Philosophy

On the Nature of Philosophy
by Swami Krishnananda
Philosophy is non a theory but a vision of life (Darsana). It is not merely love of wisdom but signifies a real possession of it. The philosophers are therefrom not professors, academicians or doctrinaires, or even spectators, but straightforward participants of life in its real meaning and relationship. To be a philosopher, thus, implies more substance than what is often taken to be its care for in life. A philosopher is not concerned with human beings solo: his concern is with all creation, the universe in its completeness. His thought has to recoil the total import of existence in its togetherness.

A philosophers job calls for a great strength of will and clarity of understanding, cheek by side with an exalted moral consciousness.



The usual prerequisites for a student of ism have been stated to be (1) Viveka or discrimination of reality as distinguished from appearance; (2) Vairagya or disinterest in those appearances which are divested of reality; (3) Sama or stoicism of mind, (4) Dama or self-restraint, meaning control over the clamours of sand; (5) Uparati, or freedom from the distractions characteristic of selfish activity; (6) Titiksha or power of fortitude in the midst of the vicissitudes of life, (7) Sraddha or corporate trust and conviction in the meaningfulness of the pursuit of philosophy; (8) Samadhana or index to concentrate the mind on the subject of study; and (9) Mumukshutva or a sincere longing to attain the practical credit of the Absolute. Without the equipment of these necessary qualifications, a student under the scheme of philosophy will be a failure and cannot get at either its method or its purpose. Though the discipline indispensable is arduous indeed and no one, ordinarily, can be judge to be full with it to perfection, it has to be accepted that it is an inviolable pattern of the pursuit of philosophy, at least in an appreciable measure. Else, philosophy would only shed as much...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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