Do eu ao si-mesmo: um comentário crítico aos aforismos do Tantra Yoga da Ananda Marga

Abstract

The goal of this thesis is to present a contemporary branch of Indian philosophy, the Tantra Yoga of Ānanda Mārga. It starts by localizing the theory, following with addressing its ontology and praxiology. This thesis is developed through a critical and hermeneutic dialogue with the Ānanda Sūtraṃ, the central textual product of the guru and author of this tantric lineage, Ānandamūrti. Through proper translation of the aphorisms (sūtra) collected in the aforementioned text, a discourse is elaborated which deals with the posited concepts in a cumulative and gradual way. The goal is to present, in a clear way, the constituent principles of the proposed ontological interdependency through its monist perspectivism (advaitadvaitādvaitavāda), as well as the practical mechanisms for its pragmatic actualization. The text addresses, as such, the unveiling of a reality (jagat) that is simultaneously plural and whole, as the embodiment of the principle of Being/Conscience (Brahman). The narrative seeks, therefore, to demonstrate that the notion of subject (jīvātman) is found in a radical otherness of which beings are unfoldings. As such, there is a pedagogical epistemology, the soteriological proposal of which aims to furnish the adept with the permanent fulfillment of the desire for happiness (mokṣa). In order to do that, the text disposes, and this thesis presents, the directives for day-to-day action according to Ānanda Mārga, which constitute a visceral fight (sādhana) in order to establish originary empathy – in oneself and in society.