Hari Shankar Prasad
Research Experience: 35 Years
- Department of Philosophy, BHU, 3 years (1976-1979)
- Department of South Asian and Buddhist Studies, the Australian NationalUniversity, Canberra, 3 years (1979-82)
- Department of Pali & Buddhist Studies, BHU, 1 year (1982-1983)
- Department of Philosophy, Delhi University, 28 years (1983-99)
Teaching Experience: 32 years (Post-graduate and Research)
- In the Department of Philosophy, BHU, Varanasi, 3 years
- In the Department of Pali & Buddhist Studies, BHU, 1 year
- In the Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi, 28 years
Languages Known :
- Hindi (Mother tongue)
- English
- Sanskrit
- Pali
Fields of Special Interest
- Buddhist Philosophy
- Indian Philosophy of Language
- Indian Metaphysics
- Environmental Ethics
- Philosophy of Interculturality
Membership of Learned Bodies
- International Society for the Study of Times, USA
- Professors World Peace Academy, USA
- International Society for Intercultural Philosophy (Koln/ Bremen, Germany)
- Creative Peace Through Encounter of World Cultures (Bamberg, Germany)
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Library Items
Philosophy, Grammar, and Indology
This book contains thirty-four essays written by eminent philosophers and indologists in honor of the erudite scholar of Indian studies, Professor Gustav Roth.
Prasad, Hari Shankar, ed. Philosophy, Grammar, and Indology: Essays in Honour of Professor Gustav Roth. Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series 20. Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, 1992.
Prasad, Hari Shankar, ed. Philosophy, Grammar, and Indology: Essays in Honour of Professor Gustav Roth. Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series 20. Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, 1992.;Philosophy, Grammar, and Indology: Essays in Honour of Professor Gustav Roth
The Uttaratantra of Maitreya
This book is in four parts. The first part consists of Introduction by H.S. Prasad. He argues for sempiternal, dynamic and substantive reality underlying all appearances. He shows that as one rises to a higher level of consciousness, the various yānas, like śrāvakayāna, pratyekabuddhayāna, bodhisattvayāna and mahāyāna, all merge into ekayāna; for each contributes to the gradual realisation of the oneness of ultimate reality, thus paving the way for the emergence of universal culture. On Prasad's view the much talked-about negativism of the Mādhyamika—sarvadṛṣṭiśūnyatā—is not an end in itself, rather it is a basis for the realisation of the essential unity of all beings, sentient as well as insentient, leading to the cultivation and promotion of universal good, compassion and friendliness.
In the second part is reprinted the Sanskrit text of Maitreya's Uttaratantra (Ratnagotravibhāga). The third part includes corrections and emendations suggested by Jikido Takasaki in the Sanskrit text in the light of Tibetan and Chinese versions. The fourth part is an English translation of the text from its Tibetan version by E. Obermiller.
This book is a radical departure from the traditional interpretations of Buddhism and the Mādhyamika philosophy in particular. It aims at reviving
Prasad, H. S., ed. The Uttaratantra of Maitreya: Containing Introduction, E. H. Johnston's Sanskrit Text and E. Obermiller's English Translation. Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica 79. Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, 1991.
Prasad, H. S., ed. The Uttaratantra of Maitreya: Containing Introduction, E. H. Johnston's Sanskrit Text and E. Obermiller's English Translation. Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica 79. Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, 1991.;The Uttaratantra of Maitreya;Hari Shankar Prasad; Eugène Obermiller;The Uttaratantra of Maitreya: Containing Introduction, E. H. Johnston's Sanskrit Text and E. Obermiller's English Translation;Maitreya;Asaṅga
Affiliations & relations
- Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi · workplace affiliation
- The Australian National University · secondary affiliation
