‘Sarvam Duhkham’ – Is This Buddhist Principle, a Pessimistic One?
One of the cardinal principle of Buddhism is ‘Sarvam Duhkham‘. This is a direct utterance of Buddha and had neverContinue Reading
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Why Consciousness Is Not A Product Of Body?
The focal point of the Astika – Nastika conversations is mainly the origin of consciousness in humans. While theism emphasizesContinue Reading
Asuras are not South Indians. Why?
In social media debates (most of them are low rate discussions), it is often argued that Asuras, mentioned in IndianContinue Reading
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 – 1000 years, minimum. Commonly eleven Upanishads are considered as the ‘Principle Upanishads’. Yet, this is not a hard rule. It is generally held so because Sri Sankaracharya wrote commentaries for these eleven Upanishads. They are Isa, Kena, Katha, Taittiriya, Aitareya, Mundaka, Mandukya, Prasna, Chandogya…
Upanishads and Greek Thinkers on ‘Pancha Bhoota-s’ or ‘Five First Elements’
From the very dawn of the comparative studies in the philosophy area, scholars have noted close parallelism between Indian andContinue Reading
The Three levels of Ultimate Reality
Normally Māya of Advaita Vedānta is believed to be representing a non-existent thing, by the easy readers of Vedanta. InContinue Reading
