Indra's Net (book, earlier version)
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| Author | Rajiv Malhotra |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers India a joint venture with The India Today Group |
Publication date | 2014 |
| Publication place | India |
| Pages | 376 |
| ISBN | 978-9351362449 |
| OCLC | 769101673 |
Indra's Net: Defending Hinduism's Philosophical Unity is a 2014 book by Rajiv Malhotra, an Indian-American author, philanthropist and public speaker, and published by HarperCollins. This book offers a detailed, systematic rejoinder to views that Indian Dharma traditions lacked any semblance of unity before the British period and articulates Hindu Dharma’s multi-dimensional, holographic understanding of reality.
Synopsis
According to indrasnetbook.com, the promotional website for the book,
It is fashionable among many intellectuals to parrot 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.
Such intellectuals often target Swami Vivekananda, accusing him of camouflaging various alleged ‘contradictions’ among the systems of Dharma. He gets charged with appropriating ideas from Western religion and science to ‘manufacture’ a coherent worldview and set of practices known as Hinduism. This slanderous thesis is feeding the view that Hinduism is an illegitimate façade with oppressive motives.
This book offers a detailed, systematic rejoinder to such views, and articulates Hindu dharma’s multi-dimensional, holographic understanding of reality. Originating in the Atharva Veda, the concept of Indra’s Net is a powerful metaphor for this inter-relatedness. It was transmitted via Buddhism’s Avatamsaka Sutra into Western thought, where it now resides at the heart of post-modern discourse. This book invokes Indra’s Net to articulate the open architecture, unity and continuity of Hinduism.[1]
See also
- Rajiv Malhotra
- Being Different
- Invading the Sacred
- Hinduism Invades America
- Hindu American Foundation