Comments on: The Monk and the Philosopher http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/06/01/the-monk-and-the-philosopher/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:41:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kiran http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/06/01/the-monk-and-the-philosopher/comment-page-1/#comment-102870 Kiran Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:40:17 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/06/01/the-monk-and-the-philosopher/#comment-102870 You are talking about the Industrial revolution ? This is something that happened in the last 500 years. We in India just missed the bus. We were doing NOTHING during this time - no spiritual advancement, no philosophical innovation, plainly nothing. We don't have an excuse for not having industrial revolution. The last 500 years are the black-mark in our history, we just have to ignore it and march ahead. We have a rich heritage that we need to claim - both in terms of materialist science and spiritualist philosophy. We have been wasting 500 years on both the fronts. You are talking about the Industrial revolution ? This is something that happened in the last 500 years. We in India just missed the bus. We were doing NOTHING during this time – no spiritual advancement, no philosophical innovation, plainly nothing.

We don’t have an excuse for not having industrial revolution. The last 500 years are the black-mark in our history, we just have to ignore it and march ahead.

We have a rich heritage that we need to claim – both in terms of materialist science and spiritualist philosophy. We have been wasting 500 years on both the fronts.

]]> By: Arvind http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/06/01/the-monk-and-the-philosopher/comment-page-1/#comment-102409 Arvind Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:15:31 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/06/01/the-monk-and-the-philosopher/#comment-102409 Bliss and Happiness! Atleast for that hour of the video. Thanks. Bliss and Happiness! Atleast for that hour of the video. Thanks.

]]> By: Atanu Dey http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/06/01/the-monk-and-the-philosopher/comment-page-1/#comment-102236 Atanu Dey Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:12:46 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/06/01/the-monk-and-the-philosopher/#comment-102236 All the advances in the manipulation of matter has been done by the West so far -- Europe and the US. I was not talking of ancient advancement in philosophy or science. All the advances in the manipulation of matter has been done by the West so far — Europe and the US. I was not talking of ancient advancement in philosophy or science.

]]> By: Kiran http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/06/01/the-monk-and-the-philosopher/comment-page-1/#comment-102205 Kiran Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:32:16 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/06/01/the-monk-and-the-philosopher/#comment-102205 <i>... All the successful techniques for manipulating matter originated mainly in the West...</i> You are wrong Atanu. "The west" is a pseudo construct and never existed. The Greeks never looked beyond the adriatic sea. They considered the people who lived beyond to be barbaric tribes. In contrast, the Greeks have always looked up to the civilizations of Persia and India in respect. The very first of the Greek scientists, Pythagoras - has personally visited India and learned from here. Many others have followed. A lot of scientific knowledge flowed both ways between India and Greece, throughout history. India needs to own up to its rich scientific past. It is time. We have far more claims to Greek cultural heritage than most of the Europeans. You are pandering to "orientalism" - the biggest lie that's floating around which equates the "west" with materialist progress and the "east" with spiritualism. This is plainly wrong. Both India and Greece were deeply philosophic and scientifically inclined at the same time. … All the successful techniques for manipulating matter originated mainly in the West…

You are wrong Atanu. “The west” is a pseudo construct and never existed. The Greeks never looked beyond the adriatic sea. They considered the people who lived beyond to be barbaric tribes. In contrast, the Greeks have always looked up to the civilizations of Persia and India in respect.

The very first of the Greek scientists, Pythagoras – has personally visited India and learned from here. Many others have followed. A lot of scientific knowledge flowed both ways between India and Greece, throughout history.

India needs to own up to its rich scientific past. It is time. We have far more claims to Greek cultural heritage than most of the Europeans.

You are pandering to “orientalism” – the biggest lie that’s floating around which equates the “west” with materialist progress and the “east” with spiritualism. This is plainly wrong. Both India and Greece were deeply philosophic and scientifically inclined at the same time.

]]> By: mangala http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/06/01/the-monk-and-the-philosopher/comment-page-1/#comment-102199 mangala Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:00:06 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/06/01/the-monk-and-the-philosopher/#comment-102199 <i>The purpose of philosophy is to answer the questions of how should we live, how should we treat others, and how should we govern our society.</i> Interestingly that is very close to C.Ram-Prasad's characterisation of Chinese Philosophy vs. Indian Philosophy in his latest work "Eastern Philosophy". Buddhism in India has been a dharmic school of thought, and is concerned as with its fellow philosphies, with meta-reality, while in China, it has been concerned with meta-ethics. Thanx for the video link. Hitchens is a great guy, and is in search of a philosophy. The purpose of philosophy is to answer the questions of how should we live, how should we treat others, and how should we govern our society. Interestingly that is very close to C.Ram-Prasad’s characterisation of Chinese Philosophy vs. Indian Philosophy in his latest work “Eastern Philosophy”. Buddhism in India has been a dharmic school of thought, and is concerned as with its fellow philosphies, with meta-reality, while in China, it has been concerned with meta-ethics.

Thanx for the video link.

Hitchens is a great guy, and is in search of a philosophy.

]]> By: PRASANNA http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/06/01/the-monk-and-the-philosopher/comment-page-1/#comment-102101 PRASANNA Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:37:23 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/06/01/the-monk-and-the-philosopher/#comment-102101 Thanks Atanu for this video Thanks Atanu for this video

]]> By: Sameer http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/06/01/the-monk-and-the-philosopher/comment-page-1/#comment-101988 Sameer Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:37:10 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/06/01/the-monk-and-the-philosopher/#comment-101988 Atanu: Many thanks for the link to this wonderful lecture. This is a very nice follow up to your previous post about the effect of meditation on attention span. Peace! Atanu: Many thanks for the link to this wonderful lecture. This is a very nice follow up to your previous post about the effect of meditation on attention span. Peace!

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