scholarly journals Ethics in Classical Hindu Philosophy: Provinces of Consequence, Agency, and Value in the Bhagavad Gītā and Other Epic and Śāstric Texts

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1029
Author(s):  
Jessica Frazier
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Aesthetic Theory ◽  
Bhagavad Gita ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Emergent Phenomena ◽  
The World ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Bhagavad Gītā ◽  
Interpersonal Concerns

The idea of a univocal property of ‘goodness’ is not clearly found in classical Sanskrit sources; instead, a common ethical strategy was to clarify the ontological nature of the self or world in such a way that ethical implications naturally flow from the adjustment in our thinking. This article gives a synoptic reading of sources that treat features of ethics—dispositions, agents, causal systems of effect, and even values themselves—as emergent phenomena grounded in complex, shifting, porous configurations. One conclusion of this was that what ‘goodness’ entails varies according to the scope and context of our concern. Firstly, we examine how the Bhagavad Gītā fashions a utilitarianism that assumes no universal intrinsically valuable goal or Good, but aims only to sustain the world as a prerequisite for choice. Recognising that this pushes problems of identifying the Good onto the individual; secondly, we look at accounts of malleable personhood in the Caraka Saṃhitā and Book 12 of the Mahābhārata. Finally, the aesthetic theory of the Nāṭya Śāstra hints at a context-constituted conception of value itself, reminding us that evaluative emotions are themselves complex, curate-able, and can expand beyond egoism to encompass interpersonal concerns. Together these sources show aspects of an ethical worldview for which each case is a nexus in a larger ethical fabric. Each tries to pry us away from our most personal concerns, so we can reach beyond the ego to do what is of value for a wider province of which we are a part.

Das Regime des Ästhetischen

2019 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-102
Author(s):  
Diana Lohwasser
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Social Life ◽  
The Self ◽  
Aesthetic Perception ◽  
The World ◽  
Assessment Systems ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Influence Perceptions

Abstract The Regime of the Aesthetic As a preliminary, the text deals with the question of what can be understood by a regime of the aesthetic. The aesthetic regime generates patterns of perception that guide people in their behavior and actions. The regime of the aesthetic oscillates between social regression and emancipation. The regression of the individual aesthetic perception of the world and of the self is evident in all areas of social life. Through the mass media, the aesthetic regime has the ability to manipulate people and influence perceptions and judgment. The ability of the self to defend itself against manipulation regresses. The adoption of given perception, explanation and assessment systems makes life easier than having to question contexts. The difficult task is to emancipate oneself from the regressive aesthetic regime. Referred to Rancière, it requires an ›emancipated viewer‹ capable of emancipating itself from the assigned structures of an aesthetic regime. This endeavor represents an infinite task.

scholarly journals Magical Aspects in Chandra Shyam Dangol's Stone Sculptures

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 55-65
Author(s):  
Yam Prasad Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Aesthetic Experience ◽  
Research Area ◽  
The Self ◽  
Surface Level ◽  
The World ◽  
Thesis Statement ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Universe

Chandra Shyam Dangol's stone sculptures are magical and mystical suggesting supernatural and spiritual aspects related to wisdom and enlightenment. Unusual images and symbols have been put together. On the surface level, the combination appears strange and contrary but as we go through the myths related to the artworks, we find the underlined logic and coherent composition. The recurrent icons, images and symbols are the figures of deities, lotus, mudras (gestures) and asanas (postures) of meditating characters that are combined in an unusual manner.  They provide a sense of miraculous and thrilling spiritual experience. Breaking the monotony of mundane material existence, the works renew our perception. The aesthetic experience leads toward the awareness of the self and the universe and inspires for the harmonious existence of the individual in the world. Because of the mythical and spiritual contents, the sculptures appear to be mystical. The research area covers the stone sculptures of Chandra Shyam Dangol. About a dozen sculptures have been observed for the research but only four works have been interpreted in this paper. The paper attempts to trace the magical elements in his compositions and throw light on their significance. The study follows the qualitative research method to support the thesis statement since the interpretation of artworks may be multiple depending on viewers, time and place.

