Nindra's net rajiv malhotra pdf

In his recently published book, indras net, author rajiv malhotra describes professor anantanand rambachan as the foremost and most. The book argues for a unity, coherence, and continuity of the yogic and vedantic traditions of hinduism. It is fashionable among intellectuals to assert that dharma traditions lacked any semblance of unity before the british period, and that the contours of contemporary hinduism were bequeathed to us by our colonial masters. Indras net explores and debunks eight myths about hindu. Changes to chapter 8 follow rajiv malhotra s official page on facebook. Malhotra notes that the myth of neohinduism has spread to mainstream. Untangling the false knots in rajiv malhotras indras net. Defending hinduisms philosophical unity is a 2014 book by rajiv malhotra, an indianamerican author, philanthropist and public speaker, published by harpercollins the book is an appeal against the thesis of neohinduism and a defense of vivekanandas view of yoga and vedanta. Topics rajiv malhotra, indra s net collection opensource language english. An introduction to indra s net by shri rajiv malhotra addeddate 20171119 11.

This book invokes indra s net to articulate the open architecture, unity and continuity of hinduism. Rajiv malhotra born 15 september 1950 is an indianamerican author who, after a career in. It was transmitted via buddhisms avatamsaka sutra into western thought, where it now resides at the heart of postmodern discourse. The first half of chapter 8 was rewritten by the author in order to remove references to nicholson, and replace them with references to the original indian sources that are more accurate, and that reflect the authors notion of integral unity. In his recently published book, indras net, author rajiv malhotra describes professor anantanand rambachan as the foremost and most influential exponent of what malhotra describes as the neo. Changes to chapter 8 rajiv malhotra infinity foundation.