Comments on: The End of Philosophy

By: Sean Kinnevy

Sean Kinnevy — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:23:28 +0000

Very good!

By: The End of Philosophy – Swami BV. Tripurari

The End of Philosophy – Swami BV. Tripurari — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:42:40 +0000

[...] The point of mentioning all this here is to suggest that the serious soul searching in current philosophy-one (to repeat) occasioned by the collapse of faith in autonomous reason-gives the perennial philosophy more chance for a hearing than it has had since modern philosophy began. For, never having agreed that reason is autonomous, it provides at least one model of how philosophy can proceed without that claim.1 [...]

By: swami bv tripurari

swami bv tripurari — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:41:10 +0000

Shashank,

No Indian chapter at this time. Keep up with me here:

http://www.swamitripurari.com
http://www.swami.org

By: Shashank Khattar

Shashank Khattar — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:00:41 +0000

Just stumbled upon this. My faith in humans, reason and truth was just revived.

Is there an Indian chapter? I am in Delhi.

By: jamslice

jamslice — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 03:14:34 +0000

Byootiful. <3

Reminds me a bit of the first part of Behold the Spirit by Alan Watts, which is what I'm reading right now. It's so great!

By: prajyumna

prajyumna — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:10:06 +0000

This was a great article. Very topical and timely. It is wonderful that the Goswamis of Vrindavan wrote amazing texts. But unless there is a live teacher who can translate the meaning so that it is pertinent for the times, then the beauty of ancient texts is never fully realized by the masses. Its great that there are people like Tripurari Swami waving the banner of Gaudia vaishnavism amidst the ‘dry spells and dry wells’ of existential vacuousness pervading in popular society.

Tripurari Swami wrote:

Absorbed in an everlasting rhythm, we will experience complete identification with God (unity) amidst simultaneous awareness that it is we finite souls who are attending to God (diversity).

On college capuses these days I see many sign boards tht say ‘diversity,’ by which I assume that the students mean cultural diversity. I think that cultural diversity is important. But I think it is also wonderful to realize that Krishna is the original diversity. All forms of diversity come ultimately from Krishna. Krishna is so diverse that one can chant his one name, Krishna, over and over and over in the form of the Hare Krishna mantra and it doesn’t get old. Over and beyond that, the more one chants his name, all the diversity within God himself is revealed by chanting his holy name. His holy name appears to be like any other ordinary static name. And though it is uttered with the tongue just like any other ordinary static name, because all of God himself is contained in his name, the scriptures explain that his name is non-different from his form and his past-times. Within the one unit of His holy name is all the diversity of creation. Who can beat that?

By: The Perennial Philosophy Revisited | Harmonist

The Perennial Philosophy Revisited | Harmonist — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:10:00 +0000

[...] famous perennialist scholar Huston Smith, and secondly, in Swami B. V. Tripurari’s article “The End of Philosophy.” The notion of perennialism and the reality of western scholars taking to Vedanta is [...]

By: Gaura-Vijaya

Gaura-Vijaya — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:58:54 +0000

i don’t agree that Sri and Madhava sampradayas are more rational and less dogmatic than Gaudiya sects in general. The link you have cited is Australian wing of Sri Vaisnavism which is definitely more liberal than the Indian branches. That way even Sri Chaitanya Sangha is liberal.

Merely by stating Ramunuja’s propositions, the author does not help us understand how we should accept karma and reincarnation as these two concepts are not verifiable through sense perception.

By: Kula-pavana dasa

Kula-pavana dasa — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:34:26 +0000

Maharaja, you can find the reference here: http://www.srimatham.com/teachings.html
In general, I find Sri Vaishnavas and Madhvas less dogmatic and more rational in their approach to shastra and devotional practice than Gaudiyas.

By: Gaura-Vijaya

Gaura-Vijaya — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:10:28 +0000

That is interesting. I feel that for the heart and conscience to be in agreement with the other three pramanas is difficult for many people because the current state of the heart maybe governed by one’s cultural entrappings and political stance(call it hrdaya daurbalyam or weakness of heart). Maybe the paramatma can facilitate the satisfaction of the heart if the desire to pursue spiritual life is sincere.