Join Mukunda as he speaks with Dr. Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad. Dr. Ram-Prasad is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Religion and Philosophy at Lancaster University. He is the author of many books including Divine Self/Human Self, Human Being/Bodily Being, Knowledge and Liberation in Classical Indian Thought, Advaita Epistemology and Metaphysics: An Outline of Indian Non-Realism and other books. Dr. Ram-Prasad is an amazing scholar grounded in Indian tradition and intellectual thought which he brings to bear with his work engaging with western thought and philosophy. In this episode, we discuss a host of topics including:
00:01:20 Introduction to Dr. Ram-Prasad and his path to studying Indian Philosophy and Religious Traditions. He discusses the problems with academia in general and in particular with India and its own culture/civilization along with how the west viewed Indian philosophy.
00:14:20 Discussion around the idea of secular and religious demarcation; the idea of Hindu identity in the past and today;
00:21:30 The loss of a pandit in society and BK Matilal’s influence on Indian philosophy and Western thought;
00:27:50 The growth of Comparative Philosophy yet the pushback from western academia on inclusion of non-white/western thought into pure philosophy;
00:41:25 The problem with defining what is a Hindu and the political project around it;
00:50:10 Multidimensionality of personhood and identity versus the way we are bodied in the world;
00:55.30 Modernity, Technology and Human Rights/Values;
01:00::10 The nature of self, personhood and body;
01:02:23 Discussion on Buddhagosha and Dr. Ram-Prasad’s intellectual draw to Advaita Vedanta and recently to Visisthadvaita;
01:13:45 A Brief Discussion on Advaita and Visisthadvaita especially around the nature and identity of Krishna-Vasudeva;
01:22:50 Problem of Evil or lack thereof in Vedanta and Hindu Thought; And the idea of Free will;
01:32:30 Dr. Ram-Prasad’s upcoming work on Emotions and Aesthetic Theory (Rasa Theory) vis-à-vis our experience of emotions outside of the world of arts; Understanding emotions through aesthetics
01:39:30 Last thoughts and Conclusion
You can find Dr. Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad at:
https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/ppr/people/chakravarthi-ram-prasad
Books:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001HPJ9MC?ingress=0&visitId=85ffe76f-514d-4c50-8b64-f40dde3ed709&store_ref=ap_rdr&ref_=ap_rdr
Videos:
Speaking for and Against Oneself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G5jd3a-pM0
God and Being: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JRkd4Qj1-4
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