tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156801984614349008.post854515130609132921..comments2023-04-16T00:40:33.266-07:00Comments on Blogging The Arthashastra: A King's Education Continued: Duties for the Four Stages of LifeSunny Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02687722552329432572noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156801984614349008.post-19047970418036016092010-09-02T05:23:19.029-07:002010-09-02T05:23:19.029-07:00From all my reading, Hinduism (which is a bit of a...From all my reading, Hinduism (which is a bit of a misnomer in itself) makes room for the paradoxes. The reason for it is a lack of a "fundamental" text or belief. As the philosophical structure accepts that human beings will have different psychological/intellectual/spiritual (take your pick) capacities, interests and needs, it provides a range of texts. <br />I think what is interesting is the ACCEPTANCE (as opposed to tolerance) of the possibility that one may be wrong, change one's mind and that another belief or idea is equally or possibly even more feasible and valid. That is quite a different point of departure from other traditions.Sunny Singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02687722552329432572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156801984614349008.post-64442991180970515532010-09-02T04:43:13.806-07:002010-09-02T04:43:13.806-07:00Am reminded of these lyrics by Rilo Kiley (band na...Am reminded of these lyrics by Rilo Kiley (band name): "The absence of God will bring you comfort, baby".<br />For me, keeping things real and honest is more comforting than what I would describe as unwarranted beliefs.<br /><br /><br />"Interesting paradox again: seems that Hinduism requires identity to be simultaneously social and family driven while also being ultimately - and remorselessly - individualistic. "<br /><br />At least it (Hinduism, as you present it) freely acknowledges the paradox, rather than going to one extreme (epitomised by the US) or going to the other extreme- traditional Chinese culture (and other cultures in that part of the world) which claim to be all about the group and yet there's a strong undercurrent of individuality constantly either in tension with that or feeding off of others' altruism. There's a wealth of stuff about such contradictions in evolutionary game theory too, which I could go on about too, but won't because it's dry and mathematical. These paradoxes seem to be pretty fundamental to all living things, though. The time nature of the swapping of independent/dependent roles plays out in both nature and here in the text, which is interesting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10275084866809902282noreply@blogger.com