Comments on: Vedanta, Nietzsche and Me.

By: Unpretentious Diva

Unpretentious Diva — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:33:01 +0000

Well, I would suggest you the books of Nietzsche himself and then apply your own analytical powers to understand him by yourself and co-relate them with eastern philosophies or whatever you wish to.
You may get “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”, “Beyond Good and Evil”, On Truth and Lies in a Normal Sense”, “The Antichrist” and some other of his work at some online library. You will have to look for it.
For Vedanta, you may opt for Vivekanand and Dayanand Saraswati’s work.

Good Luck.

By: Natasha

Natasha — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:09:59 +0000

Hi, I was wondering if you could tell me a good book that I could read to understand the teachings of Nietzsche better. I would like to do a comparison between Vedanta and contemporary theories like what Nietzsche writes about or even existentialism for that matter. Please give some sources. Thanks

By: walker walkin alone

walker walkin alone — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:59:00 +0000

I have more things to write on this…
But I want to think more

By: walker walkin alone

walker walkin alone — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:58:00 +0000

This was very very interesting.

The world is neither becoming, nor existing.
The existence finds the world to be becoming, for the existence perceives the world to be progressing in time, and all appear to him to be in same state of rest in time. The becoming is hence perceived by him, for he is moving in time, and arriving at places.
This can be explained by saying that the motion is always subjected to the reference point of the observer.
So, I feel universe is existing even though i see it as becoming, not because of objective demarcation of objects, rather, because the time is the variable here.
Time is like a straight line? Perhaps quantum mechanics further establishes this point when it says that time is another co-ordinate. And I do not face any contradictions to enroll to this thinking. But there is one question though, why motion is possible in only one direction in this axis?

The question of matter and energy interests me too, and I think, I will be turned in to the same matter again. Now, I feel there is oneness in everything, and yet, everything is different. The existences are not mere manifestations, rather they are what they are. A castle is a castle, and a hut is a hut, even though they may be made by the same earthen brick. So, the idea of oneness is a preliminary concept, and idea of the organization of the constituents to form complex existences is a higher concept.
I feel, energy and matter are not essentially different, but they are characteristically different.
I have the same opinion regarding sexes, that it is a choice, that is represented.

There is a story in Upanishada where Bramha describes the "One" to devaraj and asur-raj.
Do you know the story?