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HPI 22 - Elisa Freschi on Mimamsa

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

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The Importance of Desire in Action

Arjuna is supposed to engage in war but he's supposed to do it in an unattached way. He fights without any particular attachment to the outcome of his fighting and maybe he does it because he's dedicating his action to God. Kumail would just say if you're acting in this way you're acting for the desire to comply to a more low you believe in or to please God, so still there is desire otherwise you wouldn't even start undertaking an action. In one part of your podcast which you will not cover in the next year, I'm afraid, that is the later development of Mimansa within a Vedanta setting.

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