Tagged: Philosophy

Why Buddhism?

Why Buddhism?

I just finished reading Buddha or Karl Marx By Dr. Ambedkar. It’s just a long essay or Booklet. The thing that caught my attention is the summary of Buddhist Tripiṭaka. I think this summary is the best I have read about Buddhism and why its required. The below points are quoted from Buddha...

Making Friends at 35

I just finished watching Young Sheldon. The episode that stayed with me the most is the one in which he tries to make friends by reading a book – How to Win Friends and Influence People. I have not read that book1. But I have tried to make new friends since 2010. This...

Against Common Sense

Last few days 1 I was in a conversation with someone. In most cases he would end the argument with “It’s common sense”. I agreed to disagree with him on “common sense”. “common sense” is a starting point to any debate. It’s not how one ends the debate. Most people including him end...

Our Home is Our Utopia.

I read Anything You Want years back. It’s a small book about building a company. It’s so small that you can probably complete it two hours. There are a couple of quotes from that have stayed with me since then. When you make a company, you make a utopia. It’s where you design...