Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s9.t11.7

v1.c7.s9.t11.7

the integrity of human life would be undermined. He even argued that the body was “divine temple of spirit”. He believed that a man could be enlightened with inherent “spirit” and recognise the truth of “Brahman is Atman” only through an intuitive way. Once recognised ““Brahman is Atman” truth, he would be able to unite with the outside world, and seek harmony with the entire society. Radhakrishnan argued that the purpose of life was to achieve liberation. Liberation is to be enlightened with the inner “spirit” of every man to achieve the combination between “I” and “Bráhman”. On this basis, he further proposed the concept of “universal liberation”, that people could obtain it in the living state, those have gained liberation continue to live in this world. One man’s liberation is still imperfect, also not sustainable. Thus, when a man is liberated, he still needs to continue working hard to help and inspire others around him to gain liberation. Only when all men in the world have gained liberation, there would be harmony and unity in the whole society, thus human beings could be free from suffering and distress. In order to realise the ideal of “universal liberation”, he also actively proposed a kind of “spiritual religion.” The so-called “spiritual religion”, is the religion based