Dr. Jai Maharaj
2016-06-23 16:37:50 UTC
India, His Beacon of Light
Hindu Press International
Hinduism Today Magazine
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Source -
http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/art/on-a-quest-to-india/article8736911.ece
India, June 16, 2016 (The Hindu by Suganthy
Krishnamachari): My curiosity is aroused when I hear that
a student of Western philosophy from Denmark, is doing
his Ph.D in Saiva Siddhanta in the Sanskrit Department,
University of Madras. I meet Mikael Stamm one afternoon,
and he explains why he was disenchanted with Western
philosophy. "I didn't like its rejection of metaphysical
questions. You don't skirt round questions, simply
because they are uncomfortable. I couldn't accept the
notion that it was the business of philosophy to clear up
linguistic misconceptions for the sake of science. So I
moved away from Western philosophy, and studied Computer
Science, and for many years I worked in UNI-C, a
government organisation, which develops service networks
for Universities in Denmark."
A visit to the Viswanatha temple and conversations with
pandits there, helped him to make up his mind. He decided
he would study Saiva Siddhanta, and applied to three
Universities. Madras University was the first to respond,
and Mikael did his Masters in Tamil Saiva Siddhanta. He
had read books on Hindu temples in Denmark, but had seen
the temples merely as architectural marvels, without
connecting them to the religion. It was his many visits
to temples that made him realize that here was a living
culture.
Is his interest in Saiva Siddhanta more than just an
intellectual one? "Of course. I am a practicing Saivite.
I have also become a vegetarian, says Stamm." After he
finishes his doctoral studies, Mikael Stamm wants to
teach Saiva Siddhanta in India, preferably in Tamil Nadu.
Much more of this interesting account at "source" above.
http://www.hinduismtoday.com/blogs-news/hindu-press-international/india--his-beacon-of-light/15203.html
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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Hindu Press International
Hinduism Today Magazine
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Source -
http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/art/on-a-quest-to-india/article8736911.ece
India, June 16, 2016 (The Hindu by Suganthy
Krishnamachari): My curiosity is aroused when I hear that
a student of Western philosophy from Denmark, is doing
his Ph.D in Saiva Siddhanta in the Sanskrit Department,
University of Madras. I meet Mikael Stamm one afternoon,
and he explains why he was disenchanted with Western
philosophy. "I didn't like its rejection of metaphysical
questions. You don't skirt round questions, simply
because they are uncomfortable. I couldn't accept the
notion that it was the business of philosophy to clear up
linguistic misconceptions for the sake of science. So I
moved away from Western philosophy, and studied Computer
Science, and for many years I worked in UNI-C, a
government organisation, which develops service networks
for Universities in Denmark."
A visit to the Viswanatha temple and conversations with
pandits there, helped him to make up his mind. He decided
he would study Saiva Siddhanta, and applied to three
Universities. Madras University was the first to respond,
and Mikael did his Masters in Tamil Saiva Siddhanta. He
had read books on Hindu temples in Denmark, but had seen
the temples merely as architectural marvels, without
connecting them to the religion. It was his many visits
to temples that made him realize that here was a living
culture.
Is his interest in Saiva Siddhanta more than just an
intellectual one? "Of course. I am a practicing Saivite.
I have also become a vegetarian, says Stamm." After he
finishes his doctoral studies, Mikael Stamm wants to
teach Saiva Siddhanta in India, preferably in Tamil Nadu.
Much more of this interesting account at "source" above.
http://www.hinduismtoday.com/blogs-news/hindu-press-international/india--his-beacon-of-light/15203.html
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
http://bit.do/jaimaharaj
o o o
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poster who may or may not have read the article.
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as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.
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material on this site is distributed without profit to
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discussion and educational purposes by subscribing to
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