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Philosophical Systems Of India – A Primer – Part 5
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Philosophical Systems Of India – A Primer – Part 5

The problems in Western philosophical traditions arise due to many factors, mainly the confusion of the relation between mind and matter; and making philosophy subservient to scientific dogma. Indian philosophy is not a dry intellectual exercise and holds a definite purpose to propel humans into the highest realms of bliss. Indian and Western philosophical traditions run on two parallel tracks consequently.

Philosophical Systems Of India – A Primer – Part 4
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Philosophical Systems Of India – A Primer – Part 4

In the fourth part of the 5-part series on Indian philosophical systems, Dr. Pingali Gopal discusses the prominent Advaitic view on the notions of the Self and the non-Self. We shall also see the notion of cause and effect in the material world and how the Self interacts with the material world. It is a promise of Indian Darshanas that proper knowledge confers liberation to the striving individual.

Philosophical Systems Of India – A Primer – Part 3
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Philosophical Systems Of India – A Primer – Part 3

In the third part of the 5-part series on Indian philosophical systems, Dr. Pingali Gopal discusses the most important differing point of Indian philosophies from Western philosophy: Perception as a valid means of obtaining knowledge regarding the objects of the senses. In Western philosophy, perception is unreliable, and in the Indian tradition, perception is the eldest of the proofs needed to understand reality.
Unlike the western notions of an unknowable noumenon where the perceived world loses its intrinsic character, in Indian philosophy a conceived object cannot be unknowable; and if unknowable, it becomes inconceivable as well.

The Silent Brahman
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The Silent Brahman

Silence and action can both co-exist in our lives, encompassed in the Supreme Consciousness; as part of an integral philosophy.