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Indian classical stories may be told simply, yet their ideas are profound. It helps to shape our society to validate cultural assumptions and beliefs. As the stories have a strong influence on the conceptual frameworks of the community, they can also alter the human understanding of the natural world. But in recent years, humans have distanced themselves from nature. The anthology of Panchatantra (Sanskrit language) and Jataka tales (Pali language) is offered in this study as a valuable discourse for developing ecological consciousness among the people which is suitable for both children and a...

Education is a process of learning and development. Education aims to change a man from normal to perfect. Education is the fundamental process to change a man to complete man. It is a process of all – round growth and development of physical, mental, social, emotional, moral and spiritual. Education is an enlightment and empowerment of total behaviour. It develops the cognitive, affection and cognitive aspects of the learner’s behaviour. Tagore aimed to develop an ideal educational system in India. He emphasis not only body and mind to change through education but also soul, including physica...

This paper makes an explorative journey into the concept of consciousness (prajna) as explained in the Indian philosophy (both orthodox and heterodox) and modern physics. The paper explains about knowledge domains in the traditions and their distinctive features, different connotations, and denotations of consciousness, the different methods being used in explaining consciousness. The current scientific analyses of consciousness from the stand point of theoretical and quantum physics are discussed here and compared with the concept of consciousness in the Indian philosophical traditions.

With a history dating back at least 3000 years, the philosophical tradition of India is one of the oldest to continue to thrive today. Encompassing a wide variety of worldviews, Indian philosophy includes perspectives that have ongoing relevance to contemporary issues such as the nature of consciousness, the relationship between philosophy and the good life, the existence of a divine reality, and the meaning of happiness. Contrary to widespread stereotypes, Indian philosophy is not simply an extension of Indian religion. Scepticism is a pervasive feature of this discourse, and there is even a ...

Any Claim about the status of knowledge in ancient Indian systems to provoke a contrary response. Historically such a response has always informed the Western view of Indian philosophical and scientific traditions. However, such a view has also been part of the mainstream Indian education as well as of the academic community.

also who we might become—a better or a lesser being, whose traits we acquire and indeed define in the choices we make’’ [p. xxx]), which has rightly been termed teleological, his own ontology of nature appears to be strictly descriptive and causal, in conformity with modern scientific conceptions. It is thus an ‘‘anthropomorphic’’ confusion to apply our moral notions to the natural realm (p. 123). But the biblical account of creation is itself by fiat, as Hans Kelsen (Society and Nature [Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1943]; The Pure Theory of Law [Berkeley: University of California Pre...

Preface A note on the pronunciation of Sanskrit Introduction 1. Value 2. Knowledge 3. Reasoning 4. Word 5. World 6. Self 7. Ultimates Glossary Bibliography Index.

Daśapadārthī is a text of Indian philosophy and the Vaiśeṣika school only preserved in the Chinese translation made by Xuánzàng 玄奘 in 648 BC. The translation was included in the catalogs of East Asian Buddhist texts and subsequently in the East Asian Buddhist Canons (Dàzàngjīng 大藏經) despite clearly being not a Buddhist text. Daśapadārthī is almost unquestionably assumed to be written by a Vaiśeṣika 勝者 Huiyue 慧月 in Sanskrit reconstructed as Candramati or Maticandra. But is that the case? The author argues that the original Sanskrit text was compiled by the Buddhists based on previously existing...

Causation is an important role in Indian Philosophical system. Every school of Indian Philosophical system are accepted different type of causal relationship. In India both the heterodox and the orthodox philosophers explain the cause and effect according to their own view. Causation was acknowledged as one of the central problems in Indian philosophy. Indian philosophers extensively discussed a number of issues relating to causation, like; Svabhāva-vāda, Pariṇāmavāda, Vivartavāda, Ᾱrambhavāda, Pratītyasamutpādavāda. They stressed the importance of the material cause, rather than (as is wester...

You cannot say "thank you" in Sanskrit. It would be ridiculous to deduce from this (as William Ward, a British Orientalist, did in 1822) that gratefulness as a sentiment was unknown to the ancient Indian people. It is no less ridiculous to argue that rationality as a concept is absent from or marginal to the entire panoply of classical Indian philosophical traditions on the basis of the fact that there is no exact Sanskrit equivalent of that word.

reference to their ultimate causes. The Indians seers, on the other hand, viewed philosophy as the search and accomplishment of the whole truth of life and being. According to them it is not only a mental or intellectual inquiry but also encompassed a conscious investigation of life. The purpose of Philosophy is to guide and fulfil life. However, the fulfillment of life is not attained merely contemplating on truth and being. The Vedic lore is replete with assertions that the philosophical urge ultimately culminates in the realization of Truth. It may appear somewhat strange that India as a na...

