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Saints and gurus have been the guiding spirit of Indian culture. Sinceancient times the Indian society has been benefited by their spiritual message.this book is an attempt to bring out the metaphysical, religious, ethical andsocial significance of the teachings of modern saints and gurus like RamanaMaharshi, Swami Prabhupada, Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati, Mahatma Gandhi,Mother Teresa, Sri Satya Sai Baba, Sri Bala Siva yogi, etc.
Presented at the national ...
Vedanta is recognized as the leading philosophy of the Vedic tradition. A major proponent of Vedanta was Sankaracarya who laid the basis for the propagation of Vedanta before the beginning of the Middle Ages. His contribution has been so immense and significant that often Vedanta has been interpreted as synonymous with Advaita Vedanta of Sankara. Here, Dr. George Victor attempts to study comprehensively Sankaracarya’s teachings on Vedanta – his views on ...
What is the role of philosopher? Can philosophy be of any use to man’s social living? These are some of the questions that the philosophy teachers try to answer in this book of twenty-two essays. It closely scrutinizes the relevance of philosophy at the social level, throwing light on various philosophical systems and view of thinkers, both Indian and western. It shows how people can be guided on their many problems in a philosophical and holistic manner. ...
The relevance of philosophy in the strife torn world of today cannot be undermined: going into the ‘why’ of ideas, philosophy examines the importance of concepts and ways to cultivate values, and foster them. But its growing unpopularity particularly as a discipline of study warrants specific attention. The book explores an important factor responsible for this – the way in which philosophy is taught. The papers, presented at a national seminar sponsored by ...
Professor Rama Rao Pappu, who has been teaching philosophy in US Universities since the sixties founded the “International Congress of Vedanta†in 1986 at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, Usa. Vedanta Congresses initiated and organized systematically and selflessly by Dr. Pappu during the past nineteen years heave played a very productive and positive role. Most of the essays included here are the papers presented by the contributors at the "Fifteenth ...
