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Reviewer: Shrinivas Tilak, Ph D, history of religions, an independent researcher based in Montreal

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Tony Librizzi

In Being Different: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism Rajiv Malhotra has set for himself the challenging task of contesting the self-serving universalism that is readily apparent in the ‘grand narrative’ (whether secular or religious) produced by the West in … Continue reading →

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Reviewer: Ramakrishna Puligandla, Emeritus professor of Philosophy, University of Toledo

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Tony Librizzi

Rajiv Malhotra richly deserves to be congratulated for making available his masterly work, Being Different: Indian Challenge to Western Universalism. With analytical clarity and systematic argumentation, grounded in documentation from the original sources, Rajiv Malhotra at once offers excellent clarification … Continue reading →

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Reviewer: Dr. Pandya, Head of All World Gayatri Pariwar and Chancellor, Dev Sanskriti University, Haridwar

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Tony Librizzi

Since time immemorial, Indian spiritual exemplars had a strong tradition of studying competing schools of thoughts and debating them vigorously; but the recent leaders have ignored the need to analyze and debate Western religions and philosophical systems using Indian frameworks. … Continue reading →

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Reviewer: Dr. Satya Narayan Das, Founder of Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies, Vrindavan

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Tony Librizzi

Many Indian spiritual leaders, lacking a profound knowledge of their own culture, and feeling inferior to the West, try to respond to the Western challenge by showing how Indian and western religions are the same. They chant “sarva-dharma-sama-bhava” (all religions are … Continue reading →

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Reviewer: Dr. Sampadananda Mishra, Director, Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Indian Culture (SAFIC), Sri Aurobindo Society, Pondicherry

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Tony Librizzi

Being Different is a highly successful attempt in exploring the major differences between Indian and Western worldviews, metaphysics, cosmologies and philosophies which have not previously been adequately appreciated by scholars and spiritual seekers. The thoughts presented and the insights given … Continue reading →

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Reviewer: Bhakti Vikas Swami, Vaishnav scholar and ISKCON sannyasi, author of twelve books

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Tony Librizzi

All Things Must Pass — so sung George Harrison on a megahit album of the same name. George was consciously echoing Krsna’s words in the Bhagavad-gita, which ring through centuries of proud civilizations that have risen, deemed themselves invincible, and … Continue reading →

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Reviewer: by C. Alex Alexander, Independent Scholar, Washington, DC

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Tony Librizzi

With stellar originality and great clarity, Being Different adroitly demands that scholars and interfaith leaders accept the virtues of respecting the differences among religious traditions and not merely “tolerate” them in the name of interfaith solidarity. This book is a … Continue reading →

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