The Origin of Buddhist Meditation
"Having identified early material that goes back to the Buddha himself, the author argues that the two teachers of the Buddha were historical figures. Based on the early Brahminic literature, namely the early Upanishads and Moksadharma, the author asserts the origin of the metho…
"In a perspicacious observation made at a worker's conference Dr. B. R. Ambedkar remarked that 'Brahmanism and capitalism are the two enemies of the workers'. This also implied that the struggle against the one should be complemented by that against the other. And, as a corollar…
The Dharmasutras: the law codes of ancient India
The Dharmasutras are the four surviving written works of the ancient Indian tradition on the subject of dharma, or the rules of behavior a community recognizes as binding on its members. Written in a pithy and aphoristic style and representing the culmination of a long tradition…