Sitanath Tattwabhushan
Pandit Sitanath Tattwabhushan was the official theologian and philosopher of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.[1][2] His hymns still form the basis of Brahmo rites and liturgies.[2][3]
Early life
He was born Sitanath Dutta, in a village in
He was elected president of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj in 1926.[6]
Religious positions
Following his extensive readings, and intellectual exchanges with his peers, he developed the view that the failure of Brahmoism to draw converts lay in its being less philosophic, and being more grounded on dogma, based on divine inspiration and unverifiable assertions. To counter this, he put forward the need for developing a faith based on philosophy.
Controversies
He attacked
His critical appraisal of Brahmo followers (primarily the followers of Keshub Chunder Sen's New Dispensation) as spiritual deviants, and his emphasis on logical empiricism earned him detractors both with the Brahmo Samaj (particularly the followers of Keshub Chunder Sen), and in the wider Hindu society, who criticized his efforts as effete scholasticism.[5]
Family
Works
- Brahmo Jijnasa (Inquiry into the Philosophical Basis of Theism), 1888.
- Philosophy of Brahmoism, 1909.
- Manual of Brahmic Prayer and Devotions, 1921.
References
- ^ Anusthanic Brahmos Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "The Brahmo Samaj". www.thebrahmosamaj.net. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "The Brahmo Samaj". www.thebrahmosamaj.net. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "Brahmo Samaj, Truths of Brahmoism: Sitanath Tattwabhushan Dutta". Brahmo Samaj, Truths of Brahmoism. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f Reformist Modernism in The Brahmo Samaj and the shaping of the modern Indian mind. By David Kopf, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1979. page 80-83
- ISBN 9780691031255.
- ISBN 81-85626-65-0