Indra's Net Quotes

“A classical concept in Hinduism has been that a true proposition has to be consistent with sruti, yukti (reason/logic) and anubhava.”
― Rajiv Malhotra, Indra's Net: Defending Hinduism's Philosophical Unity

“The oral and folk traditions were often ignored, or even denounced as superstitious, because they did not fit the Western norms.10”
― Rajiv Malhotra, Indra's Net: Defending Hinduism's Philosophical Unity

“An op-ed piece in Indian Express by leading scholar and columnist, Ashutosh Varshney, states that in neo-Hinduism, ‘a singular national identity was also equated with masculinity by Hindu nationalists. Vivekananda, whose sayings Narendra Modi tweets, came to promote ‘three Bs’ for Hindus: beef, biceps and the Bhagavad-Gita’.”
― Rajiv Malhotra, Indra's Net: Defending Hinduism's Philosophical Unity

“the term ‘Indra’s Net’ has been preserved, and this allows scholars like myself to retrace the Vedic origins of these widely popular ideas.”
― Rajiv Malhotra, Indra's Net: Defending Hinduism's Philosophical Unity