How does knowledge bring one to the state of immortality in early Upaniṣadic philosophy?: A new perspective on the "Magical" way of cognition
The Upaniṣadic philosophers believed that acquiring certain knowledge would lead them toward a state of immortality. Merely by obtaining that knowledge, they thought people could surmount the various causes of death of the natural body. How and why did they develop and maintain this belief? To under...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2018]
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Religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 48, Issue: 4, Pages: 594-615 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Upaniṣad
/ Knowledge
/ Knowledge
/ Immortality
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| RelBib Classification: | BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism |
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Upanishad
B ancient cognition B Comparative Study B Magic B Immortality B am?ta B magical cognition B cognitive sciences of religion |
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