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Moodnakodu Chinnaswamy

Plural India and Buddhist Philosophy (Essays)

'Plural India and Buddhist Philosophy' is a collection of essays by author Dr. Moodnakoodu Chinnaswamy. This work has a back cover note by K. Satyanarayana. What first catches our attention is Chinnaswamy's extensive and profound reading. Buddhist literature, Ambedkar, Vachana literature, especially Basavanna's personality and writing style - these are the main inspirations for the writings in this volume. The gratifying thing is the way he has INTERNALISED everything he has read. How much we read is not important. How much of what we read becomes internalised, how much becomes part of our sensibility, and how much remains external to us as mere information, is left to our own fortune. K. Satyanarayana says that because the author's reading is internalised, his writing has simplicity and transparency, and for every idea and phenomenon, there is naturally a story, an incident, and a reference that comes to hand. In addition, the author has certainty about his stance and temperament, but there is no urgency or stubbornness to impose it on the readers. Most of the writings are OPEN ENDED. He says that these writings can be read by incorporating your own thoughts and positions.

The author's main objective is not so much to convince readers of a particular stance or ideology, but rather to open them up to, and provoke them into, the depth, diversity, and relevance of the concepts of the phenomenon. This is the correct way to foster and make dialogue and conversation intimate. K. Satyanarayana says that this model, in today's intellectual rivalry and intolerant atmosphere, is something we all need to cultivate, even if with difficulty.