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Permalink Reply by Hari Menon on February 28, 2013 at 1:13pm

Yes John I have heard about this book ,Though I have not had the opportunity to read it , I have read his Mahabharata in English when I was much younger, and some other smaller works of his . He was amongst many other things a wonderful President for the country being a philosopher too . It was a rare combination .

Permalink Reply by Capt. Anand Kumar on February 28, 2013 at 7:53pm

Indian Philosophy in two volumes as well as The Philosophy of the Upanishads is also available from archive.org.

Permalink Reply by Capt. Anand Kumar on February 28, 2013 at 9:07pm

There is a good introduction to Indian Philosophy here.

Permalink Reply by Capt. Anand Kumar on March 1, 2013 at 9:50am

Hello Emmanuel,

Please click on the link below:

http://archive.org/details/Sarvepalli.Radhakrishnan.Indian.Philosop...

Once you are on the page click on the word Djvu in blue fonts in the left pane. The book will open.

ModeratorPermalink Reply by John on March 1, 2013 at 9:26am

I just added the Contents of A Sourcebook in Indian Philosophy by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Charles A. Moore

it is now in my original post (above).

Also included is the books back cover which discusses the content. (Note the term Theosophical-Philosophical literature).

It is important (to some) that the book I originally mentioned mostly contains translations and excerpts from the various key source literature. It also has explanations of some key concepts and what/how/where the vast literature fits into place.

The 2-volume set is clearly better for detailed study of the actual philosophies.

just a clarification.

John

p.s. The belief in the "Aryan Invasion" is rather optional. I take the same side as Sri Aurobindo -- it is totally wrong.

Actually - the Aryan "peoples" (N. Europe) seem to have more Neanderthal mixed in the gene-pool that any other group/continent. This is currently still being investigated since genetics is still expanding its experimental techniques.

If one looks at the Aryan supremacists in the USA, it is easy to believe. <g>

Permalink Reply by Capt. Anand Kumar on May 10, 2013 at 12:51am

A very good short introduction to the Indian Philosophy is available here. Sadly the version on the net does not summarizes Yoga Philosophy separately but includes it in the Samkhya System. Rest of the summaries are very well written. Several of the concepts about KARMA are clarified ( it is not a binary system, effect is inbuilt into cause and therefore one etc.)