History Of Indian And Africana Philosophy

In the Mīmāṃsā school’s founding text, Jaimini systematizes Vedic ritual and explores its theoretical basis.

Skeptical tendences in Indian thought and responses to skepticism from the Mīmāṃsā and Vedānta schools.

Rival philosophical schools proliferate and subdivide in our second major historical period, the “age of the sūtra.”

An interview with Jessica Frazier about philosophical ideas and arguments in the Vedas, Upanisads and later Hindu texts.

Women philosophers and ideas about women in Buddhism, the Upanisads, and the Mahabharata.

Vegetarianism and non-violence (ahimsa) in ancient Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism.

The Bhagavad-Gītā or “Song of the Lord” from the Mahābhārata ties its theory of detached action to an innovative conception of the divine.

The great Hindu epic Mahābhārata explores moral dilemmas and the permissibilty of lying, against the background of the ethical concept of dharma.

Peter speaks to Rupert Gethin about the no-self theory, and its implications for Buddhist ethics and meditation practices.

Two figures from the Mauryan dynasty, Kautilya and the king Ashoka, set out contrasting ideas about the ideal political rule.

The Buddha offers two parables to explain the purpose of his philosophical teaching.

The Four Noble Truths of the Buddha, and the function they are supposed to play in our lives.

The pioneering Sanskrit grammar of Pāṇini and its implications for philosophy of language.

An interview with Brian Black about the philosophical and social aspects of the Upanisads.

The origins of the idea of karma, its moral significance in the Upanisads, and an alternative conception in the Bhagavad Gita.

The god Indra learns patience and something about the self in a famous passage from the Upanisads.

The ancient texts known as the Upanisads claim to expose the hidden connections between things, including the self and the world.

The Vedic period sets the context of the Upanisads, Buddhism and Jainism.

A whirlwind tour of philosophical literature in India.

In this introduction to the series, Peter Adamson and Jonardon Ganeri propose that Indian philosophy was primarily a way of life and search for the highest good.