Adi Shankara Essays

  • Shocker: Horror Film Genre

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    Shocker was made in 1989 by Wes Craven in hopes of launching a new franchise. Due to him feeling he wasn't fairly compensated for his Nightmare on Elm Street series under New Line Cinema. After watching Shocker I can understand the reason that no sequel was ever made, Shocker is a good Craven style horror film. But feels... unoriginal, as if feels like it borrows a bit to heavily from Child's Play which was released the year prior. If the similarities were on purpose or purely accidental I don't

  • Human Elements in Gita Mehta’s A River Sutra

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    The legacy of Indian culture and heritage is so great that it inspires us to consider everything in nature as holy and powerful. Man is at nature’s mercy, if he goes against its will, the cruel punishment he receivers might range from depriving him of his legitimate livelihood to death! Hindus believe that, the entire creation, including the life of the humans is made up of five elements; (1)‘Prithvi’ (the earth ),’Aapaha’(water),’Tejaha’(Fire or effulgence),and ‘Vaayahu’(air),’Aakaasha’(the aetherial

  • Hinduism And Duality In Hinduism

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    Hinduism, considered to be the oldest known religion, is perhaps one of the most emotionally accepting of all other religions, offers philosophical themes such as: atman, karma, samsara, moksha, Brahman, and yoga that coax its practitioners into a life of perfect spiritually. Atman, known as the inner self, is believed to be eternal by Hindu’s. The atman is sometimes thought of as the consciousness of the body and can spread throughout causing uncomfortable symptoms to span into the soul. At times

  • Arguement Against Shankara’s Ideas of Reality

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    the Upanishads (sitting near the teacher) and is the Hindu Philosophy of the non- dualistic school. Shankara explains Vedanta in greater details in the Crest- Jewel of Discrimination, which are timeless teachings on nonduality. Vedanta’s main goal is to sustain that human life is to recognize Brahman which is the crucial reality and to be combined with the mystical ground of the universe. Shankara believes that Brahman is the one true reality and everything else is just delusion. Atman which is

  • Critical Analysis Of Gora By Rabindranath Tagore

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    Gora is one of the finest and complex books penned around Rabindranath Tagore. The novel "Gora" is exceptionally contemporary in its tending to of various issues material to our nation's current situation and is an impression of the complex differences of social life in frontier India. It could be recognized as an epic of our nation at the urgent time of battle for Independence. It portrays the social structure in the area of Bengal before freedom. Gora, a profound and political quandary, is the

  • Introduction to Classical Indian Literary Tradition

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    “Prasthanathraya” which contains Upanishada, Brahma Sutra, and Bhagavad-Gita. Adi Shankara, one of the greatest hindu philosopher from 8th century CE, gave elaborated commentary on all the three Prasthanathrayas and amongst Upanishads, he commented on 10 most important ones. The concluding of all the Upanishads identify to find one final truth. There are 108 Upanishads known to us, and 10 most important commented by Adi Shankara: • Aithareya Upanishad • Kena Upanishad • Chandogya Upanishad • Isavasya

  • Essay On Varanasi

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    receives thousands of visitors and pilgrims every day. It is even mentioned in the Puranas, which are collections of Hindu legends that hold religious significance to the Hindus in India. Many Hindu saints have visited the city as well, such as Adi Shankara. Varanasi has contributed to not just Indian culture, but the entire world. Many important philosophies came out of Varanasi that have a huge following even today. Such as Buddhism and many core tenets of Hinduism. (Garfinkel). Although Varanasi