Plato and the Upanishads – 2
[contextly_sidebar id=”ZfLxuYdUPZtbyTtnAcjpl8GuS0wE7OtJ”] Much has been written about Platonic and upanishadic idealism or monism. I indicated some points in the Introduction above and shall discuss More...
Plato and the Upanishads – 1
Introduction In this essay are examined some similarities and differences between Plato’s Dialogues and the (early) Upanishads. In giving Greek words I follow the usual transliteration except that I use u for More...
Pragmatic Poets: John Dewey & Rabindranath Tagore
As the turbulent 20th century ended and the next millennium commenced, an analytical catharsis, stimulated by postmodern theories, catalyzed the field of curriculum and instruction. Traditional pedagogical methodologies More...
Voluntary death in Sanatana Dharma
[contextly_sidebar id=”PYl6G6IkFknYKACFWgIjvJ1iOVMk0NRH”] Death is considered a very frightening and unwanted event because it ends the visible existence of a living being. Since realms other than the More...
A windmill is my Murti
I have heard it said that if you truly seek an answer to a spiritual question, you’ll invariably come by a Guru’s wisdom. This is my story of such a discovery. For forty of my 75 years, my work has had something More...
Indian Academia and its Colonized Self
The Self is Brahman, Speech is Brahman The Upanishads, some of the foundational texts of the Indic religious-ethical tradition, are replete with a profound humanism. They do not conceive the Divine as something More...
Shankara Jayanti Special: Five Lessons from Sadhana Panchakam
Adi Shankaracharya is one of the most outstanding personalities that India has produced in last few thousand years. He was a teacher, scholar, poet, saint, philosopher, yogi, bhakta, tantrika, a jivanmukta, and More...
Polycentrism, the many-one problem and the roots of yoga
One of the central problems Hindus face on the intellectual battlefield is articulating their position vis-a-vis the stances of their Abrahamic foes. An important aspect of this problem is the difficulty faced by More...