Category: Philosophy

Introduction The five basic elements – known as Pancamahabhutas – have their own history in the Indian (both Hindu and Buddhist) literature. They are discussed in different philosophical systems, interpreted thematically in different contexts such as religion, aesthetics, ecology, astrology etc. The basic concept implied here is harmony, interconnections between Religion, philosophy and medicine.  Here […]

He had brought along his wife, for he said that it was their mutual problem. She had bright eyes and was small, sprightly, and rather disturbed. They were simple, friendly people; he spoke English fairly well, and she could just manage to understand it and ask simple questions. When it got a little difficult, she […]

Introduction At the outset one has to understand what is meant by peace and then see how art in general contributes to that process of peace. In this presentation, first of all, the vision of religious traditions in the peace-process is brought in, since peace is not merely man’s achievement, but also it is God’s […]

Introduction Ramalinga Swamy of the nineteenth Century was a mystic, revolutionary thinker and a reformer. His main contribution to the religious life of the Indian society is his concept of the True Path (Suddha Sanmarga). It is a way of life transcending the conventional patterns of religion. The basis of this new path was the […]

Unlike the physique our mind is intangible. But what we are is what our mind basically is. That’s what psychologists say about the mind and there is a school of thought that believes in ‘mind only’ (Chitta or mana maatra). At the molecular level, what we are is based on what our DNA is. DNA […]

The original pictures of the Ten Ox Herding date back to a Ch’an master in the Sung dynasty in China (1126-1279 AD). It has its spiritual roots in the early Buddhist texts in China. The stations depict an imagery of an illusion that needs to be subdued before attaining enlightenment by an ardent seeker, a […]

When the term spirituality is used here it refers to one’s being as an ultimate essence of one’s self and not in the conventional way of connoting to one’s soul and finally realizing it. But in a way it has relevance to the current topic. In Patanjali Yoga Sutra, there are only two aspects to […]