Philosophy
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1 week agoAncient Indian Wisdom for a Restless Age
Indian philosophical schools offer diverse paths to happiness—knowledge, detachment, ethical action, pleasure, or unity—rooted in union with an ultimate reality.
Just as an Indian carpet is interwoven with many threads of various colors to produce a perceivable pattern of harmony, Indian writings and religion are interwoven, perhaps in an even more complex way, to produce the pattern we have come to know as Indian philosophy. But for the novice, this pattern can be more than confusing; it can be overwhelming. Actually, one can begin in a systematic way to study and discover the various teachings of Indian philosophy, such as Yoga.