scholarly journals YOGA IN TEACHINGS AND PRACTICES OF NEO-HINDUISM

2018 ◽  
pp. 29-35
Author(s):  
Yulia A. Uimina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Normal Person ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Bhagavad Gita ◽  
Sacred Texts ◽  
The World ◽  
True Love ◽  
True Knowledge ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Bhagavad Gītā ◽  
Secret Knowledge

Guru is a spiritual teacher who can help you teach the “truth” those people who need it. The presence of secret knowledge, “a holistic and clear understanding of the nature of reality” that is a feature that distinguishes a guru from a “normal” person or a simple teacher. True knowledge is realized by the spiritual teacher in revelation, in a certain experience, the authenticity of which is of no doubt, and through the sacred texts of the sruti and smriti. New Indian masters, gurus of Neo-Hinduism are modern teachers of wisdom, whose teachings are now widespread all around the world. The main aim of their teachings is enlightenment, liberation in life ( jivanmukta ), occurring through the spiritual perfection of the individual. Neo-Hinduism masters traditionally use three ways to achieve Moksha, described in Bhagavad-Gita and later Upanishads: “the path of knowledge” ( jnana-marga ), the “path of action” ( karma-marga ), “the course of true love” to God ( bhakti-marga )...

scholarly journals KONSEP DIRI SEORANG DA'I

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Noormawanti, Iswati
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
The Core ◽  
Self Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Entire Complex ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Beliefs And Attitudes

The concept of self is an understanding of the attitude of the individual towards himself so that it results in the interaction of two or more people. Self-concept is a factor that communicates with others. The concept of self is the views and attitudes of individuals towards themselves, characteristics and individual and self-motivation. The self-view includes not only individual strengths but also weaknesses and even failures. This self-concept is psychological, social and physical. Self-concept is our views and feelings about ourselves, which include physical, psychological and social aspects. The concept of self is not just a descriptive picture, but also an assessment of ourselves, including what we think and how we feel. Anita Taylor defines self-concept as "all you think and feel about you, the entire complex of beliefs and attitudes you hold abaout yourself '. Human behavior is a product of their interpretation of the world around them through social interaction. Behavior is often a choice as a feasible thing to do based on how it defines the existing situation. The definition they give to other people, situations, objects and even themselves determines their behavior. So it is individuals who are considered active to regulate and determine their own behavior and environment. While the core of the individual is consciousness (consciousness). self-development depends on communication with others, which shape or influence themselves

Siloism, the Self, and Total Revolution

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Barr-Melej
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
The Self ◽  
Line Of Sight ◽  
Public Morality ◽  
The World ◽  
Mind And Body ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Libertarian Socialism

This chapter shifts the book’s line of sight away from hippismo and toward the esoteric counterculture of Siloism and the group of Chilean Siloists called Poder Joven (Young Power). The chapter unpacks Siloism’s call for young people to focus their youthful energy inward, peer deeply into their own psyches, experience fully the connection between mind and body, and realize socialismo libertario, or libertarian socialism. Such undertakings would effectively transform the individual, his or her immediate surroundings, and the world. These and other aspects of Siloist thought and practice raised quite a ruckus among those pledged to protect culture and public morality, thus motivating authorities to repress what many identified as Poder Joven’s depravity.

Should We Freeze Our Bodies for Future Resuscitation?

