Indian Philosophy v2.c28.s2.20
Indian Philosophy v2.c28.s2.20
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that always broadens. Indian philosophy acquires a meaning and a justification for the present only if it advances and ennobles life. The past course of Indian philosophic development encourages us in our hope. The great thinkers, Yājñavalkya and Gārgī, Buddha and Mahāvīra, Gautama and Kapila, Śaṃkara and Rāmānuja, Madhva and Vallabha, and scores of others are India’s grandest title to existence, a clear testimony of her dignity as a nation with a soul, the proof that she may yet rise above herself and the pledge of this supreme possibility.