Consciousness and the Dhārmika Frame
The metaphysics underneath Hindu civilization
Hindu civilization rests on a specific understanding of consciousness. This path moves from the metaphysical root of the Hindu-Abrahamic divide, through aesthetics and dharmic philosophy, to the contemporary questions of AI and modernity — all read through the same frame.
The metaphysical root: one-life vs. multiple-life cosmologies. Everything in Hindu thought flows from this starting point.
Hindu aesthetics begins where Western aesthetics ends. The Indian tradition was interested in the experience of consciousness, not the object.
Four aphorisms — Caturasūtra — that crystallize the Dhārmika frame in compact form. Return to these after every other article.
Why modern educated Hindus are unable to see their own tradition clearly. The cognitive and institutional sources of the blind spot. Part 1.
Part 2: what prevents clear self-perception and the conditions under which it can be recovered.
AI arrives not as neutral technology but as a civilizational event. Read through the Dhārmika frame built in prior steps. Part 1.
Part 2: a proactive Dhārmika framework for navigating artificial intelligence — neither uncritical adoption nor fearful rejection.