Classical Indian philosophy emphasizes the importance of meditation for self-understanding. It’s a practice that encourages us to quiet the mind and tune into our inner selves.

For Charvaka, pleasure is the penultimate goal of human life. Charvaka, also known as Lokayata, is an ancient school of Indian philosophy that originated around the 6th century BCE.

Contemporary Indian Philosophy. M. K. Gandhi Rabindranath Tagore Swāmi Abhedānanda, Ananda K. C. Bhattacharyya G. C. Chatterji Ananda K. Coomaraswamy Bhagavan Das ...

Much work on classical Indian thought was produced and documented by Western Orientalists. They referred to these thoughts as systems of Indian philosophy, also known as darshanas.

‘Shad Darshan’ are six philosophical systems in Vedic and post-Vedic schools of thought Shad Darshan, which translates to "Six Philosophies" in Sanskrit, refers to the six classical ...

An excerpt from ‘Echoes of Eternity: A Journey Through Indian Thought from the Rigveda to the Present,’ by Pavan K Varma.

Both Plato and the Katha Upanishad picture the soul as a chariot. Source: Wikicommons/O Redon/Public domain Coming to Indian philosophy after having written three books on Greek philosophy, I have ...

THE SCIENTIST WHO HAD CURIOSITY IN INDIAN PHILOSOPHY. Albert Einstein did not construct solid early relationships with Indian scientists, but his association with India's intellectuals ...

Besides, teaching philosophy at school, as is done in many countries, creates job opportunities for philosophy graduates, he said. He regretted that Indian philosophy teachers and researchers had ...

The study of Indian philosophy, therefore, resembles the study of authoritative religious systems and is unlike the methodology in which our philosophy so largely consists. Prof.