Source: - Advaithashramam YouTube Channel Poojya Swami Chidanandapuri's english discourse on 'Chidanandam'. Venue : Chidanandam Padashala, Munnekolalu, Bangalore 560037. Date : 04-Feb-2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxpp7uUssAc
Category: Upanishads
PRAMĀNA: THE SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE
Whenever discussing Indian Philosophy, a note on the ‘Sources of knowledge’ (in Sanskrit, Pramāna) is unavoidable. Philosophy deals with external objects. So getting details about the external objects is crucial to formulate philosophic theories. There are various ways or means to know the outside objects. These means are commonly called as Pramāna or ‘Sources/methods of… Continue reading PRAMĀNA: THE SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE
Consciousness: The Substratum Of Human Experience
Are we seeing the objects around us like plants, animals, rocks, etc because we have eyes? Are we hearing various sounds from the outside world due to our ears? In the same way touch-skin, odour – nose, taste – tongue pairs also should be considered. Common man may answer ‘yes’ to each of this question,… Continue reading Consciousness: The Substratum Of Human Experience
The Different Ways To Moksha
Karma Siddhanta put forward certain rules and guidelines to define actions into two categories – Good and Bad. These set of rules decided which action is good and which is bad. Vedas, Brahmanas, Upanishads, Bhagavat Gita, Smiritis, etc. were the commonly cited scriptures for a proper ethical and spiritual life. Guiding a life according to them, one can attain the perfect state of existence before or after death. Thus who performs the duties as propounded by the scriptures are sure to achieve moksha (roughly means, ‘liberation’), the perfect state, and who deviate from scriptural injections are destined to born again and again in the phenomenal world.
Origin Of Indian Philosophy
In Rig-Veda there is a famous Sloka/hymn, which expresses the skepticism about the origin and nature of the world[1]. It also doubts the capability of god and his involvement in the creation of the world. It says the gods may be later than the world creation. At the same time sloka assumes a ‘He’, above… Continue reading Origin Of Indian Philosophy
