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Analysis of water-related metaphors within the theme of religious harmony in Swami Vivekananda’s Complete Works

Hervormde teologiese studies, 2016-12, Vol.72 (4), p.1-8 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright AOSIS (Pty) Ltd 2016 ;ISSN: 0259-9422 ;EISSN: 2072-8050 ;DOI: 10.4102/hts.v72i4.3431

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  • Title:
    Analysis of water-related metaphors within the theme of religious harmony in Swami Vivekananda’s Complete Works
  • Author: Naicker, Suren
  • Subjects: Advaita Vedanta ; Christianity ; Complete Works ; God ; Hinduism ; Metaphor ; Monks ; Philosophy ; Swami Vivekananda ; Vivekananda (1863-1902) ; Water-related metaphors
  • Is Part Of: Hervormde teologiese studies, 2016-12, Vol.72 (4), p.1-8
  • Description: This article focuses on the metaphors employed by Swami Vivekananda. The aim was to explain otherwise abstruse philosophical principles within the Hindu school of thought, with especial emphasis on Swami Vivekananda’s version of Advaita Vedanta, which maintains that there is no duality of existence despite the appearance of such. Using conceptual metaphor theory as a framework, and corpus linguistics as a tool, the metaphors used in Vivekananda’s Complete Works have been explored and it is concluded that he more often than not draws on the water frame to explain concepts. This is contrary to mainstream Western religions, which seem to employ primarily the family frame to conceptualise God metaphorically; this is not so within Vivekananda’s Hinduism – though he does use the said frame. Hence, Vivekananda’s water-related metaphors are analysed here under various themes, and parallels are drawn between Christian mysticism and Vivekananda’s Hinduism, showing that there are significant similarities between these two influential traditions.
  • Publisher: Pretoria: AOSIS
  • Language: English;Afrikaans
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0259-9422
    EISSN: 2072-8050
    DOI: 10.4102/hts.v72i4.3431
  • Source: Open Access: DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
    Open Access: AOSIS OpenJournals
    African Journals (Open access)
    AUTh Library subscriptions: ProQuest Central
    Alma/SFX Local Collection
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