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Ancient Indian texts reveal the liberating power of metaphysics
- WaxedChewbacca 5y ago
- gigglesupstairs 5y agoI don’t think it belongs here considering it seems to be making so many claims without any sources.
- rramadass 5y agoWhat? If you need further details you have to read the author's detailed works. Her name is right there on the page and directs you to her website where you can verify her credentials - https://www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/people/jessica-frazier https://www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/people/jessica-frazier
- NoRagrets 5y agoIt’s an interesting read but I could tell right after the second paragraph that it was not written by a Hindu or an Indian. It is the most shallow understanding of ‘Ancient Indian Texts’. Sadly, like other wide eyed white wanderers from the west, I’d wager that this author too would turn ‘Ancient Indian Texts’ into a hate cause with badly and deliberately mistranslated Sanskrit verses. Like Audrey Truschke and Wendy Doniger. Like enthusiastic short term rabid vegans who go back to steak and bubba’s bbq after three months of tofu immersion. [..] Places like Athens and Alexandria, and the Silk Road cities of India and China, were idea-markets peddling possible ways to transform oneself.[..] This highlighted quote was particularly cringe.
- rramadass 5y agoThis is a unnecessarily negative comment which only reveals your bias. The author's credentials can be found at - https://www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/people/jessica-frazier https://www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/people/jessica-frazier >it was not written by a Hindu or an Indian. It is the most shallow understanding of ‘Ancient Indian Texts’. This is just silly. You don't have to be Indian/Hindu to read Ancient Hindu Texts and understand them. The author is well qualified to give her viewpoint which is rather unique because of her research interests. >Sadly, like other wide eyed white wanderers from the west, I’d wager that this author too would turn ‘Ancient Indian Texts’ into a hate cause with badly and deliberately mistranslated Sanskrit verses. Like Audrey Truschke and Wendy Doniger. Like enthusiastic short term rabid vegans who go back to steak and bubba’s bbq after three months of tofu immersion. This is totally irrelevant and only reveals your bias. > This highlighted quote was particularly cringe It seems you have not looked at the author's research interests. The point she makes is actually interesting because it is a known fact that philosophical ideas propagated between Greece, Persia, India and China. The obvious route would the trade routes which is what she points out somewhat poetically.
- NoRagrets 5y agoI am not going to be scolded into changing my opinion about an internet article. But I see that you like the article and the author. Cheers. Thanks.
- rramadass 5y agoYour comment wasn't an "opinion based on facts" but a needless rant which distracted from the purpose of the post.
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- jelliclesfarm 5y agois the purpose of the post = agreeing with you?
- rramadass 5y agoNo, purpose of the post is to read the article and discuss the merits/demerits of its contents.
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- rramadass 5y agoThe aim of this forum is to submit and discuss interesting topics with the implicit understanding that you stay on the topic. Your "opinion" was totally irrelevant to the topic at hand and was just a needless rant. From https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html - Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something. Q.E.D.
- amriksohata 5y agoAgreed
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- amriksohata 5y agoI always fear orientalism when reading articles like this. There is a mix of the word philosophy in these articles as if they are discovery. In the west science relies on discovery, observations, evaluation then conclusion to create new invention. Indian texts like those that outline the yoga moves aren't inventions in the same way and neither is ayurveda. The Hindu sages did not do scientific experiments to realise these great benefits to human society. They knew them from disciplic succession and ultimately they say taken from Demi god's themselves. Therefore there was no need for discovery.
- rramadass 5y agoHave you read the article? All comments so far has had nothing to do with the contents of the article which is the point of the post. Your comment is not how Indologists approach Hinduism studies. The texts are considered the Intellectual Artifacts of a Culture which seems to have thought hard about the Universe and Man's place within it. As such they are a compendium of varied Worldviews and the current challenge is to see what relevance they may have to today's World and how to apply them. This is the "proper" study of Philosophy as a "Practical" discipline.
- amriksohata 5y agoYes I read it and as per my comment it talks as if the Indian sages were merely philospers