Neo-Hindu (English spelling)

Japanese: Neo-Hindu(英語表記)NeoHindu
Neo-Hindu (English spelling)

…On the other hand, Ramakrishna and Ramana Maharshi, despite the growing trend of Westernization at the time, embodied the traditions of Hinduism and had a great influence on people. From the 1970s, against the backdrop of rising nationalism, thinkers who could be called Neo-Hindu appeared, who, although their intellectual formation was mainly Western, assimilated Western religious, ethical, social, and political values ​​into Hinduism. Among them, important roles were played by Vivekananda, a disciple of Ramakrishna and founder of the Ramakrishna Mission, Aurobindo Ghosh, said to be the greatest thinker born in modern India, Mahatma Gandhi, who devoted himself to Indian independence through grasping the truth and practicing non-violence, Tagore, who was famous as a poet, and Radhakrishnan, who worked hard to investigate Indian philosophy while keeping in mind the comparison with Western philosophy. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Neo-Hindu" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…他方ではラーマクリシュナとラマナ・マハルシは,当時の西洋化の風潮の高まりのなかにありながら,ひたすらヒンドゥー教の伝統を自ら体現して人々に大きな影響を与えた。70年代からは,ナショナリズムの高まりを背景に,その知的形成は主として西洋的でありながら,西洋の宗教,倫理,社会,政治的諸価値をヒンドゥー教に同化させたネオ・ヒンドゥーNeo‐Hinduとも呼ぶべき思想家たちが登場する。彼らのなかで重要な役割を演じたのは,ラーマクリシュナの弟子で,ラーマクリシュナ・ミッションを設立したビベーカーナンダ,近代インドの生んだ最大の思想家といわれるオーロビンド・ゴーシュ,真理の把持と非暴力の実践を通じてインド独立に専念したマハトマ・ガンディー,詩人として著名なタゴール,西洋哲学との比較を念頭におきながらインド哲学の究明に尽力したラーダークリシュナンらであった。…

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