2021 ◽  
pp. 235-242
Author(s):  
Francesca Minerva
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Nitrogen ◽  
Human Mortality ◽  
Future Technology ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
The World ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Major Objection

This chapter examines the ethical implications of cryopreservation. Cryopreservation is usually performed soon after the heart has stopped beating, and after the individual has been pronounced legally dead. A few hundred people in the world had been “cryopreserved” — that is, fully immerged in liquid nitrogen at -196 C — in the hope that science will eventually discover a therapy for the disease that has killed them, and that future technology will succeed in bringing them back to life. Understandably, the root of many objections to cryonics seem to be its perceived weirdness. Another major objection to cryonics is that it is a waste of money, or a scam, i.e. a way to make money by promising dying people something that cannot possibly be achieved. The chapter then considers the concepts of human mortality and immortality.

Religious Syncretism and Literary Innovation

2018 ◽  
pp. 174-195
Author(s):  
Stefania Cavaliere
Keyword(s):  
Aesthetic Theory ◽  
Advaita Vedānta ◽  
Advaita Vedanta ◽  
Bhagavad Gita ◽  
Sanskrit Drama ◽  
Religious Syncretism ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Bhagavad Gītā ◽  
Literary Innovation

Stefania Cavaliere shows that the Vijñānagītā of Keshavdas is much more than a translation of an allegorical Sanskrit drama, the Prabodhacandrodaya of Krishnamishra. The allegorical battle between aspects of the mind in Krishnamishra’s text becomes in Keshavdas’s hands a platform for a much broader discussion of metaphysics, theology and religious aesthetics, incorporating such diverse influences as the Yogavāsiṣṭha, the Purāṇas, the Dharmaśāstras, and the Bhagavad Gītā. In this way the Vijñānagītā reads more like a scientific treatise (śāstra) than a work of allegorical poetry, and reflects Keshavdas’s erudition and innovation in weaving together strands of bhakti, Advaita Vedānta and rasa aesthetic theory.

On Jon Snow’s death: Plot twist and global fandom inGame of Thrones

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 384-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Héctor J Pérez ◽  
Rainer Reisenzein
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Culture ◽  
Negative Events ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
Cognitive Reactions ◽  
Global Event ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
The World ◽  
Cognitive Activities ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Individual

The death of Jon Snow at the end of the fifth season of the TV serial Game of Thrones prompted an intense reaction among the fans of the serial on social media. Thousands of viewers all over the world contributed to the discussion of the meaning and implications of this event, turning it into a global event in the participatory culture of contemporary seriality. In this article, we propose an explanation of this remarkable cultural phenomenon. Based on a theory of plot twists as surprise structures, we argue that the reactions of fans can be understood as concrete, contextually adapted realizations of the characteristic cognitive reactions evoked by the emotions of surprise and shock caused by unexpected negative events. Our analysis focuses in particular on the contributions of viewers to the establishment of the beliefs disconfirmed by the plot twist and on the cognitive activities that served to adapt their minds to the new reality revealed by the twist, which also included reflections on the aesthetic aspects of the plot twist and the narrative in which it was embedded. By providing a public platform for these reflections, the fan forums allowed the individual attempts to adapt to the plot twist to become a collective endeavor. The study illustrates how universal cognitive mechanisms interact with culturally produced contents to generate similar reactions to a fictional event across the globe.

Dimensions of Individuality: Recent French Works on the Renaissance

1996 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-123
Author(s):  
Zachary Sayre Schiffman
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Conscious Perception ◽  
The World ◽  
The Individual

In his famous “essay” of almost 150 years ago, Jacob Burckhardt articulated the single most fruitful idea about the Renaissance — that it was epitomized by “the discovery of the individual.” This discovery was double-sided: Man became a geistiges Individuum and recognized himself as such; and, as a consequence of this recognition, he also came to perceive die Fülle des Individuellen in the world around him. In other words, with the self-conscious perception of one's own uniqueness came the perception of the world as being full of unique entities.This discovery was for Burckhardt not an unalloyed blessing. His auf sich selbst gestellten Persönlichkeit (so liberally translated as “free personality“) is the individual stripped bare of all traditional defenses, standing naked before the world, with only his own wits to rely on — hardly a comforting prospect.

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