• ISBN13: 9788171561674
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Religion and Philosophy
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: December 11, 1990
• Pages: 324
• Original Price: INR 230.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 310 grams

Philosophy Of Sikhism : Reality And Its Manifestations [Paperback] Nirbhai Singh

• I. INTRODUCTION
• 1. Statement of the Problem
• 2. Review of the Literature and Sources
• i. Guru Granth Sahib
• ii. Bhai Gurdas
• iii. Guru Gobind Singh’s Period
• iv. The Nirmala School of Scholastics
• v. The Giani School (Samprada)
• vi. Literature of the Modern Period
• 3. Why this Present Study?
• II. REALITY IN HINDUISM AND ISLAM
• 1. The Concept of Reality in Hinduism
• i. The Vedas
• ii. The Upanisads
• (i) Personal Unity (Isvara)
• (ii) Impersonal Unity (Brahman)
• iii. Impersonal Unity (Advaita Vedata)
• iv. Personal Unity (Ramanuja)
• 2. The Concept of Reality in Islam
• i. Unity (Tauhid) in Islam
• ii. Unity (Tauhid) in Sufism
• (i) Ascetic life of Piety
• (ii) Theosophical Phase of Pantheism
• 3. Sufi Silsilahs in India
• 4. Guru Nanak’s Interaction with Sufis and Hindu Divines
• III. REALITY IN SIKHISM
• 1. Reality as Unity in Sikhism
• 2. Unity and Non-Dualism in Sikhism
• IV. REALITY AND ATTRIBUTES
• 1. Introductory
• 2. Mulmantra (Fundamental Creed)
• 3. Modem Philosophical Interpretations
• V. APPEARANCES AND REALITY
• THE SIKH VIEW
• 1. Maya
• i. Maya in Indian Philosophy
• ii. Maya the Sikh View
• 2. Degrees of Reality and Appearances
• 3. Haumai
• VI. REALITY AND EXPERIENCE
• 1. Gian
• 2. Sources of Knowledge (Gian)
• i. Perceptual Knowledge (Partakh Gian)
• ii. Rational Knowledge (Bibek Gian)
• iii. Scriptural Knowledge (Sastri Gian)
• iv. Intuitive Knowledge (Anubhav Gian)
• 3. Hierarchy of Consciousness (Surati)
• 4. Pathway to Self-realisation : Khands
• i. Horizontal Progress
• ii. Vertical Progress
• iii. Cosmographical Progress
• iv. Tridimensional Progress
• VII. SOCIAL REALITY
• 1. Social Reality
• i. Introductory
• ii, Social Self
• iii. Socio-Spiritual Unity
• iv. Hierarchical Social Unity
• v. Synthesis of Transcendence and Immanence
• vi. Free will and Moral Responsibility
• 2. Reality and Social Values
• i. Meaning of Social Values
• ii. Necessity of Social Values
• iii. Synthesis of Spiritual and Material Values
• iv. Hierarchy of Values
• 3. Fundamental Social Values (Sikh View)
• i. Social Equality
• ii. Universal Brotherhood
• iii. Altruism (Parupkar)
• iv. Social Service (Seva)
• v. Justice
• vi. Self-Sacrifice
• CONCLUSION
• SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX