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AutoreLobo Bryan
TitoloTripersonalising the Hindu God of advaitā vedānta - parbrahman
RivistaGregorianum
Annata92
Fasc.1
Anno2011
Pagine159-182
Campo TematicoInterreligiositą
Parole Chiave
Abstract In Hinduism Advaitā Vedānta conceptualises God as ekam eva advityam: one-only-without-a-second. In such a characteristically monistic paradigm the tripersonal God of Christianity appears as unacceptable and absurd before the perspective of an impersonal God ? God without attributes (nirguna Brahman) - that enjoys a level higher than a personal God - God with attributes (saguna Brahman). Nonetheless, the impersonal God, presumed as the highest God, Brahman (Parabrahman), is positively affirmed by Sankara, the greatest proponent of Advaitā Vedānta, as Sat-Cit-Ānand (Being-Consciousness-Bliss). This affirmation of Sankara convinces Brahmabandhab Upādhyāy, the founding father of Indian Christian theology, to propose a Tripersonal God to Advaitā Vedānta, thanks to his theological and philosophical formation in Thomism.
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