Fundamental Principle of Hinduism
Triads of knowledge In an earlier chapter I mentioned that everything in this world can be classified into two categories:Continue Reading
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How Plurality (Many) Emerge From Unity (One)?
To Read Third Part of this Article, click Here. In the previous article, I explained how the Upanishads reduce PluralityContinue Reading
How The Upanishads Solved The ‘Problem Of One & Many’?
To Read Second Part of this article, Click Here If there are no definable objects in the experiential world, andContinue Reading
Why Are There No Definable Objects In The Experiential World?
Read First Part of this Article Here. How did the Upanishad Rishis solved the ‘Problem of One and Many? IContinue Reading
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
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 loved, but for one’s own sake, that he is loved. It is not for the sake of wife, my dear, that she is loved, but for one’s own sake that she is loved. It is not for the sake of the sons, my dear, that they are loved, but for one’s own sake that they are loved but for one’s own sake that they are loved. It is not for the sake of wealth…
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