1. Intorduction to Vedanta, Indian Philosophy
... his undifferentiated unity. CHAPTER 3 THE NEW INTERPRETATION OF SANKARA"S ADVAITA In the 20th century there was a revival of Sankara's philosophy and the revival began with some Christian missionaries who began studying Sankara through an exegesis of his original texts. This movement into a modern interpretation of Sankara was given a great push by a Belgian Jesuit, Dr. Richard De Smet. Dr. De Smet spent ... theological background of the scholars who interpret Sankara. Because of all these reasons Sankara has been misunderstood, unfortunately many accept these false positions. 3.2 Sanka...
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