Indian Influences in developing Aldous Huxley’s Thought: Part III
Salvation is man's assussured possession, not a chance windfall. God is not a pie in the sky who appeared from nowhere at a particular time and became operative in human affairs; he has been active from the beginning. The great spiritual life resides in the heart and its truths are open to all sincere seekers. Man has known, possessed and lived those truths long before "revealed religions" were heard of.
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Indian Influences in developing Aldous Huxley’s Thought: Part II
In Hinduism, dying is an art. In the higher reaches of Yoga, one can choose at will when to quit and where to go. Under certain circumstances, voluntary death - prâyopaveSaNa, sallekhana or santhârâ - is admitted. The art of dying however is the same as the art of living. Noble life and noble death go together.
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Indian Influences in developing Aldous Huxley’s Thought: Part I
Aldous Huxley is one of those who enriched the West greatly with the wisdom of the East. Though he came late on the scene, his influence was nonetheless real and deep. Himself a great intellectual, he spoke to the intellect of the West its most effective medium of communication.
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All Interpretation is Misinterpretation: An illusory appeal
Most slogans carry an essentially emotional—not a logical or theoretical—message, and this one is no exception. Slogans are designed not to formulate theories but rather to strike an attitude, to rally a movement, or to intimidate an opposition. This one does all three.
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भारतीय मूल चिन्तन में राजनीति तथा दंडनीति
वर्तमान में प्राचीन भारतीय राजनीतिक व्यवस्था के बारे में अनेक भ्रांतियां हैंI इसमें सबसे बड़ी भ्रान्ति हिन्दुओं की दंड व्यवस्था को लेकर हैI ऐसी एक धारणा बना दी गयी है कि हिन्दू राजनीति और कूटनीति से अनभिज्ञ थे तथा अपने राष्ट्र के रक्षा की चिंता नहीं करते थेI वस्तुतः मैं अपनेइस लेख में विशुद्ध भारतीय राजनीति के ग्रंथों में वर्णित राजनीति के बारे में चर्चा करूँगा
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History of Jagannatha Temple II: The associated legends
The place in the periphery of a kingdom where cities end and villages just merge with woodland- that part of a forest is never very dense. In such a bushy isolated area, Krishna was sitting on a branch of a tree lonely and recalling all the happenings that he had been a part of in his life- waiting for the upalakshya or predetermined event to happen that would make him die! Suddenly a poisonous arrow charged from the bow of a Vyadha or forest hunter stuck his leg.
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When I Met My Guru
Pleasure and pain lost their sway over me. I was free from desire and fear. I found myself full, needing nothing. I saw that in the ocean of pure awareness, on the surface of the universal consciousness, the numberless waves of the phenomenal worlds arise and subside beginninglessly and endlessly. As consciousness, they are all me. As events they are all mine.
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Indian Business Models: Business in Ancient India
Commerce played a great role in making India the universal exporting centre of the economic world in ancient times. Not only was the corporate form used for business enterprises in Ancient India, but also for political and social purposes and went by variety of names-gana, samgha, sabha, sreni and others too.
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नाट्यशास्त्र का सामान्य परिचय
चतुर्विध अभिनय के सहायक नृत्य, गीत, वाद्य एवं गति, वृत्ति, प्रवृत्ति और आसन का अनुसंधान भी नाट्य के अंतर्गत है। इस प्रकार अभिनय के विविध अंग एवं उपांगों के स्वरूप और प्रयोग के आकारप्रकार का विवरण प्रस्तुत कर तत्संबंधी नियम तथा व्यवहार को निर्धारित करनेवाला शास्त्र 'नाट्यशास्त्र' है।
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Kuladharma and dilemma of Arjuna: Analysis under the light of Sri Aurobindo
Till the life is molded as per that spiritual teaching, established and understood in the equality, indisputable unity and calmness of soul beyond the notion of sin and virtue, a man is bound to demote if he ignores the sense of sin and virtue. Since, Arjuna was in doubt and yet to attain that state, Krishna first explained to him the importance of Swadharma or own duty aligned to individual nature and liability, as the first step towards enlightenment. Arjuna was a Kshatriya and hence it would have been an absolute sin if he gave up his war.
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