Indian Knowledge Systems: A Philosophical Perspectives by Prof. Indra Narain Singh, Department of Buddhist Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Delhi

Buddha gave the basis for the discovery of Indian knowledge System: Prof. Indra Narayan Singh

A lecture on the topic ‘Indian Knowledge Tradition: A Philosophical Perspective’ was organized by the Indian Research Scholars Association at 4 pm. Professor Inder Narayan Singh (Senior Professor, Buddhist Study Centre, Delhi University) was present as the keynote speaker in this lecture. Professor Singh is a well-known name in the field of philosophy not only in India but in the world. Professor Narayan, who has his own distinct identity in Buddhist philosophy, gave a meaningful lecture in the non-verbal forum of the Indian Research Scholars Association. At the beginning of his lecture, he defined knowledge in many dimensions in which he explained the many purposes of Buddhist, Charvaka, modern and mechanical knowledge and he said that Buddhist philosophy was a new initiative of the Indian knowledge tradition in which the feeling of world welfare comes to fruition. . If we talk about Buddha’s life and his teachings, he never considered himself God. Buddha has always shown himself in the form of a human being, but the usefulness of his teachings is unique, following which even an ordinary person can attain salvation. Professor Indra Narayan also said that according to Buddhist philosophy, every type of creature can conceive of world consciousness with self-consciousness even while living in worldly life, because this philosophy is based on the consciousness and knowledge of human beings. At the beginning of the program, development Welcome address was given by Kumar, Researcher, Department of Political Science and Human Rights, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak. He welcomed and congratulated our guest and explained the nature of the program. The coordinator of this lecture was Asha Rajpurohit, the co-coordinators were Sakshi and Devendra and the program secretary was Ankita Shukla. Professor Inder Narayan Singh said that India needs to realize India as a Buddhist philosophy – India flowing with time, a dynamic and meditative movement through time that embodies the meditative practices of co-realization. Is. Buddhism is a religion that tells the path to liberation from suffering and attainment of nirvana, in which the teachings of Mahatma Buddha are central. They show the path of spiritual progress based on moral rules. Mahatma Buddha, while searching for the causes of suffering and diagnosing them, considered these rules to be very important for Nirvana, in which the Four Noble Truths and the Twelve Nidan Chakras are related to the sufferings and the Bhava Chakras, while the Eightfold Path and the Ten Precepts principles are related to those sorrows and Shows the path to freedom from the cycle. In Buddhism, along with the Eightfold Path, the ten principles of daily conduct are also the rules of daily conduct, following which is considered mandatory for the followers of Buddhism. India which is Bharat, Bharat Varsha and also Al-Hind. Therefore, dialogue with Buddhist philosophy and Indian traditions invites us to realize India as Bharat Hind Bharat. Since it is a part of the world, we need to realize India as Bharat Hind Bharat Vishwa-Vishwa. Professor Narayan, while interpreting the texts of Nagarjuna, said that Indian philosophy will not be a context-specific social knowledge, it will be a global philosophy as well as an interactive philosophy. “Such a pluralistic experience of India gives us the pluralistic streams of Indian knowledge – Hindu, Buddhist. , Islamic, Christian, Jain, Swadeshi, and challenges to understand the six philosophical streams of India and many others. With this plural sense of India and Indian knowledge systems, I discuss the dialogue between Upanishads and philosophy. Develops the path of philosophy and then I connect it to a new ecology of hope – the hope of our life, culture, state, world and universe. It is not an object; it is also its subject. In a deep sense, it is also not a completely subjective soul. It is an intermediary between the subjective and objective dimensions of knowledge. But the focus on the soul dimension of self and society without paying attention to the soul’s integral diverse relationships, including the challenge of ethics, aesthetics, and responsibility, can lead to what Daya Krishna calls a self-centered predicament. In Buddhism, Madhyama Pratipada i.e. the middle path has been adopted for spiritual practice. Which is the path between pleasures and rigorous penance. For this, Mahatma Buddha has described the Eightfold Path i.e. Right View, Right Resolution, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Exercise, Right Smriti and Right Samadhi in the form of a ladder. All the audience benefited from the thoughts of our keynote speaker. Many researchers, students and audience were present in this lecture. Ganeshi Lal, Researcher, Ashwini, Researcher, Naina Prasad, Researcher, Neha Prasad, Researcher, Kolkata etc. remained connected. This lecture was organized through Google Meet.