Towards mesocosmic rituals in the vedas

pp. 21-32

in: Lenart Škof, Breath of proximity, Berlin, Springer, 2015

Abstract

In this chapter the ancient Vedic world is presented through a critical intercultural approach. Through a reading of the Indian philosopher J. L. Mehta it is our aim to open a path toward the primary cosmic gesture, as proposed in a comparative reading of the Upaniṣads with Heidegger. This happens in the close vicinity of the poetic thought of the Upaniṣads (bráhman and akṣara) and Heidegger. In order to approach this origin, it is first necessary to revitalise the ancient Upaniṣadic thinking as well as the comparative thinking as proposed by Mehta and Heidegger himself.