Anantanand Rambachan (1951) Hindu studies scholar
Source: The Nature and Authority of Scripture (1995), p. 23
“Vivekananda often asserted that only in becoming a ṛṣi does one understand the scripture properly.”
Source: The Nature and Authority of Scripture (1995), p. 23
Context: Vivekananda often asserted that only in becoming a ṛṣi does one understand the scripture properly. His argument appears to be that as products and records of direct perception, these texts were not written for the intellect, or for understanding through a process of rational inquiry and analysis. They become meaningful only when one has lifted oneself to the same heights of perception.
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