A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
Dear readers and co-bloggers, a colleague of mine, who is professor of philosophy in the US and works on German and English philosophy, started studying Sanskrit about one year ago. He is now at the point where he would just Continue reading Sanskrit philosophical tandem?
Recently I tried to gather, on my own, information about which small liberal arts colleges (SLACs) in the United States teach Sanskrit. I was unable to find any centralized place where such a list is kept. Through some Googling, I was Continue reading Teaching Sanskrit at SLACs
Hello all I’m tasked with updating two online (OBO) bibliographies: one on Indian philosophy (in general 2011) and the other on Hindu philosophy (2016). To this end, I would appreciate suggestions regarding stand out publications from the last seven years Continue reading Request for Suggestions of Recent Publication on Indian or Hindu Philosophy
[Posted on behalf of Monima Chadha] AUSTRALASIAN SOCIETY FOR ASIAN AND COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY ASACP CONFERENCE 2017 CALL FOR PAPERS The ASACP 2017 Conference will be held from 10-12 July 2017 at Deakin University, Deakin Downtown 727 Collins St, Melbourne, Australia. Continue reading ASCAP Conference 2017
Cross-posted at Love of All Wisdom. Śāntideva’s anti-political views are very commonly missed by Buddhist scholars today, especially constructive or theological ones, who are excited by the Engaged Buddhist embrace of political action. He is hardly alone among classical Indian Continue reading Disengaged Buddhism in the era of Trump
Our own Amod Lele will be giving a talk at a conference organized by Pierre-Julien Harter at the University of Utah, on April 21-22. The other philosophers there, and their talks may also be of interest to readers of this Continue reading Upcoming talks on Buddhism in Utah April 21-22
(I have been asked to write a short introduction to Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta and would like to test it on you, dear readers and fellow bloggers. Any comment or criticism would be more than welcome!) In its full-fledged form, the Viśiṣṭādvaita Continue reading A basic introduction to Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta_UPDATED
(The following is my attempt to make sense of Rāmānuja’s conceptions of bhakti. Comments and criticisms are welcome!) To Rāmānuja (traditional dates 1017–1137) are attributed, with more or less certainty, a series of Vedāntic works, namely the Śrī Bhāṣya (henceforth Continue reading Bhakti in Rāmānuja: Continuities and changes of perspective
Pundit Kishorenath Jha is one among the last very few Naiyāyikas of note of Maithil origin (according to traditional sources also Udayana, Vācaspati and Śaṅkara Miśra were born in the same Madhubanī district of North Bihar). After retiring from Ganganath Continue reading In search of a Lost Philosophical Dialog in Mithila: An interview with Pundit Kishorenath Jha (A guest post by Debajyoti Gangopadhyay) UPDATED
Friends, for those of you who teach Indian philosophy regularly and may be teaching in the fall, I wanted to give notice that Stephen Phillips and my translation of the Nyāyasūtra with early commentaries will be out in September. Hackett Continue reading Notice of forthcoming publication