The Centrality of the Human Self (PASU) in Saiva Siddhanta A Study on the Sivajnanabotham of Meykandar
- Bangalore Dharmaram Publications 1997
- 96p
includes index and biblioraphy
Chapter 1 Concept of self in Indian scriptures and philosophical systems ...1 1.The upanishadic understanding of self ...2 2. The self in the bhagavadgita ...6 The Self in nyaya - vaiseshika ...9 The self in samkya -yoga ...11 The self in Mimamsa ...14 The self in vedanta ...16 The self in the advaita vedanta of sankara ...16 The self in the visihtadvaita of ramanuja ...18 The self in svabhavika -Bhedabhcta of nimbarka ...20 The self in the suddhadvaita of vallabha ...22 The self in Dvaita of madhva ...23 Chapter two 2.i. Self in saivism and saiva siddhanta : A religio -philosophical survey ...25 A historical perspective of saiva siddhanta ...26 Saivism ...27 Pasupata sect ...30 Vira saivism ...31 Kashmir saivism ...34 The Tamil saivism ...35 2.2. The canon of saiva siddhanta ...37 The Nanmarai ...38 The vedas ...39 The Sivagamas ...40 The twelve thirumurai ...41 The Meykanda sastras ...43 2.3 The idea of self in saiva sostras ...45 Self in tevaram ...45 Self in thiruachakam ...49 Self in tirumantiram ...50 Chapter three 3. Self in sivajnanabotham ...54 3.1 Meykandar`s teaching on pasu (self) ...56 3.2Proofs for the existence of the human self ...57 The self is not non- existent ...58 The self is not the physical body ...59 The self is not the five senses ...61 The self is not the sukshma sarira ...62 The seelf is not the pranavaya ...63 The self is different from para brahman ...64 The self is different from the internal senses ...65 3.3 Nature of the self The self in bondage ...68 Liberation of the self ...73 Carya marga ...75 Kriya marga ...76 Yoga marga ...77 Jhana marga ...78 Conclusion ...85 Bibliography ...89 Appendix ...93 Glossary ...97