Affirmation, rejection and accommodation: three attitudes to the body (and the world) as implicit religion(s). Issue 1 (2nd January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Amat Obryk, Matylda
• Is Part Of: Journal of beliefs & values. Volume 43:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 80
• Page End: 89
• Publication Date: 2022-01-02
• Subjects: Karma-jñāna-bhakti-progression -- affirmation -- rejection -- accommodation -- attitude towards body and world -- indian philosophy -- hedonism -- ascetism; Religions -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Theology -- Periodicals; Religious education -- Periodicals; Values -- Periodicals; 200.1
• DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2022.2005731
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1361-7672

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Indian philosophy provides a paradigm for understanding human development. It places human development along the line of karma (affirmation), jñāna (rejection) and bhakti (accommodation). Those three attitudes can be observed both chronologically, as they describe the societal progress, and synchronically, as they describe individual ways of coping with the world. In this paper the attitude towards the body is being used as a template for understanding the attitude towards the world.