Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s9.t8.4

v1.c7.s9.t8.4

Vivekananda devoted his life to research and spreading of Indian Vedanta philosophy, he was the first scholar who had promoted innovation of traditional Vedanta, therefore he was known as the initiator of New Vedanta philosophy. He took advantage of viewpoints of Western philosophy and natural science, made a completely new interpretation of traditional Vedanta. First, he criticised Sankara’s “Illusory World” theory, advocated everything in the world were not illusory but manifestations of Bráhman. He believed that the world’s highest noumenon was Bráhman, also known as “Cosmic Rationality.” Bráhman is a pure existence and has no differences of attributes, position, quantity and quality. It is the basis of the entire universe, any phenomena in the world, regardless of the nature, human society or human thinking activity, are all Bráhman’s manifestations.