Hindu Philosophy- A Rational Life

  Who is lord Shiva?  for Hindus the Shiva is the Mahadeva who is lord of all lords and worshipped almost in every part of the country. The Shiva is as much as related to Himalayas as the god is related to the southern peninsula of India. The 12 Jyoti linga of Shiva is spread almost in every direction of the country.   Basically, Shiva is not described in the Rig Veda which is the foundation stone of Hindu race but only Pashupati Nath- one of the faces of Shiva is described well in the ancient Rig Veda. At present the temple of Pashupati Nath is in Nepal and renowned for Hindus. In post Vedic age when Spiritualism is making space in Hindu race at that time the lord Brahama and Vishnu came out to run the society and community who were creator and preserver. The Brahma Purana of Hindus described very well about the creation of this world when the Brahma opened his eyes and then the Usha (ray of light) came out and creation started.  While the Brahma came out from ...

What is the use of   nishkama karma ? How this theory works and what actually the principle of theory of action and where it leads to individual and to society? Yes, everyone these days are talking about yoga, there are babas on televisions showing different sit-ups and how to inhale and exhale the breath nowadays, even politicians are talking about yoga and its importance, and they are practicing it to overcome the stress and tension. Yoga came from the word ‘ yog’  which means adding, adding the soul and body together in one knot, and bringing symphony in life. It can also help us to keep fit both, mentally and physically, it is good to practice such exercises but this is not Yoga. When Samkhya, who propounded the philosophy of dualism, two separate entities and two separate essence material and consciousness then how it is possible to add two different elements together with different nature. Therefore Yoga is not adding two things which are different in terms like, it is l...

   They believe only in the power of nature and liberation is to overpower the rules of nature. They do not feel cold even in snowfall or hunger even after keeping fasts for long-long months. This class is fascinated by the nature of Lord Shiva who is known as a destroyer of the world in the system of Hindu religion. But scholars point out that this sect is not associated with any Hindu philosophy,   “ Tantrism is neither Buddhist nor Hindu in origin. It seems to be a religious undercurrent originally independent of any abstruse metaphysical speculation, flowing on from an obscure point of time in the religious history of India, ” Dasgupta in Obscure religious cult page 27.   He further added, “ Side by side with the commonly known theological speculations and religious practices, there has been flowing in India asimportant undercurrent of esoteric yogic practices from a pretty old time. These esoteric practices, when associated with the theological speculations of t...

  “It is the inner voice that guide me for my action,” said a 7-year-old girl Sara to her friend softly but confidently. She looks all around and continued, “My mother said that we all have good and bad voices inside us and within us and therefore I daily offer prayer that my good voice should speak loud.” This is not the new thing to talk and not even children discuss such things but even grown-up talk about such moral and evil design inside us. The story of good and bad voices is a story of generations and it went like this even for generations. Whenever there is a debate on morality, the story of good and bad voices emerged in one or in other way. The theory of good and bad voices, say, that every human I shaving two powers within and these two powers are good and bad and these powers always and mostly on every issue suggest or guide to do things accordingly, and, we are the judge who decide which power is better. It is we, who decide to hear the voices of good one or bad on...

  About 2 thousand and 5 hundred years ago, Gautam Buddha discovered the Concept of suffering, cause of suffering and the golden rule to cease the suffering. For Buddhist, suffering is manifests within the conscious. Gautam Buddha after dwelling so many years found the concept of suffering in society and developed the methods to cease that suffering in lifetime. But still, after 2 thousand and 5 hundred years, the suffering prevails and people are suffering. They are not suffering but have reason or cause for suffering and they do not know how to cease this suffering. Mind it, suffering is different from pain or anguish. Present, theories suggest that suffering is the part of life and without suffering people have no life left. Suffering is there because people want to suffer. They want suffering to understand the existence of their own in their own sphere. Suffering therefore prevails as much true as the life prevails on the earth. Hindu philosophy, emphasized mostly on the ...

  looking to the present situation of science and technology, why philosophy is still important, when science is playing a perfect role in making lives better and dealing with natural laws, providing systems, and also investigating matter and body for the betterment of society, science is day by day advancing and discovering matching the pattern of human life and on other hand, philosophy that created confusion in human minds since hundreds of years and leading to rivalries in groups, cannot be found one and perfect, like of science, whose theory of gravity is similar at all places. Then why not philosophy can be, like science, with the nature of homogeneous, perfect and similar, after all, Just and Reason have to be alike at every time, like science, that prevailed similar and constantly same in different societies at different times. Science came as a rescuer for human beings and therefore the dependence of man on science is the remarkable example. Factually, present science ...

  Since very long, philosophers wandered to sift the flow of philosophical treatises and legate all in a tune of homologous to make sense of the subject ‘Philosophy’. Certainly, scientific approach left less space for philosophical thinking in the field of metaphysics and therefore chanting those old treaties with different intentions and contradicting their senses made no use of this very old system of thinking and reasoning to prevail further. What philosophy these days left is learning and repeating the contradiction made out by the opponents. In India philosophy means, the dualism of Samkhya, The atoms of Nayaya and the Maya of Shankar. Hindu Philosophy, in its development of thousands of years, witnessed the expansion of mankind and growth of different civilizations and also fought vigorously against dogmas and superstitions for the betterment of mankind, absolutely alone, in the absence of science and its approaches, it moved further and provided life of wisdom. There were ...

