In the essay below, Ingalls suggests a comparative textual analysis of Sankara's writings for exploring his complex views on Buddhism.
Much has been said on the relation of Samkaracarya to t...
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Below, Menon and Allen discuss Sankara's theory of knowledge and how his epistemology "steered a middle course between the two main Hindu schools of thought."
How can we come t...
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In the following essay, Roy discusses how the Advaitic philosophy embodied in Sankara's work is a synthesis of two extreme schools of Hindu philosophical thought.
(1) Gi; (1) the Heritage of ...
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In the essay below, Taber argues that understanding Sankara's theory as transformative philosophy is an essential element in making his notions of the self and self-consciousness "intell...
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In the following essay, Masih discusses Sankara in several contexts including comparative religion, psychology, and modern philosophy in exploring his relevancy to the modern world.
The most import...
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Below, Bader outlines various schools of Sankara scholarship, noting their strengths and weaknesses.
In 1952 Professor [Daniel H. H.] Ingalls called attention to the need for new efforts in the app...
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In the following essay, Rambachan analyzes Sankara's belief in sruti as the essential and true source of knowledge of brahman.
Sabda can be seen as a pramana for our knowledge of the empiric...
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Below, Isayeva surveys the various hagiographies of Sankara's life, outlines the three categories of his writings, and discusses the difficulty scholars have encountered in authenticating some ...
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Kathmandu (dpa) - Hundreds of Hindu activists demonstrated in
Kathmandu Saturday calling for Nepal to be officially declared a
Hindu nation once again.
The de...
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At the risk of blowing a good thing—you know, like when The New York Times runs a feature on a restaurant or neighborhood, thereby increasing its visibility and making it difficult for the re...
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At the risk of blowing a good thing—you know, like when The New York Times runs a feature on a restaurant or neighborhood, thereby increasing its visibility and making it difficult for the re...
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WAILUA, Hawaii _ In a clearing within Kauai Aadheenam's lush gardens, the ping, ping, pinging of metal chipping at stone can be heard as a half-dozen artisans from India put the finishing flourishe...
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In a clearing within Kauai Aadheenam's lush gardens, the ping, ping, pinging of metal chipping at stone can be heard over the sounds of bird calls. A half-dozen artisans from South India put the fi...
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New Delhi (dpa) - At least 15 people were wounded in a grenade
attack on Hindu pilgrims trekking to a cave shrine in India-
administered Kashmir Saturday, news reports said....
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Hundreds of thousands of Indians thronged temples across India on Monday in the belief that statues of Hindu gods were drinking milk.
"I put a milk-filled spoon to Ganesha's mouth and...
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A naturally formed stalagmite in a Kashmiri mountain shrine has melted away, officials said Monday, blaming body heat from the hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims who visit each year.For over 2...
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Suspected Islamic rebels attacked Hindu pilgrims with hand grenades for the second time in a week in India's portion of Kashmir, wounding 11 people, police said Saturday.The attack took place in Pa...
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New Delhi (dpa) - A fossil in Canada which is believed to be 565
million years old has been named after Indian geologist, Shiva Balak
Misra, who discovered it, media reports...
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Critical Essay by Daniel H. H. Ingalls
Hindu activists demonstrate in Nepalese capital
