TY - BOOK AU - Mundakkamyalil, John AU - Mundakkamyalil,John TI - Sri Narayana Guru: A Practical Philosopher U1 - ST2002 PY - 2002/// CY - Bangalore PB - Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; Chapter 1 Life and mission of Sri Narayana Guru 1. The birth of Sri Narayana Guru ...5 a. Early life and education ...6 b. Wandering life and preparation ...10 c. The function of temples ...15 2. A new start at Aluwa and his later years ...21 a. The Advaita ashma at aluwa - A new beginning ...21 b. The birth of Sri Narayana Dharma parioalana yogam ...23 c. Sri Narayana Guru`s meetings with contemporary leaders ...25 3. Social reforms of Sri Narayana ...28 a. Abilition of evil customs ...30 b. Abolition of the evil of drink ...32 c. Abolition of caste ...34 d. Caste organization ...35 4. Religious reforms ...38 5. Death of Sri Narayana Guru ...40 6. Conclusion ...42 Chapter 2 One caste, one religion ,one God for humanity Sri Narayana Guru`s Vision of unity 1. Sri Narayana Guru`s understanding of caste ...45 a. Cste in ancient literature ...46 i. Caste in Vedic scriptures (Shruti) ...46 ii. Caste in Smriti Scripture ...49 b. The inspirers of Sri Narayana Guru in challenging of caste system ...51 i. Swami Vivekananda on Caste ...51 ii. Gandhian view of caste ..52 c. Sri Narayana Guru`s concept of one caste ...54 2. Sri Narayana Guru`s understanding of one religion ...58 a. Sri Narayana Guru`s acquaintance with other religion ...58 b. Sri Ramakrishna`s vision on religion ...60 c. Swami Vivekanandas vision on religion ...62 d. Guru`s concept of one religion and its relevance ...64 3.Sri Narayana Guru`s Concept of one God ...69 a. The popular notion of one god ...69 b. The concept of one God in vedanta philosophy ...72 c. Sri Narayana Guru`s Vedanta Philosophy ..74 i Brahman ...75 ii Maya ...77 iii Iswara ...78 iv Jeeva ...79 v The world ...80 4 Conclusion ...82 Chapter 3 A critical appraisal of Sri Nrayana Guru`s Message of oneness 1. The importance of Guru`s Message of unity ...85 2. Sri Narayana Guru in world thought ...88 3. The positive Element`s of oneness in Guru`s philosophy ...91 4. Seri Narayana Guru`s Message of human harmony ...93 5. Non -Dual Spirituality of Sri Narayana Guru ...95 6. The relevance of Sri Narayana Guru`s Vision and Mission ...99 7. The practicability of Guru`s Philosophy ...101 Bibliography ...106 UR - /cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=a9b092e8968d593b0f39f23b07281ef0 ER -