Several people have asked me in recent days about the nature of māyā. This made me realize how little this concept is understood, and prompted
Below is the translation and commentary on some of the Nyāya Sutras, which describe the nature of a scientific theory as comprised of four aspects.
Vedic texts divide experience into the seer, the seen, and the seeing. We can also call these the knower, the known, and the knowing. What
The following is a somewhat extended version of a reply to some questions that I sent today to an interested reader. I thought this description
I’m currently translating the original text of Sāñkhya Sūtras composed by Sage Kapila, and it discusses the doctrine of Satkāryavāda, and its distinctions with other
All students of epistemology cite many categories of experience that are not knowledge, in order to distinguish them from knowledge. These categories are different in
In an earlier post (which now seems ages ago), I had described the meaning of “flat earth”. The simple idea was that the flatness was
In practically every religion of the world God is said to be the creator of the universe. And this leads atheistic people to say: “No,
The question of beauty has been incessantly debated since Greek times in Western philosophy, but it has some simple answers, if we adopt the view
Much has been said about Prabhupāda’s visionary leadership and scholarship in bringing India’s authentic culture, civilization, philosophy, and practice to the Western world. But very
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