1. When we consider Paul Hacker’s story on ‘inclusivism as a typically Indian thought form’, all we can conclude is that he has used a typically Christian thought form to understand an…
Read moreIf we want to grasp the nature of the discussions in the Indian traditions, there is much we need to do beforehand: (a) identify the entity they were talking about;…
Read moreAccording to your account, Vedanta claims that the world is an illusion and that only the Brahman is real. 1. If the world is an illusion, Vedanta has to deny…
Read moreA few points about ‘self’ and about what I have said and have not. 1. Comment: “Say, Mr. X made 1 run, 2 runs, 3, 4, n, and a total of 50 runs.…
Read moreIs bhakti what the bhaktas do, or are people bhaktas because they ‘follow’ (bad choice of words, but there is no other way to put it) the ‘bhakti marga’, or…
Read more1. The first thing is that my book is about the western culture and a specific religion, which brought the former forth. It is only indirectly about India because I interrogate the…
Read more(1) What is called ‘mysticism’ in the western culture is not the same kind of experience that the different Indian traditions talk about. (2) I do think, as a corollary,…
Read moreWhile reading this contribution and all the others ([1], [3]) I hope to write, we need to keep the context in mind. The context is this: many intellectuals, both in…
Read moreThe problem about translating ‘sruti’ is not as easy as it has been made out to be. Is it possible to translate it as ‘revelation’ or even as ‘divine revelation’?…
Read moreWhat Aristotle is doing in my piece on the Indian traditions? He is doing many things actually. 1. His presence is a continuation of my argument that the Antiquity (Greeks…
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