Advitiya Vishnu Vaada- II: Vishnu is Brahman
[contextly_sidebar id=”0C3fZrMDPBNJ9ydSH0aa6q8ApUEdK0q7″] The main difference between Advaita and Dvaita seems to be around just three Questions: Is Vishnu a guna pariPurna God with form or an abstract attributeless entity? Is this world and after life Real or just a mirage? Do we retain our identity in Moksha and we just vaporize into an More...
Varṇa vyavastha as a conceptual social order that facilitates self-actualization
Introduction “Dharmo viśvasya jagataḥ pratiṣṭhā” declares one of the Śruti texts[1]. This declaration has served as a foundational principle for dharma traditions and generation after generation of More...
Deadly distortions of Colonial Rule- Notes from ‘A Ruler’s Gaze’ by Arvind Sharma- III
[contextly_sidebar id=”z383thK60HcOc6rIKlV83jJos2b1Ro4G”] We saw in the previous parts the application of Saidian lens to assess British rule over India. Knowledge produces power; later, power becomes More...
Deadly distortions of Colonial Rule- Notes from ‘A Ruler’s Gaze’ by Arvind Sharma- II
[contextly_sidebar id=”04X37DnQ2cZq59oYwZM6CCNzSDOH3Erw”] In the first part, we saw how the Saidian lens can apply to assess the British rule over India by the distinguished author, Arvind Sharma. In More...
Deadly distortions of Colonial Rule- Notes from ‘A Ruler’s Gaze’ by Arvind Sharma- I
Edward Said wrote an important book called ‘Orientalism,’ where he noted Western representation of Eastern cultures as an exercise in exaggerating the differences, presuming Western superiority. Orientalism More...
Nityatva and Apaurusheyatva in language
Abstract: This paper was first written in 2007 for the Centre for Sanskrit Studies (in JNU) but has been revised since. It argues that apaurusheyatva and nityatva can be found only in a deeper level of language More...
The Making of Early Kashmir – The Making of a New Literary Star
The Making of Early Kashmir: Landscape and Identity in the Rajatarangini by Shonaleeka Kaul is available for purchase on Amazon. Sanskrit, the most defining characteristic of Indic civilization, is not just a language. More...
Reflections on Bhakti- II: Devotion as the Supreme Goal of Life
[contextly_sidebar id=”h8tDs0RCcaRSK5KW8r3hNF4xXR0QjBnv”] In the concluding portion of Part I of this series, I noted that in his phenomenal work on Bhakti titled Bhagavad-Bhakti-Rasayana, Madhusudhana More...
Advitiya Vishnu Vaada- I: How Advaita & Dvaita come together
Ever since the advent of Shrimad Ananda Theertha (better known as Madhvacharya) in the Indian philosophical firmament in 13th century, a great polemical war has been raging between Idealists (Advaitins) and Pragmatists More...
A Case for Dharmic Psychology: Report on the Swadeshi Indology Conference 4
Disclaimer: I’m not a psychologist and I don’t claim to be one. I’m writing from a common man’s point of view with a decent understanding of both the Arts and Sciences. Something interesting happened a few More...