Ankur Barua Livres

Focusing on the themes of time and embodiment, this comparative study explores the philosophical dialogues between St. Augustine and Ramanuja. By examining their contrasting yet influential perspectives, it highlights how their ideas have significantly shaped both European thought and Hindu movements. The book delves into the implications of their philosophies, offering insights into the enduring impact of their work on contemporary religious and philosophical discussions.

At the heart of this book are the debates between Hindu and Christian perspectives on conversion, exploring the motivations and implications of these cross-religious movements. It examines the arguments from both sides, highlighting how they reflect broader ideas and practices within each faith. Through historical case studies, the work delves into the encounters between Christian missionaries and Hindus, providing insights into the complexities and nuances of religious conversion in these contexts.

Examining the complex interactions between Hindus and Muslims in Bengal, this book delves into the patterns of both friendship and conflict that characterize their relationships. It highlights how these dynamics are shaped by Hindu self-perceptions and the social changes occurring in a historically contested region, revealing the nuanced and often fluctuating nature of communal identities and interactions.

In the opinion of leading linguistic scholars, Pāli was probably a synthetic language created from several vernaculars to make the Buddhist texts comprehensible to Buddhist monks living in different parts of northern India. Pāli language was also used to preserve the Buddhist canons of the Theravāda Buddhist tradition, which is regarded as the oldest complete collection of Buddhist texts surviving in an Indian language. Pāli has been used almost exclusively for Buddhist teachings, although many other religious and literary works related to Buddhism were also written in Pāli.

Buddhism has now involved against participation by incorporating individuals from various occupational fields and various religious backgrounds. In recent years, Hong Kong has become a platform for the exchanges of ideas among the Buddhist organizations in Greater China. The academic studies of Buddhism unite and facilitate exchange among organizations Based in Taiwan, China and Hong Kong. Although the majority of Hong Kong Chinese believe in Buddhism or some folkloric forms of the religion, the higher-educated professionals have become Buddhists. The Hong Kong Government has also provided favorable support to Buddhism and all activities of the Buddhist organizations. The Birthday of the historical Gautama Buddha is an official holiday in Hong Kong and the activities organized to celebrate this auspicious event are attended by millions of people.

Though, in simple terms, Yog c ra means, 'the school that practices the way of yoga,' but the practical methodology of yogic meditation merely reveals the meaning of the underline philosophy. The key emphasis of Yog c ra is on insight meditation which is actually considered to be a means of abandoning delusions regarding self and the world. This book is a humble endeavour to propagate the vast Philosophical content of the Yog c ra school of Buddhism.

The Harvest of Time shuttles between nineteenth-century India and present-day Britain, as friendships and loyalties between an eclectic group of individuals are continually put to test. Along these transnational trajectories, self and other become entangled as they try to forge their distinctive identities and speak in their own voices. Amos Goldstein, a young student at the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, takes a trip to India to retrace the footsteps of his Uncle Zachariah, hoping to discover what he thinks is going to lead him to the centre of his own being. He finds himself in a room where his uncle might have spent some time, almost a century ago, and also in the arms of Nilanjana, a Ph.D. student at Chicago. This love will take him into the deep jungles of Chattisgarh. From within the heat and dust of the vast hinterlands of India, he hears the whispers of an eloquent silence. Soon, a vow bequeathed by William Hudson to his descendants will be fulfilled.

This introductory text points to some of the diverse tapestries of Hindu worldviews where scriptural revelation, logical argumentation, embodied affectivity, moral reasoning, and aesthetic cultivation constitute densely interwoven conceptual threads.