It's not entirely fair to say that Charvaka's atheism had it easier than we do today. Remember, they were questioning the existence of God at a time when science wasn't as advanced as it is now and there wasn't much evidence to challenge the belief in a deity. Even Astravakr had a tough time, earning his father's scorn just for rejecting the Vedas. People who dared to question God back then probably had to overcome bigger hurdles than we do today. Back then, religion was deeply intertwined with every aspect of life, unlike today. To publicly express doubts about God in such an environment would have demanded remarkable intellectual bravery and insight. It's like saying we're smarter than Plato just because we can use a computer - it doesn't quite add up, right?

Excellent thought. I agree with your perspective. Also, the word Charvaka has been deceptively integrated into Hinduism, and proper atheists are better off without redundant and misrepresented titles.

When I started becoming an atheist, I felt lost, helpless.. The reason is that all my life I was believing that there a superpower behind me that is protecting me, helping me.. But now it's only me, and that is really heartbreaking for me. Now there is no one to save me, except me. It would take some time for me to process and heal this.

❤❤❤ You are doing a great job vimoh.

He thinks out of box that's why I like his videos Few has guts to spit truth.👏

I agree with Vimoh also For a Hindu Bhakth kinda odd when He/She Claims and Talks about Charvaka with Literally Nothing but Just a Few Facebook Post and KZfaq videos on KZfaq Channels when they themselves would be Following all the Death Rituals etc 😅. Also Keep in mind Materialist Movements aur Ideas have Arisen Worldwide in Different Ways and Forms so Even more Naive of Bhakts to Think Atheism Started only in India as though. I highly recommend People to Explore Greek writers, Epicurus, Roman Writer Lucretius, Japanese Yamagata Banto etc etc so Will the Bhakts call them Hindus ? Materialist Atheist toh wo bhi the. In Modern Times Read Books by Lawrence Krauss, Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Charles Darwin, Armin Navabi etc etc that would be the Best in Modern Times. Let Charvaka school be For Academic Research and Exploration.

Clearly n succinctly presented points. In my journey from religious to spiritual and now atheist, i find a last stumbling block - physical pain, suffering. When i experience these in the context of illness, whether mine or loved ones, i fall back upon religion. Pl make a video addressing this, which i think is common to many.

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Awesome Explanation 🤓👍

You say you cant remove atheism from contemporary politics. But then say that secularism is the idea of removing religion or religiois ideology from politics. Can you explain these two?

I think until sometime in 20th century, location was more impactful in one's thoughts than their time of living. But as communication became better and globalisation happened, time suddenly became more important. In the future, time will remain more important than location I think

"Time is more accurate connector than space is ever going to be" 7:30 - A bit reductive as it seems to indicate that time and space are the only competing variables here. People, culture, age and even profession are important variables. Time has played an important role only in the last 2 decades. For my father & mother, space (and therefore the people around them, their language, culture and belief) were a much stronger influencer than time. And their influence on my life is the most significant component, unless I make a conscious attempt to break away. Unless you are an extreme rationalist who can never switch off your rational mind (even when enjoying music that stimulates emotions, however irrational), I think space still plays a big role. Emotionally, a charvaka from past might find more in common with a Hindu born in today's rural India, who is trying to breaking free from the superstitions/customs imposed on him/her by the immediate community. I believe, the logical foundations for both modern and ancient atheists are same. Only the amount of empirical evidence has increased substantially over centuries. My guess is that, if a charvaka from 600BC was brought to our times, his thrill would be comparable to the thrill a theoretical physicist would have when the predictions based on his theory are proven true by an experimental physicist. My guess is that there is something else deeper in you that makes you shun the charvaka identity.

Do you term Hardcore Atheist?

Vimoh please make a video on Dhruv rathee new video on abhramic religion... he seems to promote the idea of god through it.

Beautiful thoughts

But then by your logic even today’s religions are different than the original. Cuz the surrounding conditions of society have changed drastically. Changes happening in the arena of science and technology will not affect basic tenets of carvaka. The point of difference maybe that he didn’t even believe in inference as a source of knowledge but science does. On the basis of these epistemological differences you can claim the divergence but not solely on scientific advancement.

