Contemporary Indian Philosophy Motilal Banarsidass The General Session of the

The General Session of the Philosophy Section at the 12th World Sanskrit Conference

Darsanas or Systems of Philosophy

I must acknowledge the generous assistance of the Department of Philosophy and the Asian Studies Program for teaching assistantships and of the East-West Center for a grant

in this case

This was the case for Chih Ch'ien

Contemporary Indian Philosophy Motilal Banarsidass The General Session of theContemporary Indian Philosophy has arisen in awareness of the need to reconcile the forces of tradition with those of modernity. It is not merely repetitive. It is not merely repetitive. There is, in it, a definite attempt to construct a system. It develops under the conviction that the basic aim of Philosophy is to cultivate a worldview. This requires an awareness of the existential condition of life as also the consciousness of life's ultimate