Pudgala
I II Regarding the Upanishadic verse: multiple ways of glossing that passage exist. Consider this simple version: Aatma( = Dehin, +Indriya+Manas = Bhokta. RHS says ‘the enjoyer’, which refers to an entire…
Read moreI II Regarding the Upanishadic verse: multiple ways of glossing that passage exist. Consider this simple version: Aatma( = Dehin, +Indriya+Manas = Bhokta. RHS says ‘the enjoyer’, which refers to an entire…
Read more1. He says: “Doniger translates “dharma” as “religion”. Apparently, Indians should not criticize that because we know neither what the English word “religion” means nor do we know what “dharma”…
Read moreOne could justifiably see spirituality (the Jewish, Christian and Islamic) as ‘Adhyatma’ if one focusses on the psychological transformations that a human being undergoes in the process of moving from…
Read moreThe Ancient Romans spoke of ‘Peoples’ and ‘Nations’. They saw traditions making a group into a people and distinguishing people (and, sometimes, ‘nations’) from each other. Different peoples (distinguished from…
Read morePart I, Part II, Part III , Part IV (Appeared on 04/13/2022 through 04/15/2022) S.N. Balagangadhara, emeritus professor at Ghent University, Belgium, has spent more than 40 years studying the…
Read more[ Published on swarjyamag Aug 26, 2022] Let me recollect the question we agreed upon: how does the combined phrase (colonial mindset and servitude) make sense within the framework of…
Read moreOf course, you can use Kant (or anyone other philosopher of your liking) to talk about what experience is. But if you use these thinkers (of the last 1000 years…
Read more[Transcript appeared in pp 206-8 “Classical Indian Thought and the English Language” edited by Mullick, et al] Let us take the word ‘duty’ for the moment. Conflict in duties does…
Read moreIt is broadly accepted that one of the most important functions of language is to describe the world outside it. Could it be the case that when it comes to…
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