tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post114322707376146420..comments2023-11-22T04:10:49.266-05:00Comments on Dispatches from Zembla: The End of History and the Last ManAlokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-1143474249711275552006-03-27T10:44:00.000-05:002006-03-27T10:44:00.000-05:00Religion would be incomplete without a concept of ...Religion would be incomplete without a concept of hell..isn't it? ;)<BR/><BR/>Still I don't think there is an equivalent of "judgment day" in hindu mythology. also kaliyug isn't considered an end, but just a stage in an eternal cycle. <BR/><BR/>the basic idea I think is that the eastern philosophy is centred on individual and his consciousness. and perhaps for an individual an "end" could be construed as "mukti".Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-1143318133088488032006-03-25T15:22:00.000-05:002006-03-25T15:22:00.000-05:00thanks V. I thought I was writing some random thin...thanks V. I thought I was writing some random things late last night :-)<BR/><BR/>About Hindu Philosophy, yes this was what even I was thinking (and I am ridiculously ill-informed in the subject).<BR/><BR/>I think it is the subjective awareness of existence that is central to eastern worldview and the material universe is just defined as its projection... and in this way it just preempts the normal questions of eschatology. also I think the concept of "time" is treated differently in east. it is not linear with a well defined start or end but something more vague and subjective... I hope I make some sense.<BR/><BR/>I have heard of UG Krishnamurti but never read anything. However I have read few bits and pieces of the other famous krisnamurti (Jiddu). I won't say I have read any thing serious but ah well...Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-1143317111140505632006-03-25T15:05:00.000-05:002006-03-25T15:05:00.000-05:00Interesting post, Alok. I would add that as far as...Interesting post, Alok. I would add that as far as I know, there is no eschatological tradition in Hindu philosophy. The words "creation", "sustenance" and "death" are to be understood in the context of thoughts arising, being acted upon, and dying in the mind. This kind of mapping is also to be found in Buddhist philosophy. The idea of liberation from the birth-and-death cycle is then the idea of liberation from thought altogether, or at least, thought conditioned by the past. One might say that the "End of History" scenario in a lot of Oriental philosophies refers to a scenario within one's mind - a state of consciousness, if you will - where all the psychological and physiological remnants of one's past are completely wiped out. Not that different a state of mind, actually, from that which Nietzsche would have liked for his Ubermensch. <BR/><BR/>Sorry for the ramble. Also, have you encountered one U.G.Krishnamurti? For more information, see here : <BR/>http://www.ugkrishnamurti.org/ug/ug_video/index.htmlwildflower seedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08524758486095224055noreply@blogger.com