Author: S R Bhatt
Publisher: Sundeep Prakashan
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 105
ISBN/UPC (if available): 817574149X
Description
The book contains paper pertaining to the Vedic wisdom and Indian culture both in classical and contemporary contexts. It is an outcome of the study of classical literature with a positive and constructive mind. At places, it is a creative interpretation and reconstruction of the traditional ideas with a view to restoring their pristine purity and removing the contamination they have suffered from perverting influences due to travesty of history.
But for all these exercises there is sufficient basis in the Vedic literature. In undertaking this task the author is guided by the firm belief that no culture can survive and thrive if its seminal ideas, key concepts and fundamental doctrines fet fossilized and sterlized and do not admit of creative interpretation and reconstruction in keeping with the needs and aspirations of the particular age. The Vedic wisdom has displayed this vitality and that is why it has withstood the onslaughts of adversaries and vagaries of time.
Contents
PREFACE
1. Vedic Wisdom and Vedic Vision of Life
2. Understanding Spirituality in the Vedic Context
3. Vedic Vision of Amrtatva
4. Vedic View on Cosmic Unity
5. Vedic Approach to Peace and Friendship
6. Vedic Perspectives on Freedom, Eduality and Doctrine of Karma
7. Applied Philosophy and Professional Ethics - A Vedic Perspective
8. Environmentalism and the Vedic System of Education
9. Vedic Perspective on Sustainable Development
10. Organismic Ethics - A Vedic Perspective
11. Dharma - The Overriding Principle of Indian Life and Thought
12. Rajadharma - The Vedic Notion of Duty-Based Welfare State
13. On Dharma, Religion and Politics
14. Secularism and Religious Pluralism
15. Dissemination of Vedic Wisdom Through Sanskrit Language
16. Purusarthas and Karmayoga of the Bhagavadgita
17. The Sundarakanda of Ramacaritamanasa - A Philosophical Analysis
INDEX