History repeating in Ukraine?
How many wars, repeating the old, will we have? And what will be the cost of Kantian ‘perpetual peace’, in which human dignity and moral duty are valued?
Guru Gobind Singh and Sikhism’s Philosophical Bequest to Modern Political Values
April 1st 2022 The advent of Baisakhi (celebrated in mid-April and one of my favorite holidays) commemorates, among other things, the life and achievements of Gobind Singh, the Tenth Guru…
Reflections on the War in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine benefits none of the actors in the conflict. While the immediate victim of the war is Ukraine, the implications are far reaching.
Irreconcilable Differences: Western Materialist Science and the Attempt to Naturalize Asian Religion
March 1st, 2022 Speaking on behalf of the popular current movement among (mainly western) intellectuals to ‘naturalize’ Buddhism, renowned philosopher and apologist for a scientistic, ‘materialist’ approach to western metaphysics,…