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Chronology The Buddha Introduction 1. The Buddha's Suffering 2. Practice and Theory of No-Self 3. Klesas and Compassion 4. The Second Buddha's Greater Vehicle 5. Karmic Questions 6. Irresponsible Selves, Responsible Non-Selves 7. The Third Turning: Yogacara 8. The Long Sixth-Seventh Century: Epistemology as Ethics Epilogue Appendices Notes Further Reading

Indian Philosophy: A Historical Overview Part 3 I Theory of Knowledge (Pramana Sastra) Chapter 4 and Beyond the Pramana-Prameya Distinction Chapter 16.

Preface. Abbreviations Part 1 1. Introduction Part 2: The Foundations 2. The Vedas 3. The Upanisads. Appendix I Translations of Selected Texts Part 3: Non-Vedic Systems 4. The Cavaka Darsana and the Sramanas 5. The Jaina Darsana 6. The Bauddha Darsana. Appendix II Translations of Selected Texts from Non-Vedic Systems Part 4: The Ancient Systems 7. The Mimamsa Darsana 8. The Samkhya Darsana 9. The Yoga Darsana 10. The Vaisesika Darsana 11. The Nyaya Darsana. Appendix III Translations of Selected Texts from the Ancient Systems Part 5: Systems with Global Impact 12. The Buddhist Schools 13. The V...

The place of mind in the philosophical systems of India is briefly discussed and an integrated approach extending beyond the mind in psychiatric care is suggested.

Vedic religion and philosophy transition to the systems non-Vedic schools Nyaya-Vaisesika Sankhya-Yoga Purva-mimamsa Vedanta - absolutistic Vedanta - theistic.

This volume is devoted to the oldest Indian Philosophy from the begining to the end of the first millennium after Christ. It embraces the philosophy of the Veda and the epic, the Buddha and the Jina, the Sankhya and the classical Yoga system. Volume II sets forth the presentation of the nature philosopical schools.

that "In some centuries everyone loves simplicity . . . [in others] sculptors prefer studied dignity and what they call 'good taste'" and the proclamation that "we deal with the beauty of sculpture" (p. i) , the reader senses with accurate foreboding that the author will fail to detect and annotate the latent pressures within one style that dictate the manifestations of the succeeding style. Having dismissed the relevance of historical context and the varied "genetic" elements of artistic style in India, Fabri chooses the touching teleological argument that art moves from "archaic" to "classic...

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Shows that Indian philosophy reflects some of the earliest thought traditions in human history.

are based, to be sure, on thirty years of intellectual and spiritual contact with Indian thought, but they remain nonetheless those of an analyst and observer from the outside. It is not fitting that a guest admitted into the intimacy of Indian civilization should raise his voice too high in commenting on a statement that is based on knowledge originating from within. Therefore, I propose merely to explain how the data of Indian philosophical history might appear to a mind that has been trained in the civilization of the West and that seeks to achieve a universal view; to indicate where, for s...

Cultures other than those in Christian Europe have had important and interesting observations to make on the nature of friendship, and in this collection there is treatment not only of Greek and Christian ideas of friendship, but also of ...

In the paper an attempt is made to establish conceptual and compositional similarity between the philosophy of the Lithuanian thinker Vydūnas and traditional Indian philosophy which is conceived as an architectonical whole, i.e., able to invoke definite methodological attitudes. The classical Buddhist exemplification of “four noble truths” is claimed to be the basis of the architectonical structure. Such a structure is revealed in the general formulation of Vydūnas’ methodological attitude.

This book is an attempt to rethink, in an academic manner, the ideas of the contemporary thinkers, Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Sri Aurobindo, Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya. Sri s. Radhakrishnan and Mohammad Iqbal. Different aspects of their thoughts have been systematised, categorised and placed under suitable philosophical heads in this work.

The beginning of Indian Philosophy takes us very far back to about the middle of the second millennium before Christ.The speculative activity begun so early was continued till a century or two ago, so that the history that is narrated in the following pages cover a period of over thirty centuries. During this long period Indian thought developed practically unaffected by outside influence and it has evolved several systems of philosophy. The present work is based upon the lectures by Prof. Hiriyanna.

This book is a collection of papers by participants (chiefly Indian) in the East-West Philosophers' Conferences of 1939, 1949, 1959, and 1964. Though all the papers have been published previously, most of them have been somewhat revised here. The concentration of Indian papers in one volume highlights the distinctive features of the Indian contributions to the conferences, and provides a convenient work for use in courses on Indian philosophy, religion, and civilization. The scope of the book is much less comprehensive than the title. One might well contend that it contains the essentials of H...

