Abstract

LOUNDO, Dilip. Reason (jñāna) and Devotion (bhakti) in Advaita Vedānta: Madhusūdana Sarasvatī (16th century) and the Bhagavad Gītā. Educação e Filosofia [online]. 2019, vol.33, n.69, pp.1323-1371.  Epub Feb 06, 2022. ISSN 1982-596X.  https://doi.org/10.14393/revedfil.v33n69a2019-56404.

The article aims to undertake the analysis of the constitutive principles of devotional praxis (bhakti) proposed by the Bhagavad Gītā, in accordance with philosopher Madhusūdana Sarasvatī’s (16th century) interpretation. A great representative of Advaita Vedānta (“[School of] Non-Duality”), Madhusūdana Sarasvatī sought to incorporate devotional practices into the school’s traditional epistemology, centered around a radical exercise of rational reflection (jñāna), in line with the teachings of philosopher and founder Śaṅkarācārya (8th century). A great devotee of Kṛṣṇa, Madhusūdana Sarasvatī fulfilled his philosophical task in the midst of a fascinating dialogue with the school Acintyabhedābheda Vedānta (“[School of] Non-difference and Inconceivable Difference”), founded by Caitanya Mahāprabhu (16th century), of a predominant vaiṣṇava devotionalist orientation.

Keywords : Devotion; Bhakti; Madhusūdana Sarasvatī; Bhagavad Gītā; Vedānta.

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