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The Fallacy of Approaching Education Reform through a Singular Lens
Get PDFThe purpose of this article is to illustrate the problem of promoting a singular educational reform without acknowledging the systemic changes required to facilitate that reform
THE CONCEPT OF DHARMA
Get PDFIn spite of differences in the conditions created by the advancement of science and technology modern man is very much similar to primitive man and animals. He also takes birth and dies like them. He also lives in a particular space and time and feels the forces of emotions. He also weeps and laughs like them. One never takes birth alone. When one is born, he perceives many faces like him. Nature amuses herself by creating verity of same type as well as different types. Modern man also depends on nature like primitive man and animals. So in order to live in harmony with our fellow beings and nature we must confirm to certain basic rules as the residents of society and nature. Dharma is the matrix of basic rules. Dharma is not merely understanding of transcendental being in order to cross the river of world. It is also rules for living in the river. Artha (property), kãma (sexual enjoyment) and empirical knowledge etc. are objects found in the worldly river and Dharma also provides basis for realizing them (yatoabhudaya-nihsreyasasiddih)
ON FORGIVENESS
Get PDFI chose the topic of forgiveness for this presentation. It was the subject of my very first philosophical essay, a very long one of 58 pages that I wrote between 1957 and 1959, between age 12 and 14. I had read (enthusiastically devoured) before a very profound but the most difficult work of Hildebrand, the Metaphysik der Gemeinschaft, and prior to that some works of Plato and some ethical and epistemological writings of Hildebrand, as well as some writings of Adolf Reinach
"THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA" AS A METHOD (BOOK REVIEW)
No full textLi Yi, “The Republic of China” as a Method, Ji Nan: Shandong Publishing House of Literature and Art, China, 2015
GUEST EDITOR’S PREFACE
Get PDFAs part of the “Chinese Classics” initiative of the UTSA Eastern Asian Institute, the “2018 UTSA International Symposium on Chinese Four Literature Masterpieces and Classics”—A Dream of Red Mansions, the History of Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West, and The Water Marsh—was successfully held at the UTSA 1604 campus on October 26-27, 2018. I hope that the success of this project will inspire more interest and enthusiasm for other projects in the initiative. I am grateful that the Journal of East-West Thought has devoted a special issue: Chinese Literature Masterpieces and Humanities\u27 Studies to publish five select papers from the symposium and honored to have the opportunity to be its guest editor. Dr. Nathan’s paper discusses the complementary relationship between humanities studies by reading classical Chinese literatures and modern survey studies. Dr. Chen’s paper reads A Dream of Red Mansions philosophically. Dr. He’s article also addresses the varied philosophical aspects of the classic A Dream of Red Mansions. Dr. Zhang’s treatise reads another classic, Journey to the West, as a literary paradigm of illustration for a special mind theory. Dr. Li discusses the hermeneutic movement in literary commentaries on novels in Ming-Qing dynasties. It would be perfect if a paper on teaching Chinese literature classics were part of the symposium and part of this volume
DHARMAKIRTI’S SCEPTICISM OF “NON-COGNITION OF IMPERCEPTIBLE OBJECTS” AND THE MEINONGIAN ACCOUNT OF THEM: A POSSIBLE CONTEMPARARY PHILOSOPHICAL SOLUTION TO BUDDHIST DILEMMA
Get PDFIn this paper, I explore Dharmakirti’s claim that when it comes to imperceptible objects, our cognition is unable to determine whether they exist or do not exist. Dharmakirti was arguably convinced that any attempt to account for nonexistent objects will inevitably introduce another set of valid cognition and this consequently leads to the fallacies of infinite regress and reification. Given his critique of his contemporaries’ accounts of nonexistents, it is understandably clear that Dharmakirti declines offering ample explanations on the logical operations of nonexistents. Instead, he resorts to doctrinal authority to explicate the complexity that comes with the notions like rebirth and mind continua. Between the dilemma that arises from the tension between his commitments to both anti-realist Buddhist soteriology and realist epistemology, Dharmakirti chose the former. Alexius Meinong, on the other hand, develops a theory of objects that caters to a whole range of objects, including nonexistent and impossible objects, without committing to their ontological status. I argue in this paper that Dharmakirti’s epistemology will be enriched by Meinongian frameworks in accounting for nonexistents. Through Meinongian accounts of nonexistent, the tension between dual commitments in Buddhist soteriology and epistemology can be solved. Likewise, Meinong will be obviously advantaged to take heed of Dharmakirti’s critical reviews on the methodological limitations on account of nonexistents. In a nutshell, my comparative study of Dharmakirti’s and Meinongian position on nonexistents helps us appreciate two vital philosophical perspectives that may enhance our understanding over the critical philosophical and epistemological issues facing them
CONCEPTS OF REALITY IN HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A PHYSICIST
Get PDFConcepts of ultimate reality in Hinduism namely Brahman and in Buddhism namely Shunyata are discussed from the perspective of Modern Physics. We find that there is an astonishingly close parallelism between the two completely diverse fields. Some speculations are presented suggesting how this could happen. We also discuss universal consciousness as suggested by the two religions
ENHANCING LEADERSHIP SKILLS THROUGH TEACHING FROM MAHABHARATA AND OTHER EPICS
Get PDFThis paper aims to revisit the leadership skills depicted in the epic period, particularly from the Mahabharata and to link them with the Management and Leadership of a Tertiary Education Institution namely the Mahatma Gandhi Institute for sustainable enhancement of Leadership Skills and improved productivity. It also intends to enlighten all the leaders in the tertiary education sector and help them to explore new ways and means so as to be successful in leading higher education institutions more effectively and efficiently. The objectives of the study are as follows: 1. To enhance leadership skills at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute; 2. To develop the right attributes and leadership skills based on Mahabharata and other related epic in order to be successful in leading a tertiary education institution
REPRESENTATIONS OF FEMININE MATTERS IN HARUKI MURAKAMI’S KILLING COMMENDATORE
Get PDFHaruki Murakami has delved into the theme of losing females in his writings for many years. His representations of females have been almost overlooked, since they seem to be, at first glance, one dimensional or stereotypical. In the broadest sense, that kind of analysis should be correct. However, in Killing Commendatore , the reader notices the development of the author’s representation s of losing females. This essay is designed to illustrate the theme of losing as an essence of Murakami’s literature by analyzing the way in which the depictions of feminine matters develop into a more universal existence