This is the first book fully dedicated to Indian philosophical doxography. It examines the function such dialectical texts were intended to serve in the intellectual and religious life of their public. It looks at Indian doxography both as a witness of inter- and intra-sectarian dialogues and as a religious phenomenon. It argues that doxographies represent dialectical exercises, indicative of a peculiar religious attitude to plurality, and locate these ‘exercises’ within a known form of ‘yoga’ dedicated to the cultivation of ‘knowledge’ or ‘gnosis’ (jnāna). Concretely, the book presents a c...

The paper deals with the concepts of determinism and freedom as found in the philosophy of the Indian origin. Actually, there is a long controversy regarding these concepts among different schools of philosophy. The problem has been dealt with and solved by Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. My effort is to justify Radhakrishnan’s position with some favourable arguments from the Indian standpoint. As per an observation of Radhakrishnan it is concluded that both the divine power and human effort are essential for any type of success in our life. If these two factors remain in a cooperative stage, th...

Through this present article, it is decided to present views related to the basic definitions for understanding the Gross elements stated in Sanskrit and compare them with the definitions given in Science texts about them. In my opinion the definitions stated in Sanskrit texts are very apt and easily understood even to the laymen. Let us investigate the few examples from bot Science and Sanskrit with my limited scope of understanding.Science and Sanskrit teach differently about the same things. Though the different methodology of explaining the facts have been adopted it is necessary to know t...

The author focuses on the relationship between reason and faith in Indian philo­sophy. He divides the spectrum of possible philosophical views into three areas: 1) the excessive application of critical reasoning, which leads to the rejection of all faiths; 2) the common sense perspective; 3) uncritical adherence to faith. The author distinguishes between “belief” based on common sense and “faith” which is understood as acceptance of metaphysical beliefs. Gokhale speaks at length about pramāṇas (means of valid cognition), of which in India there were basically recognized three: direct perceptio...

The Indian Philosophy is regarded as the most mature philosophy in the world. Its approach towards the quest regarding creation, the Almighty and Salvation, makes it unique among others. All the six darśanas namely, Nyāya, Vaiśeṣika, Sāṃkhya, Yoga, Mīmāṃsā and Vedānta, provide a different and exclusive angle to the answers of the philosophical quest. The deep insights into these concepts by various sages and scholars, gave birth to various sub-schools, showcasing the divine intellectual prowess of Sanātana Dharma. The present paper communicates in a bird eye of all the 6 darśanas for an aspira...

This article makes an explorative journey into the concepts of mind as explained in the Indian philosophical traditions and Western psychology. The article explains about knowledge domains in the traditions and their distinctive features, different connotations and denotations of mind, and the different methods being used in explaining mind. Yet, they may not appear to be opposed or conflicting in nature. The article elaborates on the concepts such as mind (manas) and mind apparatus (citta) in Indian philosophical traditions and compares with the traditional Western psychology where the primar...

This monograph guides you to understand the basic concept of Ancient Indian Philosophy of Education. It depicts scriptural, sculpture and inscription information based on the author’s observation and experiences. It contains an introduction to philosophy of education, Vedic philosophy of education, Buddhism philosophy of education and Jainism philosophy of education. The book primarily prepared for B.Ed., M.Ed., and B.Sc. B.Ed., students.

Interpreting philosophy of Indians and Netizens in the eye of Philosophy of humanities may sound absurd to many but it seems to have a solid ground since in many ways the former seems to be providing the most convenient ways of daily life but the latter is based on the basic human values which are inseparable from human being because the human being is a product of nature who is completely attributed with feelings, emotions, imaginations, love, relationship, kindness and the like. IT or software philosophers talk of the virtual world, artificial intelligence (AI), ALife, roboethics, ethical ha...

A person identifies himself with a set of characteristics or habits. These characteristics however, are not the true form of the Soul or Puruṣa according to the Sāṁkhya-Yoga schools. The characteristics one identifies himself with is nothing but saṁskāra or “impressions” left by one‟s own actions or others‟ actions. The formations of saṁskāras depends on how the citta fluctuates. These fluctuations or modifications of citta are called vṛttis. The vṛttis can leave bad impressions or good impressions. It depends on which impression prevails that determines the character of a person. However, too...

India has a rich and diverse history of philosophy. The integral understanding of ‘Self’ is often neglected, which is given by Indian philosophy and the western view is more popular. This essay starts with the introduction of main orthodox and heterodox schools of Indian philosophy. Then discussion on six major epistemologies followed by these schools, which follow these epistemologies in-parts or as whole is presented. Further the article looks into an analytical discussion on the concept of ‘self’ as given by these classical Indian schools, especially Nyāya-Vaiśeṣikas, Vedanta and Buddhism i...

