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COMPARATIVE POETRY - A STUDY OF THE PROSODIC SYSTEMS OF FIVE LANGUAGES

COMPARATIVE POETRY - A STUDY OF THE PROSODIC SYSTEMS OF FIVE LANGUAGES

In this article, Sh. Rama Seshan C studies the poetic traditions of five languages - English, Sanskrit, Hindi, Tamil and Biblical Hebrew as representatives of diverse poetic traditions across world languages.

Śrī Rama Seshan 30 min read
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The Intellectual Traditions of the East For Beginners, Part 8 | Reality as a Laser Show - Buddhist Abhidharmas and the Vaibhāṣika School

The Intellectual Traditions of the East For Beginners, Part 8 | Reality as a Laser Show - Buddhist Abhidharmas and the Vaibhāṣika School

A detailed picture of the intellectual history of early Indian Buddhism - proceeded bya specific understanding the peculiar Buddhist school of philosophy called the Sarvāstivāda Vaibhāṣika school, which subscribes to a notion of permanence to explain the impermanence of the observed reality.

Śrī Rama Seshan 30 min read
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The Intellectual Traditions of the East For Beginners, Part 7 | The Sāṅkhya School

The Intellectual Traditions of the East For Beginners, Part 7 | The Sāṅkhya School

Part 7 of the series on Eastern schools of thought explores the dualism of the Sāṅkhya school, an intellectual tour de force that details the poetry of how Prakṛti dances for Puruṣa.

Śrī Rama Seshan 26 min read
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The Intellectual Traditions of the East For Beginners, Part 6 | Nāgārjuna and Śūnyatā

The Intellectual Traditions of the East For Beginners, Part 6 | Nāgārjuna and Śūnyatā

Part 6 of the series on Eastern schools of thought explores Nāgārjuna’s critique of substance metaphysics, focusing on his Madhyamaka philosophy, the concept of śūnyatā, and the deconstruction of independent existence (svabhāva).

Śrī Rama Seshan 23 min read
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The Intellectual Traditions of the East For Beginners, Part 5 | Buddhist Process Metaphysics from the Theravāda Sūtras

The Intellectual Traditions of the East For Beginners, Part 5 | Buddhist Process Metaphysics from the Theravāda Sūtras

Part 5 of the series on Eastern schools of thought, in which we learn the distinction between Buddhist process metaphysics and the substance metaphysics that dominates Hindu and Western thought.

Śrī Rama Seshan 24 min read
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The Intellectual Traditions of the East For Beginners, Part 4 | Bhartṛhari, From Language to Liberation

The Intellectual Traditions of the East For Beginners, Part 4 | Bhartṛhari, From Language to Liberation

Part 4 of the series on Eastern schools of thought, in which we explore the philosophy of the Saṃskṛta grammarian Bhartṛhari - a comprehensive ontology and epistemology through the study of language.

Śrī Rama Seshan 32 min read
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The Intellectual Traditions of the East For Beginners, Part 3 | Classical Schools of Indian Thought - Mīmāṃsā

The Intellectual Traditions of the East For Beginners, Part 3 | Classical Schools of Indian Thought - Mīmāṃsā

Part 3 of the series on Eastern schools of thought, in which we begin the classical period of Indian philosophy - The Mīmāmsā school, where the entire intellectual thought is based on one underlying worldview - the infallibility of the Veda.

Śrī Rama Seshan 35 min read
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The Intellectual Traditions of the East For Beginners, Part 2 | Pratītyasamutpāda (Dependent Origination) - Buddhist Metaphysics

The Intellectual Traditions of the East For Beginners, Part 2 | Pratītyasamutpāda (Dependent Origination) - Buddhist Metaphysics

This installment on Eastern philosophical traditions covers Pratītyasamutpāda (Dependent Origination) and the basics of Buddhist metaphysics.

Śrī Rama Seshan 28 min read
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The Intellectual Traditions of the East For Beginners, Part 1 | Persistence - Ātman, Brahman & Sat in the Upaniṣads

The Intellectual Traditions of the East For Beginners, Part 1 | Persistence - Ātman, Brahman & Sat in the Upaniṣads

A survey of the intellectual journey of all the Eastern cultures, from India onward to China & the rest of East Asia.

Śrī Rama Seshan 29 min read
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