Indian Philosophy – A Way Of Life
Like all philosophy students know, in India, Philosophy is not a mere theoretical exercise, but an experimental and living practice. Rishis who formulated philosophical concepts, lived it and proved the validity and efficacy of their theories. This is in stark contradiction to the philosophical speculations formed elsewhere in the world, except Greeks. In this website, I venture to present the robust philosophical thoughts of ancient India & Greece. Welcome!
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The Upanishads: The Source of Indian Philosophical Systems – 1
The Upanishads are those parts of Vedic literature that contains philosophical teaching. It is usually called as Vedanta (end part of Vedas). There are many Upanishads and they are composed not by a single sage, but by many. Also the beginning to the completion of Upanishads composition may span a wide period; say 500 -…
The Upanishads: The Source of Indian Philosophical Systems – 2
These realistic schools propose that there are multiple souls which are co-eternal with the God. They list many reasons for the existence of God[14], and being realists Nyaya claims, object and (its) qualities are different, not same, like the idealists think. Nyaya have developed sixteen categories and stresses much on the syllogism to arrive in…
The Upanishads: The Source Of Indian Philosophical Systems – 3
In Advaita Vedanta individual self and supreme self are one and same. Individual self is the reflection of the supreme self on avidya. When this avidya becomes exhausted, individual self become aware of its supreme status and realize the Brahman. In short, as per Advaita Vedanta, we all are already liberated beings. But due to…
Carvaka Elements in Upanishads? – An Account From the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
There are certain portions in Upanishads which can be interpret-able as carrying materialistic ideas. Thus in Brihadaranyaka Upanishad the great sage Yanjavalkya is conversing to his wife, Maitreyi, that ‘it is for its own sake that Self perform everything’. “He said. It is not for the sake of the husband, my dear, that he is…
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What Is The ‘Problem of One & Many’?
The Problem of ‘One’ and ‘Many’ is considered as an age old problem among the philosophers of Monistic School. Both Indian and Greek monist
The Meaning of ‘Nirguna’, and Two Planes of Ultimate Reality
The conclusion that Ultimate Reality cannot have qualities (unqualified) is derived from the conditioned, limited
Avidya – The Anti-Knowledge
The most confusing component of ആdvaita വ്വ്edanta philosophy, that evoke uneasiness among the begin- ners, is the doctrine of Avidya or
Why Are We Divine?
The most important and valued principle of Advaita Vedānta is that everything is divine. Advaita Vedanta achieves this by assigning a relative reality below the single, absolute
Why The Phenomenal World is MĀYĀ or Indescribable
Can this world be the handiwork or creation of God? The question arises because of the condition of the world that
Dualism in Monotheism
I had faced a peculiar situation, on many occasions of my life. It usually happens in the midst of a conversation with friends. My certain friends will opine that ‘they believe in God very well,
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