Dr. Radhakrishnan on Buddhism : a Glance

DR. RADHAKRISHNAN ON BUDDHISM: A GLANCE India is a land of diverse religious faiths and creeds expounding various paths to reach the Ultimate as per the diversity of tastes. Buddhism is one of the religions that has its origin in India and spread from India and its slow disappearance in India and spread over the

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कांटावाला बताते हैं कि राधाकृष्णन ने 'इंडियन फिलॉसफी' में बौद्ध धर्म को किस रीति से देखा। उनका नियम था कि दर्शन का इतिहासकार भाषाशास्त्री नहीं, विद्वत्ता का प्रयोग करने वाला दार्शनिक हो। लेख उनके पाश्चात्त्य समानांतर गिनाता है: बुद्ध और हेराक्लाइटस की अग्नि, शेली की क्षणभंगुरता। Kantawala reviews how Radhakrishnan treated Buddhism in Indian Philosophy, starting from his rule that a historian of philosophy must be a philosopher using scholarship, not a philologist. He notes the Western parallels drawn: Buddha beside Heraclitus on fire, Shelley on flux, Dhammapada beside Mark.

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