Posted by: manukalia on: November 13, 2008
About Shri Adi Shankaracharya
Shri Adi Shankaracharya or the first Shankara with his remarkable reinterpretations of Hindu scriptures, especially on Upanishads or Vedanta, had a profound influence on the growth of Hinduism at a time when chaos, superstition and bigotry was rampant. Shankara advocated the greatness of the Vedas and was the most famous Advaita philosopher [...]
Posted by: manukalia on: November 1, 2008
Ashtavakra Gita Historical Background
Ashtavakra Gita was written by Sage Ashtavakra. This Gita perhaps precedes the Bhagwat Gita as the later has references of the Ashtavakra Gita’s teachings. Sage Ashtavakra, deformed from eight limbs on his body, (so the name) was a very enlightened sage, who at the young age of 12 years became the teacher [...]
Posted by: manukalia on: June 20, 2008
From about 1000 BC to 200 BC in four distinct regions the great world traditions that have continued to nourish humanity came into being:
Confucianism and Daoism in China
Hinduism and Buddhism in India
Monotheism in Israel; and
Philosophical rationalism in Greece.
The German philosopher Karl Jaspers called this period the Axial Age, because it was pivotal to the spiritual [...]
