Man is for himself and society. — My heart throbs with awe, pride, and joy to write about the Buddha, one of the tallest ancient rationalists and spiritual teachers of the world. The Buddha is revered and Buddhism is adhered to in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet, part of China, small parts of India, and other South…

Where am I going? Has human life any purpose? Where is the world going? What is the good life? What is a cause? What is reality? What is truth? We search for answers to these and other big questions. Our definite answers to them reflect the truth. We are curious…

An ordinary human being has a chance to enjoy bliss. I have experienced memorable ecstasy from viewing or contemplating the sublime forms of nature and reading sublime poetry. They are an inexhaustible source of inspiration and aesthetic delight. A.C.Bradley, the literary critic, lists some examples of sublimity. “The vault of heaven, one expanse of blue, or dark and studded with…

A landmark change in theists’ outlook Greg Epstein is in the hot news now throughout the world. Greg Epstein, an atheist and humanist was unanimously elected by more than forty chaplains of diverse faiths as the chief of the chaplains at Harward University. This is a landmark in the history of atheism and humanism in the…

A man should aim at becoming a Buddha. — The great questions “Is there a way of living that is noble and another that is base, or are all ways of living merely futile? If there is a way of living that is noble, in what does it consist, and how shall we achieve it?”-Bertrand Russel The questions are…

Death is a friend of life. — Death terrifies people. Death snatches away our loved ones, friends, respected persons like writers, leaders, social reformers. It shocks us like a storm in darkness. It causes emotional trauma and agony to the affected people. I shed tears on the death of my pet dog. I grieved over the death(drying…

As a retiree from employment in Government service, I have experience of only drafting notes in files, drafting memoranda, office orders, circulars, notices, letters, speaking orders, and preparing their fair copies, and filing complaints against owners of business establishments and factories for prosecuting them in criminal courts for violating the…

Philosophy as a guide to people’s way of life — Basic ideas of philosophy should be easy to understand and intelligible to common people, educated or uneducated since philosophy is a guiding worldview of society. If it is vague and heavy, it may not serve its entire purpose. It should be meant, in its fundamentals, for all people. It should…

It is a question of life and death. Superstitions, dangerous and harmless Some of the superstitions seem not to die and disappear from the minds of people. They have deep roots in their minds and activities. Our concern should be with the socially dangerous ones and tackling them. There are widespread religious, social, and…