  The Vaisesika philosophy of Hindus, also accept the reality of non-existence (Abhava) and is included into a group of categories. During day time when we look towards the sky and found light of the sun and sun and blue sky but while looking to the light and blue sky, we feel that there is absence of stars and moon is the category of non-existence. Vaisesika accepted 7 categories in which non-existence is also a category. Vaisesika school of thought described seven categories- substance (dravya) quality (guna), action (karma), generality (samanya), particular (vishesh) and inherence (samavaya) and also non-existence (abhava).   As per the Vaisesika Sutra non-existence is of two kinds- Absence of something in something else (sarh sargabhava) They are of three kinds (1) antecedent non existence (pragabhava) is the non-existence of a thing before it is produced. For example, when we say that on this particular land, I will build a house with bricks. In this the house is no...

  For Hindu Nayaya, perception is the definite and true knowledge. Knowledge because of stimulation of sense organs perceiving objects directly is definitely a cognition. Nyaya Sutra defined perception as a definite cognition which is produced by sense object contact and it is therefore true or unerring. For example, seeing a cow with four legs, two horns, tail and same shape give us knowledge that cow is coming from opposite side. Similarly, a table in front of me and a fan on the roof hanging over me is the plane definition of perception. Now Nayayaikas went deep in describing the concept of perception, they said that there are classified into two types in which first is ordinary (laukika) and another is extraordinary (alaukika). The ordinary perception is a simple way in which usual way sense comes into contact with the objects presented but in extraordinary perception in which an object as such is not ordinarily present to senses but is conveyed to sense through perception....

  Svetaketu son of Aruni went to school when he was 12 years and returned back when he was 24 years after completing his education of Vedas Aruni asked his son Svetaketu,” Have you well read and read Vedas, do you know that we hear what is not heard by which we perceive, what is not perceived, by which we know what is not known?’ Svetaketi denied to know such things and asked his father to teach him what is not taught through Vedas. Aruni advanced, “My dear son, as different things are made of same one lump of clay but they are known by the different name as like pot made of clay, utensils made of clay and the difference between them is only of the name that arising from speech but the truth is that they all is clay.” Aruni added,” further, all ornaments made of piece of gold is know different only by name arising of speech as of necklace, bracelet but in reality, that all ornaments are only gold.” Svetaketi said, “I have read many things but such differentiation is not tau...

Aruni asked his son Svetaketi, “My dear son, do not eat anything for next sixteen days but you are allowed to drink water as much as you can.” The Svetaketi did what his father said and return back to his father and asked, “Now what should I do?” Aruni, “Repeat all three Vedas which you learn in 12 years.” Svetaketi replied, “I really unable to recite any Vedas.” Aruni said,” As there is fire because of coal and when coal burns, fire emerge in the same way there is no coal left in you to burn the fire of knowledge and therefore as coal is important to fire so the food is important for the body.” The father asked his son to eat food and return back to his father and recited all Vedas. Aruni,” As of a great lighted fire, coal is required therefore my dear son, there was one part of the sixteen parts left to you and that lighted up with food and when you have your food, you remember the Vedas.” “Mind my son, comes from food, breath from water, speech from fire, Those who under...

Aruni asked Svetaketi, “Place salt in the glass of water and then wait for me to come in the morning. Svetaketi done what said by the father and in the morning Aruni asked Svetaketi, “Bring me the sale which you put in the glass of water last night.” Svetaketi said, “It is not found because it is melted. Aruni advanced, “Taste the water and how it tasted?” Svetaketi, “The water tasted salty.” Aruni, “Ok taste the water from the middle.” Svetaketi, “Again it is salty”. Aruni, “Ok taste the water from the bottom of the glass.” Svetaketi, “Again it is salty.” Aruni said, “Here is also the same, in our body, indeed you do not perceive the true which is self and truth but there indeed it exist. That which is the subtle essence, in it all that exist is the only self. It is the true which is self.” (Upnishads started a trend of communication of storytelling and through these stories, Upnishads tried to make the essence of Vedas understand. These are some short stories from...

  Aruni, “if     a man is ill, and his relatives assembles around him and ask, “Do you remember me, do you know me? And as long as the speech of the ill man not merged in his mind, him mind in breath, his breath in the heat, his heat in the highest being, he knows everyone.” “But when his speech merged in his mind and his mind in the breath his breath in the heat and his heat in the highest being then he knows none of them. “ “That what is subtle essence, it all that exists has its self and this self is true and this self is the art of it. (Upnishads started a trend of communication of storytelling and through these stories, Upnishads tried to make the essence of Vedas understand. These are some short stories from Khandogya Upnishad , Sama Veda from different khands)

  Aruni, “A man is led by a group of people with his eyes covered and that mans belongs to the place known as Gandhara but the group of people left him where there is no one and to an unknown place. The man is not knowing where is east and where is west. After some time when the group of people left him all alone, he removes the cover of his eyes and found no one around him. And that man walks many miles and found someone and he ask about the Gandhara place, ‘they will direct the man to walk in that direction or walk on that road,’ the man use his judgement and after querying many times and walking from a village to another village arrived at last to Gandhara, his place.” “When he arrived back, the man told his teacher I learn the way back to my place, though it delayed and therefore by learning, I shall be perfect to choose the way. ‘That which is subtle essence, in it all that exists has its self and that self is the truth. It is the self and that is the only art.” (Upnishads s...

  “As men learned more about the world, they found themselves everless capable of expressing to their educated fellowman what it was that they have learned. The gap between life and knowledge grew wider and wider. Those who governed could not understand those who thought and those who wanted to know could not understand them, those who knew” Will Durant in the preface of the story of philosophy. But this could not be the case of Hindu thinkers, they have the strongest forward view of life. Scholars never had the hesitation and complexity to found any of it in Hindu thought. Hindu philosophy had a problem in front of them and they pondered on this problem to solve it by their own means. The end is generalized, to ride of a suffering of life. They advocate the life and explain the way of living. They dedicated to the human psychology and they worked to encourage the prefect society. It drawn, that the philosophers had started with the life, full of misery and charged that life a...