Philosophy of Swami Rama Tirtha English 2009

This book presents a comprehensive study of Swami Rama Tirtha's Philosophy. Analysing its revevance in modern India, it elucidates the Swami's views on Epistemology, e.g., the limitations of perception and reason and of science and philosophy, the mystic approach to ''Reality'', the ''Transcendental Absolute'', the ''lmmanent God'', the ''Ontology of the World'', the ''Transcendence and lmmanence of the Self'', the ''Goal of Life'', ''Religion'', ''Morality'', ''Values'', ''Sadhana'', ''Vedanta and Practical life'' and cognate topics. Dr. H. Maheshwari was born in March 1921 in U.P. He did his post-graduate studies in Philosophy at the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and distinguished himself by being 'first class first' in 1945. He obtained his Doctorate from Agra University, Agra in 1958. From 1946 to 1965 he served as professor of Philosophy and the Head of the Department in Degree Colleges in U.P. In 1965, he joined the Institute of Oriental Philosophy, Vrindaban, as its first principal. In 1971, he joined Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry. He was a professor of Philosophy in Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education. He was invited as the first Chairperson of Sri Aurobindo Chair of Integral Studies, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, from 1995 to 1997. As a seeker, devotee and disciple of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother he served Them with integrity of knowledge, devotion and dynamic action throughout his life. In May 2002, he took his eternal abode in his Master's Consciousness. His other works* : 1. Bhagavad Gita in the Light of Sri Aurobindo (Text & Translation) 2. The Gita's Gospel in Sri Aurobindo's LIght (A Themetic Study) 3. Sri Aravinda ke Alok mein Gita ka Divya Sandesh (Hindi).