Brahman - Hindu Understanding of Brahman - Modern Hinduism

Modern Hinduism

See also: Hindu reform movements

During the 19th century Hindu reform movements arose, creating "neo-Hinduism", a modern synthetic understanding of classical Hinduism and modern philosophy and spirituality. Representants of this Hindu modernism are Ramakrishna, Sri Aurobindo and Radakrishnan. An important influence is the Theosophy from Annie Besant.

Brahman is the one supreme, universal Spirit that is the origin and support of the phenomenal universe.

Radakrishnan refers to Brahman as the Absolute or Godhead, which is the Divine Ground of all being.

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