REVIEW ARTICLE
Year : 2019 | Volume
: 7 | Issue : 2 | Page : 29--33
Will according to Swami Vivekananda: A literary review
N Krishna Bharadwaj
Department of Yoga – Spirituality, S-VYASA University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Swami Vivekananda was a spiritual giant of the modern age. He was a man of profundity and the full import of his ideas is yet to be understood by us. This article deals with understanding Swami Vivekananda's view on Will, especially its nature. This is a field in which very few researches have been done. For this review, “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda” published in 9 volumes by Advaita Ashrama was referred to. A keyword search for the terms “Will” and “Free-Will” was employed to find the relevant passages. There are two main metaphysical theories on Will – Libertarianism and Determinism. The main purport is to show that Swami Vivekananda held a Deterministic view on Will – that is, he believed that the Will is a bound phenomenon. Throughout his works, we find various instances wherein the Swami gives reasons as to why the Will cannot be free. However, Vivekananda was not a fatalist, though he was a determinist, and held the power of Will in high regard. This aspect of his philosophy shall also be presented, along with his explanation of why we feel free even though the Will is bound.
How to cite this article:
Bharadwaj N K. Will according to Swami Vivekananda: A literary review.Int J Yoga - Philosop Psychol Parapsychol 2019;7:29-33
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