Tag: philosophy

Slide 1: Rāmānuja — The Architect of Qualified Non-Dualism Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta, Bhakti, and the Body of God Picture this: South India, the eleventh century. The Chola Empire stretches across the Tamil heartland — its temples pierce the sky, its poets sing in a language with deep and ancient roots in the southern tradition, [corrected: softened…

Slide 1: Title — “A Lost Voice in Classical Indian Philosophy” Now, picture this: you’re standing in a vast library — every shelf groaning with the accumulated wisdom of ancient India. The Upaniṣads are there, luminous and enigmatic. The Buddha’s sermons, meticulously recorded. Nyāya logic texts, crisp and argumentative. Vedānta commentaries stretching in unbroken chains…

Slide 1: The “Atom-Eater” – Who Was Kaṇāda? Here’s something you probably didn’t expect: one of ancient India’s greatest philosophers was literally nicknamed “the atom-eater.” Kaṇāda – and yes, that name means something like “particle-consumer” or “atom-eater” – was a philosopher so obsessed with understanding the fundamental building blocks of reality that his contemporaries gave…

Here’s something most people don’t realize about the history of philosophy: some of the most sophisticated, rigorous, and genuinely world-altering philosophical traditions never made it into the Western university curriculum. We spend semesters on Plato, Kant, Hegel — and those thinkers absolutely deserve that attention. But there’s a whole other world of philosophical inquiry that…

Slide 1: Patañjali and the Yoga-Sūtra You’ve seen the word “yoga” thousands of times. It’s on gym schedules, wellness apps, Instagram bios, coffee shop noticeboards. There are probably three yoga studios within walking distance of wherever you’re sitting right now. Yoga, in the twenty-first century, is a multi-billion dollar global industry. So here’s my question…

Part 1: Introduction & Historical Context (Slides 1-2) Slide 1: Title Slide Here’s a question I want you to think about as we begin: How do you know what you know? Not what you believe, not what you hope, not what someone told you — but what you actually know with confidence. How do you…

Slide 1: Introduction to Bādarāyaṇa and the Vedānta-Sūtra Alright, let’s talk about one of the most influential—and most misunderstood—texts in Indian philosophy. We’re diving into Bādarāyaṇa’s Vedānta-Sūtra, composed in the fifth century CE. Now, before we go any further, I need you to understand something crucial: this text has more names than a spy with…