Understanding the self can feel like unraveling a complex puzzle. Classical Indian philosophy, however, offers some profound insights. Often, we find ourselves contemplating who we truly are ...

In 'Modernity in Indian Art', Harsha V Dehejia explores philosophy, aesthetics, and emotion in the works of ten modern ...

Charvaka, also known as Lokayata, is an ancient school of Indian philosophy that originated around the 6th century BCE. Charvaka, often referred to as Charvaka Darshan, is a materialistic and ...

As is so often the case, he had a glorified sense of everything Indian, including philosophy – though, from my conversation with him, I gathered that he had no idea of what Indian philosophy is ...

Yoga, in the Indian tradition, is so much more than stretching or holding a pose. It’s a way of living. A spiritual path that gently guides you back to yourself—to that quiet, unshakable center we all ...

Source: Wikicommons/O Redon/Public domain Coming to Indian philosophy after having written three books on Greek philosophy, I have been struck by the parallels. And I have been asking myself ...

Gaudapada, the paramguru or grand preceptor of the Shankaracharya and the first one in the guru-shishya succession, proposed a radical concept that significantly influenced the path of Indian ...

A darshana is an outlook, a philosophy, literally, a “vision.” The term darshana is especially associated with the six orthodox schools of Indian philosophy, the so-called shaddarshana ...

WE have undoubtedly a vast store of wisdom in the systems of Indian philosophy, and many Western philosophers in the modern period, from Schopenhauer to the Rhys Davids, have drawn inspiration ...

A clarification of Indian thought is just as important to Indians themselves as to the growing number of European scholars who make a technical study of Indian thought. Of the fourteen thinkers ...