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One of the reasons for the general impression that philosophy is a challenging subject is that it deals with the fundamental axioms, presuppositions and starting points of all branches of knowledge, including religion. It deals with questions like, ‘What is a person, what is the essence of person?’ ‘Is a person essentially a soul - atman or brahman or a jiva or none of them?’ ‘Is the world real or is it merely an appearance?’ ...
Each stable culture and major civilization of the world consists of a distinct material base and a distinct ideational structure and has an inherent mechanism of striking its own equilibrium between the two. In the Indian tradition dharma is the balancing force. Religion and ideology in possessing a transcendental dimension. The papers in this volume acknowledge that neither the world religion nor dharma can be discarded while looking at the Indian reality. They ...