Hindu Philosophy- A Rational Life

Nachiketa the story of Upnishad The story of Katha Upanishad of Yagur Veda famously known and narrated in Hindus for hundreds of years known as Nachiketa . The story signifies way of life, rituals, and customs and most importantly the rationality of Hindu thoughts in past of this land. Through narration of the story and the sketch was given that Hindu even in past were rational and understand the meaning of life. The story also emphasise the need of spiritualism on material world.     There was a Brahmin named Vagassarvas and he conducted Havana on very large scale and promised to give everything as sacrifices to get heavenly rewards. The Havana was conducted and hundreds of Brahmins participated and there was food and prayers everywhere.   When the Havana was over, Vagassarvas started giving everything of his belongings, first to different gods through Havana and later his left over belongings to priests and people that came to attend and participate in the Havana. ...

  Research in science is clearing with a theory that we, human being, atom, animals and everything came from ‘star dust’ and will go back to start dust . The cycle of becoming nothing, something and everything is the phenomena that advancing steps of cosmology and providing a prism of what actual we the human beings are.   Advancement and quest to know the universe is also providing an idea what actually we are and from where we have come from.   In India, the thrust was to know self (Atman) and the true self. Indian philosophy is impressive in a way that it went deep in the topic to know self and the first question start ‘ who I am’ and ‘what is the right for me’ and ‘how I get the right knowledge’. Self remained in limelight in Hindus philosophy and the Apastamba-Sutras I, 8, 23, “ The Brahman (universal self) which is wise and recognizes all things to be in the Atman (self), who does not become bewildered when pondering on it.” In Vedas Atman (Self) is taken as brea...

  Mostly in Hindu context, when one talk about Brahman then it is taken as Brahma - the creator of this world as per Hindu mythology. The Brahma is the one that created the world, the first cause and the ontological argument of creation. The Puranas describe the religious creation through Brhma. But philosophically, as per Hindu rationality, Brahman is a concept of Advaita (One, single, singular, sole and only) Vedanta that describes a single reality. This reality is attribute less, shapeless, colourless and only the reality of the universe. The concept of Brahman is transcendental and without Brahman nothing exists. Shanker Acharya described Brahman as the stem of the only reality and it is neuter gender and only the ultimate reality. The Brahman is the singularity and there is no duality except Brahman, Brahman is translated as the universe, the cosmos the one and only reality. Shanker while building the oneness philosophy on Hindu soil cleared that there is nothing except Brah...