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Origins Shrouded in Myth — by Raam Gokhale
“In the beginning was the self, the Purusha (the male principle), alone, afraid, wondering what made him lonely and fearful. If there was loneliness and fear, there could also be company and pleasure. Restless, he split himself.”
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Radhaa: The Silent Lover — Nupur Behl
“But a deeper philosophy provides us an answer which is not only simple, beautiful and sublime, but also the one that transcends the apparent ritualistic contradictions and complexities which we often think are extant in the Hindu thought. This paper aims to understand the position and the role of Radhaa in the Hindu philosophy.” Read More…
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Teaching argumentation from the Nyaya-Sutras — by P.S. Borkowski, PhD
“Our goal in this pedagogy, like Gotama’s, is practical argument drawn from the theoretical basis of argumentation. This can be extracted from Gotama’s Nyaya-Sutras to craft a sequential outline plan for a course in argumentation for social policy (deliberative) arguments.” Read More…
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A Critique of the Mind-Brain Identity Theory – by Adebayo A. Ogungbure,Department of Philosophy, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
“This paper attempts a critical examination of the mind-brain identity theory which holds that the mind or consciousness is nothing but a physico-chemical process in the brain.” Read More…
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Takshaka: Avenger from the Forest and Pariikshita’s Liberation — By: Nupur Behl
“Taking cue from the classical text of Shrimad-bhagvatam, by Ved Vyas, this paper intends to understand the concept of death in human life, its daunting nature and the wise means of dealing with it, by referring to the myth of the king, Pariikshita and the serpent, Takshaka.” Read More…
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A Letter from Salil Bal, Reminiscent of our Dialogue, ‘The East Unleashed’
“Every now and then we are proving statements made by Plato in some ancient time true to it’s core and heart: Democracy indeed is a bad form of Government.” Read More…
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Is it OK to Eat Meat, Eggs, Dairy?–A Lecture Delivered at Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapith (a university in Pune)
Today I’ll be discussing moral arguments against eating meat, eggs and dairy Read More…
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Prison Through a Philosophic Prism
Not ‘prisoner at present’, prisoner of the present, which I take to be the human condition. We’re all prisoners of the present. Read More…
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Thoughts
‘Man and God approach each other through the Word’. Or more accurately, and in fact more poetically, the finite and the infinite approach each other through the symbol. Read More…
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From Slumdog to Maddog — by Raam Gokhale
“Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be!”—Miguel De Cervantes, Don Quixote Read More…
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