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    The principal teaching of the Śrīmadbhagavadgītā
    (University of North Bengal, 2025) Roy, Nirmal Kumar
    We come across a burning controversy among scholars regarding the principal teaching of the Bhagavadgītā. Some scholars think that the principal teaching of the Bhagavadgītā is jñānayoga. All other yogas are just the helping conditions to jñānayoga. Some thinkers argue that karmayoga occupies the central position in the teaching of the Bhagavadgītā and the other yogas are nothing but the auxiliary factors to the same. Philosophers belonging to the third group are of the opinion that the supreme position has been given to the bhaktiyoga in the teaching of the Bhagavadgītā. But scholars of the fourth group agree with none of the three views mentioned. They hold that the principal teaching of the Bhagavadgītā is to establish that the blended path of all the yogas is the best path. I agree with the fourth view. The principal objective of my article is to refute the first three views and ultimately to substantiate the fourth one already mentioned. None of the yogas is subordinate to others. All of the yogas are equally complementary to each other.
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    Vision and Mission Of Śrimadbhagabatgītā
    (University of North Bengal, 2020-03) Roy, Nirmal Kumar
    Śrimadbhagabatgītā is considered as Sāstra having immense importance for each and every individual all over the glove. Listening to this one may immediately react and say that Gītā takes its birth, develops and come to an end centering the problems of a particular individual, Arjuna. It is a well known fact that each and every individual is unique. So it is quite illogical to maintain that Gītā is equally important to each and every person of society. In reply to this reaction it can be said that in fact here Arjuna is not a particular unique individual, he is a representative of all of us. Our Prime Minister is not an individual; he is the representative of all Indians. Likewise Arjuna is a representative of all individuals living in society. We all are Arjuna, so whatever is true to Arjuna is equally true to us....
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    Cārvāka Hedonism: Some Critical Observations
    (University of North Bengal, 2021-03) Roy, Nirmal Kumar
    We know that Indian Philosophy, in general, prescribes for four puruṣārthas, viz., dharma, artha, kāmaandmokṣa. But the Cārvāka School accepts only two puruṣārthas, viz., artha and kāma, and rejects dharma and mokṣa altogether. Between the two puruṣārthas, kāma, the Cārvāka School says, is the supreme end and artha is the means to fulfil this end.
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    Value Education as a Means to Resolve Social Crisis
    (University of North Bengal, 2017-03) Roy, Nirmal Kumar
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    Controversy between Ambedkar and Gandhij on Cast and Varna: Some Critical Observations
    (University of North Bengal, 2016-03) Roy, Nirmal Kumar
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    Means to Resolve Religious Conflict: in the Light of Swami Vivekananda
    (University of North Bengal, 2015-03) Roy, Nirmal Kumar
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    Is Upamana a Pramana?: Some Observations
    (University of North Bengal, 2014-03) Roy, Nirmal Kumar
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    Philosophy and our Practical Life
    (University of North Bengal, 2012-03) Roy, Nirmal Kumar
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    Is Tarka Pramana or an Accessory to a Pramana?: Some Observations
    (University of North Bengal, 2011-03) Roy, Nirmal Kumar