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Item Clash Between Materialism And Spiritualism In Raman Maharshi's Who Am I?(Department of English, 2020-02) Pant, Gaurav ShaliThis research paper investigates the underlying clash between materialism and spiritualism in Raman Maharshi’s Who Am I?As an autobiography by a well known Indian scholar and a sage, it answers to a set of questions on the self- inquiry. Autobiography as such cultivates the ideas and themes bathing from the notion of spiritualism. The researcher, here contemplates into the existing contradictions and limitations of why Raman Maharshi, the author gives much emphasis on the spiritual way of screening the life and universe from Arvind Sharma’s Predetermination and Free Will in the Teachings of Raman Maharshiand J.C. Brand’s The Discovery of the Raman Effect. In doing the research, basically what do I understand; as a researcher is the analyzing the issues related to only one point of view would not do justice rather it will arise further contradictions. This research renders to understand the contradictions and find out the middle paths in between materialism and spiritualism. The middle path generated will particularly solve the riddles seen in the holistic approach to view the life and universe.Item Dichotomy between Spiritualism and Materialism in Graham Greene's The Heart of the Matter(Department of English, 2006) Koirala, ChiranjibiThis research study sheds light on the existentially uncertain character, Scobie due to his inability to distinguish between Divine and human love. Scobie is lonely man caught in intense heart searching and inner schism. He shares his own continuous agony of mind due to his duality between a natural need for a minimum of human happiness and the exact demands for faith. The dilemma extends up to the rejecting life itself. Scobie's problem is undoubtedly a human problem. It is the human soul fighting its battle alone for the ultimate truth underlying the surface presentedby the circumstances of the world.Item Exploration of Inner Quest in Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist(Department of English, 2011-07) Adhikary, Indra PrasadNot availableItem Journey from Physical to Spiritual World in R. K. Narayan’s The Guide(Faculty of English, 2011) Joshi, Govinda RajThis research is an attempt to show Raju’s journey from physical to spiritual world on the basis of the text The Guide by R. K. Narayan. Spiritualism is commonly understood as the practice of the religion. It occurs in the environment of competitiveness, hatred, self promotion, material prosperity and usurpation of authorities. Spirituality in a narrow sense, concerns itself with the matter of spirit. This concept is closely tied to religious belief and faith, a transcend reality. In a wide sense, spiritual matters are those matters which are related to human kind's ultimate nature and purpose. It is the subject which is perceived to be beyond both time and material world. Raju, being the historical Swami, lacks the metaphysical spirit or power. So, therefore he has to terminate his fasting quicker than it was planned. Because of his bodily requirements, Raju requires food and all other things as everyman requires. At last Swami takes fasting because of the belief of villagers.Item Santiago's, Questin Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist(Faculty of English, 2010) Adhikari, Buddhi SagarNot availableItem Spiritual Illumination in Ginsberg’s“Howl”(Faculty of humanities and social science, 2008-03) Pokharel, RajendraThis thesis has been done for the pursuit of spiritualism in Ginsberg’s“Howl.” It embodies thesource of defeat, despair, discontentandAmerican’s woes: its materialism, brutality, indifference, ignorance, sexual repression, language of the street andthe sordid of contemporary realities,which is linked with concretevisionto showspiritual illumination. Onthe base of religions support such as,Eastern philosophies, Zen Buddhism, Christianity, and African American culture,etc.areexperimented with various drugs, terror, hysteria, prayer, anger, joy, tears, exhaustion and suicideare taken as raw materials of life and it is taken something beyond for spiritual illumination and liberation.Item Us Vs Them in Rudyard Kipling's Kim(Department of English, 2007) Acharya, PramodKim,the racial stereotyping novel depicts the Indian natives as inferior. Many negative images of India, figure prominently in colonial representation. They are marginalized both politically and socially, so they're treated with disrespect and the sense of humiliation has been inflicted upon them. The whites are privileged over the Indians. In this sense, the novel glorifies the British Imperialism and Kipling presents his defence of British rule in India. Though Indian spiritualism has been valorized Kipling others India and Indian which is a product of colonial mentality.Item 'Zobra the Buddha' concept of 'new man' in Nikos Kazantzakis Zorba the Greek(Department of English, 2023) Adhikar, ManojZorba is the major fictitious character in Nikos Kazantzakis' novel 'Zorba The Greek', he is also a famous materialist character of the twentieth century. His way of living life to the fullest and enjoying every aspect of life is fascinating to the narrator. Zorba is a perfect sensualist, who doesn't want to miss a single chance to enjoy the pleasures of life. He runs after the fundamental needs of human beings like bread, water, women, meat, and sleep. He is the perfect representation of the West where people prioritize a materialistic world. They are rich from the outside but empty inside. Whereas Buddha is a well-known name in the East. He attained the ultimate realization in spirituality. His teachings about love, life, peace, and meditation are widely spread all over the world. His focus is on long-lasting inner peace rather than fleeting material prosperity. After all, we all accept that peace of mind is more absolute than wealth, but we couldn't deny the fact that Buddha struggled his whole life to manage proper food and shelter for the community. All these contradictions are between matter and consciousness. West chooses matter and ignored the reality of consciousness, which produced science, technology, comfort, and richness. East chooses consciousness and created a Gautam Buddha, Mahavira, and Patanjali-like people with great consciousness and with great awareness. The Westhas the body but lost its soul, the East has an advanced soul but lost the body. This paper aims to analyze how 'Zorba the Buddha' can be the bridge between matter and consciousness. How Zorba, a materialistic being, and Buddha, a spiritual consciousness can be fused together and create a new man as 'Zorba the Buddha', who can be rich on both sides. This new man has everything that science and technology can provide and still have the possibility to achieve everything that Buddha, Mahavira, and Kabir find in the inner world. 'Zorba the Buddha' is the same man, who is called the 'New Man' by Osho, 'Free Man' by Kazantzakis in 'Zorba the Greek' and 'Superman' in Nietzsche's 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra'. Keywords: Zorba the Buddha, New Man, Zorba, materialism, Buddha, spiritualism