Because man’s best friend deserves to know the secrets of how to live a good life, too.
Monty was just like any other dog. A scruffy and irascible Maltese terrier, he enjoyed barking at pugs and sniffing at trees. But after yet another dramatic confrontation with the local Rottweiler, Anthony McGowan realizes it’s high time he and Monty had a chat about what makes him a good or a bad dog.
Taking his lead from Monty’s canine antics, McGowan takes us on a hilarious and enlightening jaunt through the major debates of philosophy. Will Kant convince Monty to stop stealing cheesecake? How long will they put up with Socrates poking holes in every argument?
In this uniquely entertaining take on morality and ethics, the dutiful duo set out to uncover who—if anyone—has the right end of the ethical stick and can tell us how best to live one’s life.
On the morning of 15 August 1947, when Jawaharlal Nehru, heir to Mahatma Gandhi, the Buddha
and the European Enlightenment, raised the Indian Tricolour on the ramparts of the Red Fort, the
seventeenth-century palace of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, India was free to make experiments
with freedom.
In the seven decades since Independence, the country gradually changed from Nehru’s democratic
socialism to Narendra Modi’s democratic entrepreneurial digital India, dealing with its internal
contradictions by playing the game of democracy and in the process becoming the sixth-largest
global economy. And with Chandrayaan exploring the Moon, a space nation was born.
India overlooks the Himalayas and the Indian Ocean, abridging Southeast Asia with the Middle
East. With its immense brainpower and young demographics, India is geopolitically an indispensable nation. Indians play the game of democracy any which way they can: through massive elections;
parliamentary debates and no-confidence motions; coalition forming and horse-trading; hartals,
bandhs, dharnas, fast-unto-death; and finally, when nothing works, they knock at the doors of the
Supreme Court.
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Can the Mind Be Quiet? carries the essence of the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti, one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century.
The book is divided into sixty chapters, each describing a unique spiritual encounter with people from diverse backgrounds. The conversations and private interviews between various seekers and Krishnamurti address a wide array of questions such as ‘How do I bring up my children?’, ‘Can the mind unburden itself?’,
‘What does virtue mean?’, ‘What really is sacred?’, ‘Can the brain ever be quiet?’, and many more. With every answer, Krishnamurti imparts eye-opening insights into the self, society, education, interpersonal relations, spirituality, and, most importantly, how to lead a peaceful and fulfilling life.
Can the Mind Be Quiet? distils the core of Krishnamurti’s wisdom with unmatched clarity.Jiddu Krishnamurti is regarded globally as one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century.
Can the Mind Be Quiet? carries the essence of Krishnamurti’s main teachings. Through a simple question-and-answer format, Krishnamurti imparts eye-opening insights into the self, society, education, interpersonal relations, spirituality, and, most importantly, how to lead a peaceful and fulfilling life
