VEDANTA TO VASUDHAIVA KUTUMBAKAM: THE JOURNEY WITHIN AND THE VISION BEYOND
Drākshāyaṇi Manḍuva
International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH September 16, 2026 DOI: 10.29121/granthaalayah.v14.i8.2026.7150 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that the core movement of Indian philosophy is an expansion from self-knowledge to cosmic awareness, in which the boundary between "I" and "Universe" dissolves, and that this inner transformation is India's greatest contribution to humanity. The author frames this not as escape from the world but as an expansion of the self, citing "Tat Tvam Asi," Sri Aurobindo's "The Evolution of Consciousness," the Bhagavad Gita's Yoga as union, and Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam. |
Abstract
India’s greatest contribution to humanity is not technology or empire, but the science of inner transformation. The entire Indian tradition begins with one question"Who am I?" Ko’ham?_"From Self to Cosmos", "From inward to outward", "Atma bodha to Viswa bodha" is exactly the central movement of Indian philosophy. It is not an escape from the world, but an expansion of the self until the boundary between "I" and "Universe" dissolves. The Upanishads call this "Tat Tvam Asi" "That Thou Art". Sri Aurobindo calls this "The Evolution of Consciousness". The Bhagavad Gita calls this "Yoga" Union. Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - The whole world is one family."Om Ῑśāvasyamidam sarvam yatkinchat jagatyām jagat | Tena tyaktena bhunjῑthaḥ mā gṛdhaḥ kasyasviddhanaṃ" ||As per this Śloka, “In this evolving world, God is Inherent in every one of the fixed and moving things. This way, recanting them ought to be utilized with a feeling of renunciation/separation. One should not long for what one does not have. The reason, whose abundance is this of none.”