Today I went through the notes on my old phone. And I found two interesting names that changed my view of Buddhism and mindset. Now I want to write more about those names.
I used to be very interested in Buddhism, and it fascinated me how one person could know so much. As you know, the Buddha gave insight into how consciousness works in detail, told about the structure of the world, and much more. You can argue about the reliability of these things, but what is undeniable is that the knowledge is very structured, vast, and could not have been created by an ordinary person. But I came across two academic volumes on Hinduism called “Indian Philosophy” written by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Where there is a clear trace of Hinduism in Buddhism. And of course the Buddha is still an unusual man in terms of reformer and vast knowledge. And my respect is that he was able to construct a new philosophy/religion without reference to the Vedas. But still, Buddhism has become more understandable to me from the point of view of the everyday person. And since then I’ve stopped being into it 😑
Another interesting personality is Jagdish Chandra Bose. I will not write about how much he has done, and it still amazes me that such names are not mentioned much, especially in schools. Interesting details can be found on Wikipedia. And what impressed me is that after his ideas, I completely stopped separating the living from the non-living. Simply said, for instance, without a non-living sun, there would be nothing living on earth.
I’m glad I shared these two names with you, sometimes I enjoy discussing them.