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- noun One who is versed in the
doctrines of theVedanta .
Etymologies
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Examples
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As you might expect when you get a Buddhist and a Vedantist and a contemplative Christian together, we talked a lot about the nature of meditation, the relationship between religious doctrine/dogma and personal experience, and just how to put the contemplative experience into words.
Carl McColman: Curiosity May Be Hard On Cats, But It's Great For Interfaith Friendships Carl McColman 2011
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Shankara is a Vedantist, and Gareth is a Zen Buddhist.
Carl McColman: Curiosity May Be Hard On Cats, But It's Great For Interfaith Friendships Carl McColman 2011
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As a Christian Vedantist, I believe that in our deepest ground we are Atman, and that Atman and Brahman are “not two.”
Christian Vedantist Tusar N Mohapatra 2006
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This is what the dissolute Paul says to Christopher in Down There on a Visit, in response to the latter's attempt to explain Vedantist techniques of meditation.
The Old Amalaki Kermode, Frank 1965
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{FN12-19} “Man in his waking state puts forth innumerable efforts for experiencing sensual pleasures; when the entire group of sensory organs is fatigued, he forgets even the pleasure on hand and goes to sleep in order to enjoy rest in the soul, his own nature,” Shankara, the great Vedantist, has written.
Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935
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On the whole it may be said that Sankara is a thorough-going Vedantist and pantheist.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy Various 1909
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I have discarded ten lines of Sanskrit text here as an undoubted interpolation by some Vedantist.
Chapter VIII. 1909
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I omit two lines of the Sanskrit here, evidently interpolated by some Vedantist.
Chapter XIII. 1909
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Now we know that within the Vedantist school there were divergences of opinion which later received classic expression in the hands of Śankara and Râmânuja.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896
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There is a similar parallel between the newer Buddhist philosophy and the Vedantist school represented by Śankara, and Indian critics detected it.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896
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