Akaal to Khalsa: Sikh Philosophy & Other Three Indic Systems | Dr. Kapil Kapoor

Fourth of the faith systems that took form from one of the only two Knowledge Cultures
of the World, the Vedic, Sikh Dharma originating with the deep meditational thought of
Guru Nanak Dev ji, took, in its evolution through the ten Gurus, in response to the times
a different trajectory from the other three Indic Systems – the Sanatana, the Jain and the
Bauddha. To the extant that all the four systems have a shared core of human values, the
Sikh Dharma while retaining the ethical materialism of the Jain and the Bauddha faiths, it
remained closer to the Sanatana system in its meditational faith in nirguna Brahm.
However, it went closer to the other two systems in its social philosophy. And its
movement from akaal to Khalsa is a trajectory different from all the three. In a way it is
the culmination of the world’s most ancient thought system, that of Inda, from the
Rgveda to Sri Guru Granth Sahib.

About the Speaker:

Kapil Kapoor, (born 17 November 1940) former Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University
(JNU) served as professor at the Centre for Linguistics and English, and at the Centre for Sanskrit
Studies there before retiring in 2005. He is Editor-in-Chief of the 11-Volume Encyclopedia of Hinduism
published by Rupa & Co. in 2012 and Unesco (UAI) and Sahitya Akademi sponsored Encyclopaedia of
Indian Poetics (being published by Sahitya Akademi now, 2020).
Currently:
i. Chairman, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla,
ii. Chairman, Editorial Committee, Indian Historical Records Committee, National Archives
iii. Chairman, India Policy Foundation, New Delhi
iv. Member, Executive Council, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML)
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