Before we consider the theories accounting for the change and the difficulties involved in the concept, it will be worthwhile to know importance of the concept. The importance of the concept is twofold: Metaphysical and Logical. If we are able to account for the change, that will, to a very great extent, throw light on the natures Reality. Is all Reality intrinsically active, i.e., changing by itself, e.g., the Prakriti of Sankhyas, or is it intrinsically passive, as the atoms of Nyaya-Vaisesika, and acted upon by some other active agency? There are the questions which are intimately connected...

The publication presents the overview of the content of special discipline — pramāṇavāda (doctrine of the instruments of valid cognition), which formed in the Indian systems of philosophical knowledge — the darśanas. The review begins with the fixation of pramāṇavāda’s similarities with the Western epistemology and logic, with the determining its structure and a brief excursion into the history of its development. Then the author points out the influence of Panini’s grammar (IV century BC) on the Akṣapāda’s (III–IV centuries) choice of the conceptual framework of the pramāṇavāda. The structure...

The main aim of this article is to discuss shortly about the practical standpoint of Indian philosophy. For the best realization of practical standpoint, the distinction between Indian and western philosophical standpoint has been discussed, at first. Then, to explain the practical side of Indian of philosophy, five points have been mentioned here. The first point is importance on morality and righteousness(dharma) of Indian philosophy. According to Indian philosophers(except Carvaka), the aim of philosophy is the income of money(artha), service of desire(kama), and the attainment of liberatio...

This article draws attention to the fact, often overlooked, that innovation is not foreign to the history of Indian philosophy. Three such episodes are briefly discussed (in reverse chronological order): (1) the innovations introduced by Raghunātha and his followers in the Nyāya school of thought (ca. 1500 CE); (2) the innovations that gave rise to satkāryavāda, pariṇāmavāda, śūnyavāda, anekāntavāda and other philosophical positions (early centuries CE); (3) the innovations responsible for the first manifestations of rational philosophy in India (ca. second century BCE). Raghunātha’s innovatio...

The history of bioethics is described in this brief essay. Then I will reflect on how the Indian philosophies might be useful to study the roots for the emergence of bioethics. Finally, I'll talk about my point of view to the higher objective of bioethics.

How is the approach of Indian philosophers to the study of consciousness different from that of their Western counterparts? To answer this question, it is necessary to understand how the Indian philosophical tradition distinguishes between consciousness and non-consciousness. How does it present and solve the mind-body problem? The article explores the difference in understanding of mind and consciousness in some schools of Indian philosophy. First, the article considers some major Indian philosophical principles underlying the relationship between mind and consciousness which make the Indian ...

The need to have a recast vision of Indian Philosophy suggests that Indian Philosophy is alienating from masses and it gives the wrong notion that Indian philosophy is oriented only towards spiritualism. Although spirituality is the limited in spiritualism alone. So it is very important to have a recast vision of Indian Philosophy in tunes with applied philosophy and pratical ethics. The beginnings of Indian Philosophy were from the speculative nature of man for several centuries. One remarkable feature of Indian Philosophy is that in its periods of formation, it was largely un affected from o...

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Almost every thinker has tried to define the ultimate goal of human life. Some people hold that the most developed state of mental ability is the sign of realization. Yet according to the others if one inculcates the best of human behavior while living in a specific social set up, that is the realized state of human self. The thinkers with spiritual inclination are of the view that when the human self comes back to its original primordial form that is the real state of the self. This is called in other words: self-realization. Ramana Maharshi transmitted realization to his disciples through th...

Traditional Sanskrit grammar is primarily a technical enterprise, which does not constitute, in and by itself, a system of philosophy. Grammatical discussions may, and do, from time to time touch upon philosophical questions, but the idea [719] of a grammarians’ philosophy might not have arisen were it not for Bhart®hari. This thinker of the fifth century (as now as much as certain) worked out a philosophical system which he claimed to be ‘grammatical’, and which (or parts of which) came to be accepted by later grammarians as belonging to their own tradition. Moreover, this philosophy came to ...

Spectrum of Change Often reform is used interchangeably with administrative change, reorganisation and sometimes, revolution. Etymologically, reform means 'to give a new shape or form'' also, it signifies 'to bring to a better way of life'. In the parlance of Indian administration, reform refers to the process of change with complete transformatiai in terms of structure and behaviour. It is more a grandiose and infrequent effort to remodel and reorganise the administrative apparatus of government with heavy investment of men, money and time. As Caiden propounded, it haS three distinguishing fe...