical Knowledge |
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IV. Advaita, Text and Commentary |
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1. A Brief Overview of the Advaita as a Commentarial Tradition |
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2. Advaita as Text: The Flourishing of a Commentarial Tradition |
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3. Advaita as Uttara Mimamsa: The Purva Mimamsa Paradigm |
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V. Practical Implications |
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1. Retrieving the Advaita "Text" |
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2. From the Study of Sankara to the Study of the Text |
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3. From Truth outside the Text to Truth after the Text |
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4. From Reader as Observer to Reader as Participant |
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