Ancient Indian texts reveal the liberating power of metaphysics
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Your comment is not how Indologists approach Hinduism studies. The texts are considered the Intellectual Artifacts of a Culture which seems to have thought hard about the Universe and Man's place within it. As such they are a compendium of varied Worldviews and the current challenge is to see what relevance they may have to today's World and how to apply them. This is the "proper" study of Philosophy as a "Practical" discipline.
Sadly, like other wide eyed white wanderers from the west, I’d wager that this author too would turn ‘Ancient Indian Texts’ into a hate cause with badly and deliberately mistranslated Sanskrit verses. Like Audrey Truschke and Wendy Doniger. Like enthusiastic short term rabid vegans who go back to steak and bubba’s bbq after three months of tofu immersion.
[..] Places like Athens and Alexandria, and the Silk Road cities of India and China, were idea-markets peddling possible ways to transform oneself.[..]
This highlighted quote was particularly cringe.
>it was not written by a Hindu or an Indian. It is the most shallow understanding of ‘Ancient Indian Texts’.
This is just silly. You don't have to be Indian/Hindu to read Ancient Hindu Texts and understand them. The author is well qualified to give her viewpoint which is rather unique because of her research interests.
>Sadly, like other wide eyed white wanderers from the west, I’d wager that this author too would turn ‘Ancient Indian Texts’ into a hate cause with badly and deliberately mistranslated Sanskrit verses. Like Audrey Truschke and Wendy Doniger. Like enthusiastic short term rabid vegans who go back to steak and bubba’s bbq after three months of tofu immersion.
This is totally irrelevant and only reveals your bias.
> This highlighted quote was particularly cringe
It seems you have not looked at the author's research interests. The point she makes is actually interesting because it is a known fact that philosophical ideas propagated between Greece, Persia, India and China. The obvious route would the trade routes which is what she points out somewhat poetically.