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Lalded Consciousness-II
Lalded Consciousness-II By Dileep Kumar Kaul June, 2011 From the stories of its origin as mentioned in Neelmata Purana to our times Kashmir has got a mystic feeling associated with it. In Neelmata Purana the land of Kashmir is itself the body of Mother Goddess and the lifeline of this l
Indian Philosophy-A Synoptic View-III
Indian Philosophy-A Synoptic View-III Prof. M.L. Koul June 2011 Rigveda It is the first written record of mankind and its hymns though addressed to various gods contain seed ideas that are essentially philosophic in content. It provides an amazing insight into that hoary past of which mi
The Lalded Consciousness
By Dileep Kumar Kaul April 2011 The Kashmir we see today is the result of many political contestations. What is most tragic is that Kashmir is still visualized as a place in terms of these political contestations. The primary contestation is between Hindu and Muslim consciousnesses. Muslims
Indian Philosophy-A synoptic View-II
Prof. M.L. Koul April 2011 A way of thinking which enables one rationally to understand the reality experiened by self-fulfilled personalities, and thereby to lead one to realisation of truth. In this light, philosophy is seen as art of life and not a theory a bout the universe". Despite su
Philosophy-A synoptic view
By Prof. M.L. Koul January 2011 Be it said in all fairness that philosophy in India did not begin as an independent segment of human investigation. It actually overlapped with religion which to a large extent concealed it under a covering of myths & credos but never hampered it from
The Tradition of Lalla Ded
By Prof. M.L. Koul November 2010 'Lalla-Ded wrote her poetry with fury and passion and even with intellectual arrogance. Her poetry came to her in a fit of emotio
Pratybhijjna
Pratybhijjna-From Scriptures to Kashmir Shaivism to Lalla Ded Vakh By Prof. M.L. Koul February 2010 The Doctrine of Pratyabhijjna is a highly significant development in the theory and practice of Kashmir Shaivism. It is neither a school of Kashmir Shaivism nor is it a sub-trend within its m
The need for a Lalla Ded Lexicon
By Prof. M.L. Koul Part I - May 2010 'To do philosophy is to explore one's own temperament, yet at the same time to attempt to discover the truth'--Iris Murdok The very core of Lalla Ded is philosophical and that is why she captures our imagination and tugs at our heart-strings. Her vaakhs
Sun Worship in Kashmir
by Prof. M.L. Koul The sun-god is in essence is a Vedic god and its reverential worship has been widely prevalent throughout including Kashmir. In the Rig-veda we find a web of mythology woven around the sun-god known as Aditi. During the upanishadic era the sun-worship had assumed tremendous sig
Aum in Indian Scriptures, Kashmir Shaivism and Lalla Ded Vakh
By Prof. M.L. Koul Writes Paul Tillich, 'In religion no one can avoid use of symbolism nor should one wish that it were possible to do so. The more lively a religion, the more complex its symbolism has to be, for it is thus it secures what protection it can get against the ever-present danger of
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