Heidegger’s philosophy lacked a sense of divine transcendence
The Creation of Time -
Sri Aurobindo translates Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Chapter One, Section 2, Verse 4: “He desired, ‘Let a second self be born to me.’ He by mind had interc... -
In Front Porch Republic Jess Russell looks for lost saints. It is precisely because Heidegger’s philosophy lacked a sense of divine transcendence and a mo...COMING SOON: The 26th Savitri Study Camp -
Savitri Study Camp No. 26 will be held from Feb. 22 to 28, 2020 at the Sri Aurobindo Society Beach Office, Pondicherry. The post COMING SOON: The 26th Sa... Flat Ontology, Questions, and Assemblages -
I’ve been having a lengthy discussion with a very good friend about normativity and how we go about determining values. One of the things that keeps coming... Pranab Bardhan and Liberal Democracy's assless chaps. -
India is not a Liberal Democracy. It is a Secular, Socialist, Republic. Its Constitution gives the Union of India substantial powers to curb any threat to ... Bādha from hermeneutics to epistemology -
The chapter on epistemology (tarkapāda) is the first chapter in the basic text of Mīmāṃsā, the Mīmāṃsāsūtra, but was presumably the last one added to the M... Does the kammatic/nibbanic distinction fit the facts? -
How helpful is Melford Spiro’s kammatic/nibbanic distinction in describing Buddhism? It can be tempting to line it up too closely … Continue reading → Blame it on the nature of politics -
Hatred brigade includes many followers of Sri Aurobindo which is absurd but valid in a Democracy. Each person is a prisoner of his own circumstances, backg... Art for Land – String Quartet concert -
On 2nd February we recorded an amazing performance held by the Auroville String quartet in Unity Pavilion. The quartet (Holger violin, Benjamin 2nd violin... media -
Media: what a messy, capacious, contentious term, in all the ways Raymond Williams described for *Keywords*. Slipping across material substrate, technologi... The role of music in society -
Sacred imagery: Human body as Veena - a musical instrument What we hold to be the highest ideals in life also dictate what we do in the humdrum of everyday... Reading the Qur’an: Repeated Reminders -
[This semester, I am blogging my course on the Qur’an. You can see my previous post here and the whole series here.] We have now entered into what I consid... Pleasure and Pain in an Apocalyptic Age -
The pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain is part of the utilitarian creed that has characterised the Modern Age and the pursuit of the self-intere... “Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?”—A Talk by Dr. Alok Pandey -
Dear Friends and Well-wishers, The seventh Subhash Kumar Mukherjee Memorial Oration, organized by Overman Foundation, was held on Friday, 20th December 201... Twilight of modern mind -
- Savitri Era Devotees OM Is The Eternal Brahman - The Mandukya Upanishad, while relatively short, is focused entirely on an in depth examina... OM Is The Eternal Brahman -
The Mandukya Upanishad, while relatively short, is focused entirely on an in depth examination of OM, in both its esoteric and its outward significance. O... Hampi Continues to Live – Part 7 -
Continued from Part 6 Chakratirtha, Tungabhadra River and Kodandarama temple (Photos by Suhas Mehra, text by Beloo Mehra) Not far from Vittala temple, a ... Thoughts on William James, Pure Experience, and Materialism -
Idealism and panpsychism seem to me to make easy friends in the debate against materialism. They both affirm that consciousness or experience or mind in so... Of India’s Destiny and Indian Painting -
Going through the pictures of some of my personal favourite paintings representing various Indian schools and traditions, including some by famous Indian a... Bengali Writings by Sri Aurobindo (translated into English) -
Most of the pieces in Bengali were written by Sri Aurobindo in 1909 and 1910 for Dharma, a Calcutta weekly he edited at that time; the material consists ...
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