tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817911217098974229.post627083133530891620..comments2023-11-05T04:09:26.194-05:00Comments on e g r e g o r e s: "The Buddha, Sri Aurobindo and Plato": An Interview with Sita Ram GoelApuleius Platonicushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11761230673724504084noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817911217098974229.post-80663346424409726542010-04-19T13:11:55.022-04:002010-04-19T13:11:55.022-04:00Very interesting interview. I enjoyed reading it.Very interesting interview. I enjoyed reading it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817911217098974229.post-46351862968743517572009-10-23T13:59:36.933-04:002009-10-23T13:59:36.933-04:00Sita Ram Goel was a pretty fascinating guy. He die...Sita Ram Goel was a pretty fascinating guy. He died not too long ago (2003).<br /><br />Many consider him to be the model of an "intellectual warrior". He is often categorized as part of the "Hindutva" movement, but he was far too principled to ever be embraced by such unprincipled groups as the BJP, RSS, etc. As a young man he was a Communist and an ardent nationalist. But after Independence he came to view the USSR and the PRC as at least equal or greater threats to India compared to the West. He was most famous for his scathing criticisms of Christianity and Islam as not genuine religions, but merely "imperialist ideologies". As radical as his conclusions were, he argued them very systematically in a series of brilliantly written books, that are available for free at the Voice of Dharma website.<br /><br />He also translated George Orwell's 1984 and three of Plato's dialogues into Hindi.Apuleius Platonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11761230673724504084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817911217098974229.post-48126574785411365432009-10-22T21:17:51.952-04:002009-10-22T21:17:51.952-04:00This is the coolest interview I've read in a l...This is the coolest interview I've read in a long, long time. Who is this guy? i find him very compelling....Ellen Catalina, LCSWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05370543572803320295noreply@blogger.com