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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1888-1975

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1888-1975. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Madras University, The Ethics of the Vedanta and Its Metaphysical Presuppositions Note the tradition from which he begins

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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1888-1975

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  1. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1888-1975

  2. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan • Madras University, The Ethics of the Vedanta and Its Metaphysical Presuppositions • Note the tradition from which he begins • “Religious feeling must establish itself as a rational way of living. If ever the spirit is to be at home in this world, and not merely a prisoner or a fugitive, spiritual foundations must be laid deep and preserved worthily. Religion must express itself in reasonable thought, fruitful action and right social institutions.”

  3. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan • 1909, Department of Philosophy, Madras Presidency College • 1918, University of Mysore • 1921, University of Calcutta • 1929, Oxford • 1939, Banaras Hindu University • 1946-52, Indian delegation to UNESCO • 1949-52, Ambassador to USSR • 1952-62, Vice-president of India • 1953-62, Chancellor, University of Delhi • 1962-67, President of India • Died 1975 • Teacher’s day is September 5 (his birthday) each year

  4. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

  5. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan • “The future of civilization depends upon the return of spiritual awareness to the hearts and minds of men. To this purpose the contribution of Indian philosophy, with its agelong spiritual emphasis, is inestimable and indispensable.”

  6. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan • Attitudes of the Indian philosophical mind • Philosophy is a spiritual adventure • Philosophy is intimately related to life • Philosophy is introspective • Ātmavidyā, knowledge of the self • Reality is ultimately one and ultimately spiritual • Reason is not sufficient for knowledge of the ultimate; Intuition is required • Philosophy turns to those who have realized the truth • Philosophy develops a synthetic vision

  7. Philosophy of Religion • Religion integrates the whole person • Philosophy of religion explains the inter-relation of things of the world, selves, and the ultimate ground of things and selves.

  8. Integral Insight • There are different types of knowledge. • Perceptual knowledge is of that below us. • Conceptual or logical knowledge is of that that is with us. (discursive) • Spiritual knowledge is concerned with that that is above us. (intuitive) • This is integral knowledge • We are beings of spiritual experience (art, music, love)

  9. Integral Insight • In this apprehension, we have a knowledge of being, an immediate knowledge. • anger • self • All peoples have traditions of the direct experience of God. These engage our whole persons. This is not an inexpressible God.

  10. Integral Insight • Nature of spiritual experience • Engages the whole person • White radiance; joy • Of transcendent and immanent\not individual salvation • Involves a life of contemplation and action • (187) spiritual freedom is not moral autonomy

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