Introduction to the Study of the Hindu Doctrines

By René Guénon

Published: 1921

A fundamental work that provides an introductory overview of Hindu metaphysical doctrines, focusing on traditional perspectives, Hindu philosophy, and the structural differences between Eastern and Western intellectual traditions.

Chapters

Ch. 1

Ch. 2

Introduction to the Study of the Hindu Doctrines

Chapters

CONTENTS

PART THREE: THE HINDU DOCTRINES

EDITORIAL NOTE

INTRODUCTION TO THE HINDU DOCTRINES

THE WORKS OF RENÉ GUÉNON

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION TO THE HINDU DOCTRINES

PART ONE: PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS

EAST AND WEST

THE DIVERGENCE

THE CLASSICAL PREJUDICE

4 RELATIONS BETWEEN THE PEOPLES OF ANTIQUITY

5 QUESTIONS OF CHRONOLOGY

LINGUISTIC DIFFICULTIES

PART TWO:

1 MAIN DIVISIONS OF THE EASTERN WORLD

PRINCIPLES OF UNITY OF THE EASTERN CIVILIZATIONS

3 WHAT IS MEANT BY TRADITION?

4 TRADITION AND RELIGION

5 ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF METAPHYSICS

RELATIONS BETWEEN METAPHYSICS AND THEOLOGY

SYMBOLISM AND ANTHROPOMORPHISM

METAPHYSICAL THOUGHT AND PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT

9 ESOTERISM AND EXOTERISM

METAPHYSICAL REALIZATION

PART THREE: THE HINDU DOCTRINES

1 ON THE EXACT MEANING OF THE WORD 'HINDU'

2 PERPETUITY OF THE VEDA

ORTHODOXY AND HETERODOXY

4 CONCERNING BUDDHISM

5 THE LAW OF MANU

6 PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE INSTITUTION OF CASTE

7 SHAIVISM AND VAISHNAVISM

POINTS OF VIEW WITHIN THE DOCTRINE

NYĀYA

VAISHESHIKA

SĀṆKHYA

12 YOGA

13 MĪMĀNSĀ

VEDĀNTΑ

SUPPLEMENTARY REMARKS ON THE DOCTRINE AS A WHOLE

THE TRADITIONAL TEACHING

1 OFFICIAL ORIENTALISM

2 THE SCIENCE OF RELIGIONS

THEOSOPHISM

VEDĀNTΑ WESTERNIZED

ADDITIONAL REMARKS

CONCLUSION

INDEX