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Enlightenment by Grace or Efforts or Birth?

By hipkapi March 11, 2018 Balagangadhara, caste, enlightenment, Indian traditions

9.32 Bhagavadgita māṃ hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye ‘pi syuḥ pāpayonayaḥ striyo vaiśyāstathā śūdrās te’ pi yānti parāṃ gatim The situation is a bit more complex. The word ‘yoni’ here does…

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Psychological Traits and Enlightenment: Ignorance and Knowledge

By hipkapi January 19, 2017 Balagangadhara, enlightenment, ignorance, knowledge, psychology

About the relationship between scientific knowledge and enlightenment: If every human being can become enlightened (at any time, place or culture), it logically follows that some or another hypothesis about…

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How to go about developing an alternative to the so-called social sciences? — S.N. Balagangadhara

By hipkapi February 28, 2011 Balagangadhara, enlightenment

I would like you to consider the following four kinds of answers, each pitched at a different level of generality and at a different level of description. One could provide…

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