But Charvaka was the pioneer of Atheism in not only India but may be for whole world.

Sir, Can you kindly share the link of the video where you have share why and how you became religious to spritiual to Atheist. I will be very thankfull to you.

It sounds very similar to Ancient Greek materialistic philosophy started by Democritus. That was 300 years after Charvaka. I wish Alexander the Great could have merged the schools.

I prefer the term materialist/materialism ..

I've the same Agatha Christie 50 book 😅 From your bookshelf

I loved your take on time. It is amazing that a foreigner living at the same time as me would have more common things than my ancestor a thousand years ago. I always felt I did not belong in a specific ideology - like Charvaka, Theism, or Atheism. Now, when I look at these origins of ideologies from the lens of time, I see why. Ideas evolve. PS - This video seriously lacks a thing - Hans Zimmer's Inception/Interstellar soundtrack. Add that, and you have a masterpiece. (Personal opinion).

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I disagree on commonality of people of india and americans...yes we do follow more western things like gregorian calendar, english language, suit and tie etc. These are forced through western dominance and colonisation. But manh of the americans are very relegious and not how its shown in hollywood. They embrace their culture, food, ideologies, family structure etc. And they are very differeent from 21st century folks from asian or african countries.

I don't think that it was easier for them as they lived in a society/era which was much more violent as well a feudal/agricultural society, also the religion played a huge role in day to day life and to reject the concept of god at that era will be much more difficult as law wnd order won't be as fair as it is today though even today it sucks but still it is better than the times of Charvaka.

The quality of your videos and your subscriber count dont match up. I'm really shocked by how low it is.

Not only Charvaak but Samkhya Mimanasa and Naya (not NAV NAYA) darasan they too are atheist darsana

Do we need to make things complicated.. Atheist means not a theist. End of story. If you do not have a theistic imagination to satisfy then you are an atheist. Funny enough every theist is an atheist towards other imaginations. Maybe charvaka represented not a theist philosophy sometime back, today they got a new name and tomorrow the name would be different. The properties and shades of theism also have changed with time. Same thoughts could be applicable there as well.

Do you sleep on that bed?

We know almost nothing about the Carvakas. One cannot even know whether they were truly atheist.

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Bro Why India is not developed like china although we are democracy and china is dictatorship. Do you think India is next China? Will india grow rapidly in next 10 to 20 years. When will India's GDP per capita Rise? I want to see India as a developed country before I die, I am 17 year old am lucky I hope I will live till 22nd century and live as a citizen of modern developed India

I m an agnostic. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

So Charvaka 2.0

After watching this i believe im more Charvaka than ever before as i believe indian philosophies r malleable & mutable. And i definitely dont wanna relate myself with new age militant atheist (which i used to be part of before)

Man that's too much....just justification....

हिंदी मध्ये पण बोला आम्हालाही समजून घ्यायचे आहे .

A perfect ambedkarite description

Funny you call yourself an 'Indian' and say it's inappropriate to call you carvaka. The lack of commonality in lifestyle doesn't affect a person much on a cultural/philosophical basis. Just say you're a postmodernist who feels everything is great only in West.

Vimoh, your voice and accent both Hindi and English. 👌🏼👍🏼🫶❤️😊.

I prefer to call myself लोकायत... Instead of चार्वाक

I think this militant atheism is similar to all Abrahamic religions. Charvaka philosophy sounds more attractive to me because it doesn’t try to propagate and assert its thoughts on others. Similar to western religions the western atheism also does prosthlytisation.

Hindu nationalist advised to me read charvaka....they thinks this is some sort of Hindu atheist thing 😅

Why an 'Indian Athiest' and not a '21st century Athiest' then?

Ur life tells me not be one.

Would it be fair to call you a Neo-Charvaka?

Lol you saying we're much advanced than carvakas were yet you guys use the same old philosophical arguments against the existence of God 😂

Hindi me bat karo sir

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