Philosophy
The word 'Philosophy', meaning "love of wisdom" comes from the Greek 'philein', to love + 'sophia', wisdom.
In the Western world, philosophical pursuits are mainly generated by one's curiosity to know Truth, whereas in India, philosophical pursuits also imply the disciplining of one's life in the light of one's best knowledge. In the pursuit of wisdom the seeker should have at least a hypothetical notion of the kind of truth he or she seeks. That will decide the epistemological characteristics of the pursuit. The word "epistemology" is derived from the Greek word "episteme" which means knowledge.
Two Sanskrit words which come closest in meaning to "philosophy" are 'darshana' and 'tattva jnana'. 'Darshana' means the envisioning of truth. 'Tattva-jnana' means knowledge of the fundamentals. 'Tttva-jnana' is constituted of three terms: 'tat'. 'tvam' and 'jnana'. 'Tat' means "That"; 'tvam' means "you"; 'jnana' is "knowledge. In other words, it is knowledge about 'tat' the universal, and 'tvam' the particular.
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Hi. I'm interested in this spiraling cone of inspiration cone of aspiration picture. do you have any idea which book this is from, or which author might have drawn this? please do let me know.
I say your comment only today, a long time after posting the blog. The diagram is drawn by a French artist Jean Letschert who was a disciple of Nataraja Guru. This diagram can be found in Nataraja Guru’s book titled “Dialectics” published by D.K.Printworld (P) Ltd
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