tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037385.post7646498864854806673..comments2024-03-04T22:54:13.447+05:30Comments on Remains of the Day: On Jeevan VidyaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037385.post-67028253828451377362009-02-21T17:47:00.000+05:302009-02-21T17:47:00.000+05:30Hi "Anonymous":Would you like to tell me where my ...Hi "Anonymous":<BR/><BR/>Would you like to tell me where my understanding is flawed, instead of berating my "western" mind?<BR/><BR/>Otherwise, may I advise you to look up the following link:<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominemHarmanjit Singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714797381673153973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037385.post-7639390603579024582009-02-21T11:11:00.000+05:302009-02-21T11:11:00.000+05:30You obviously come from that breed that comments o...You obviously come from that breed that comments on things without trying to first understand them! ..getting deeper into them. Seems like you are one of those that shoots form the hip - at the level of thought without ever penetrating beyond that point - an ailment that afflicts the western mind - irrespective of the color of the skin that this mind is housed in. I guess you would moderate my post - secure as you are within the walls you have constructed for yourselfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037385.post-39701890022757149892009-02-20T06:51:00.000+05:302009-02-20T06:51:00.000+05:30understanding anything is to understand its sympto...understanding anything is to understand its symptoms and attributes and qualities and interactions only.<BR/><BR/>nothing can be understood "in itself", that is a meaningless term.<BR/><BR/>i understand JV tries to give an atomic status to "jeevan" (life) but that seems to me to be just a construct to justify their humanistic values.<BR/><BR/>JV is not very distinguished in its value system, even though its assumptions are a little strange and esoteric.Harmanjit Singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714797381673153973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037385.post-46312172704420038602009-02-20T01:10:00.000+05:302009-02-20T01:10:00.000+05:30Only thing I would like to say is, JV first tries ...Only thing I would like to say is, JV first tries to understand "self" itself. What other philosophies do is, they dont try to understand the "self" but its all other symptoms or attributes. That is the basic disconnect. JV is top-down and what you are talking is bottom-up approach. It is the chellenge for each individual to see that convergence of both the approaches at some point. That is what the process of adhyayan in JV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com