Brahman: A Study on the History of Indian Philosophy (Classic Reprint)

Palestine-A rabia and I ndia. The one is the ancestral home of Judaism, Christianity, and I slam ;the other, of Brahmanism and Buddhism. Genetically, Judaism is the mother of both Christianity and Mohammedanism, as Brahmanism is the mother of Buddhism. Buddhism, Christianity, and Mohammedanism belong to the class of instituted religions, in that they go back into great creative personalities, after which they are respectively named ;whereas Judaism and Brahmanism, the mother religions of the world, are properly characterized as spontaneous, since they have their origin in the tribe rather tan in the individual. The one allied group of religions, namely Judaism, Christianity, and I slam, grew up and made its earliest conquests in the region having theM editerranean for its center. The other group, represented by Brahmanispi and Buddhism, appeared and spread in I ndia-C hina and the neighboring regions, the second ancient center of the worlds civilization. The sacred language of Judaism is Hebrew, and the sacred language of Brahmanism, Sanskrit. Hence both linguistically and racially the western group springs from aS emitic source, while the eastern springs from an A ryan source. Thus, the history of religion has to do primarily with two geographical centers, Palestine and I ndia; with two races, Semitic and A ryan ;and with two languages, Hebrew andS anskrit. In this monograph I purpose to make a special study of the doctrine of Brahman, the central conception of Indian philosophy and religion. A ccoi;dingly, it will be a study both in the history of philosophy and in the history of religion. The method will be genetic and comparative. It will be genetic, for the conception of Brahman will be traced through the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Vedanta-S utras, and the Commentary of fankaracarya.
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