Tulsi Badrinath
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- April 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199465187
- eISBN:
- 9780199086511
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199465187.003.0014
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
The literal meaning of the Sanskrit word ‘dharma’ is foundation, which, as foundation, holds all persons together, on which all relationships are based, both personal and social. Dharma is a state of ...
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The literal meaning of the Sanskrit word ‘dharma’ is foundation, which, as foundation, holds all persons together, on which all relationships are based, both personal and social. Dharma is a state of being in a certain relation to one’s self as well as to the other. Dharma shows in one’s conduct, as does its negation, adharma. In placing the greatest emphasis on conduct, the Koran likewise sees reality as fundamentally relational. The Mahabharata demonstrates the five ways to dharma: not-violence, an attitude of equality, peace, and tranquillity, not-aggressiveness and not-cruelty, and freedom from envy. In plainly speaking of those very attributes, and the ways, as the foundations of Islamic faith, Badrinath says that the Koran speaks of them as the foundations of human order as such.Less
The literal meaning of the Sanskrit word ‘dharma’ is foundation, which, as foundation, holds all persons together, on which all relationships are based, both personal and social. Dharma is a state of being in a certain relation to one’s self as well as to the other. Dharma shows in one’s conduct, as does its negation, adharma. In placing the greatest emphasis on conduct, the Koran likewise sees reality as fundamentally relational. The Mahabharata demonstrates the five ways to dharma: not-violence, an attitude of equality, peace, and tranquillity, not-aggressiveness and not-cruelty, and freedom from envy. In plainly speaking of those very attributes, and the ways, as the foundations of Islamic faith, Badrinath says that the Koran speaks of them as the foundations of human order as such.
Tulsi Badrinath
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- April 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199465187
- eISBN:
- 9780199086511
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199465187.003.0019
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
In this essay Badrinath states that a different kind of violence is created by perceiving man and the world in the logical framework of either/or. It is in this framework that all political ...
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In this essay Badrinath states that a different kind of violence is created by perceiving man and the world in the logical framework of either/or. It is in this framework that all political ideologies of the West were located, like the modern western thought in its entirety up to the advent of the quantum theory, but also after that. In the Mahabharata there is familiarity of the logic of either/or, but it demonstrates that that logic does not belong to the true nature of reality, which enfolds within itself many seemingly contradictory attributes. That position is expanded theoretically further in the Jaina anekanta-vada, the philosophical theory of the many-sidedness of truth in Jainism. Badrinath informs the reader that attitude to wealth is a central issue in the Mahabharata.Less
In this essay Badrinath states that a different kind of violence is created by perceiving man and the world in the logical framework of either/or. It is in this framework that all political ideologies of the West were located, like the modern western thought in its entirety up to the advent of the quantum theory, but also after that. In the Mahabharata there is familiarity of the logic of either/or, but it demonstrates that that logic does not belong to the true nature of reality, which enfolds within itself many seemingly contradictory attributes. That position is expanded theoretically further in the Jaina anekanta-vada, the philosophical theory of the many-sidedness of truth in Jainism. Badrinath informs the reader that attitude to wealth is a central issue in the Mahabharata.
Tulsi Badrinath
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- April 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199465187
- eISBN:
- 9780199086511
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199465187.003.0024
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
This essay discusses the four main characteristics of the Indian history of reflection on the human condition. Furthermore, certain questions are left open, for there is no known way in which they ...
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This essay discusses the four main characteristics of the Indian history of reflection on the human condition. Furthermore, certain questions are left open, for there is no known way in which they could be decided one way or the other. Such questions touch every human being intimately. The question of human freedom versus determinism is one such question. The question of causation has been the most central to all Indian philosophy. And it is a question which, perhaps, every human being asks, in varying tones, at every turn of events in his/her life: ‘But why?’. In the study of Indian philosophy, and its relation to society, Badrinath suggests the Indian reflections on causation as the first opening door.Less
This essay discusses the four main characteristics of the Indian history of reflection on the human condition. Furthermore, certain questions are left open, for there is no known way in which they could be decided one way or the other. Such questions touch every human being intimately. The question of human freedom versus determinism is one such question. The question of causation has been the most central to all Indian philosophy. And it is a question which, perhaps, every human being asks, in varying tones, at every turn of events in his/her life: ‘But why?’. In the study of Indian philosophy, and its relation to society, Badrinath suggests the Indian reflections on causation as the first opening door.
