09-08-2005, 08:25 PM
Darsanas, or Schools of philosophy: Generally there seems to be a tendency in the reductionist mind not to appreciate what is common among all darsanas. So, this goes, knowledgeable people can educate/discuss me/members. Would want this thread to be a productive one, hence the effort.
The original six are Poorva and Uttara Mimaamsa, wholly based on the Vedic texts, (Karma and Brahma Mimamsas, The investigation of Dharma and Brahma.) The other four are Sankhya, Yoga, Nyaya, and Vaiseshika. Maadhava in his sarva-darshana sangraha, however classifies the schools of his time as sixteen; Chaarvaaka, Bauddha, Arhatha, Ramanuja, Purnaprajna, Nakulisa-Paashupatha, Saiva, Pratyabhijna Rasesvara, Vaisheshika, Akshapaada, Jaiminiya, Paniniya Saankhya, Paatanjala and Sankara.
All , except the school of crude philosophical nihilism , expounded under Chaarvaka, and attributed to Brihaspathi, are agreed about the truth of the following propositions regarding the constituition of the Cosmos, the nature of man, and the goal of human evolution.
1. Man is a complex of consciousness, mind and body.
2. The Athma, is of the nature of consciousness and is immutable.
3. Mind (Anthah-karana ), though an inner organ, is material and is other than the Aathma.
4. Psychic life obeys fixed laws and hence all mental events are determinable.
5. The five sense-organs ( Jnanendriyas) and the five action organs, (Karmendriyas)are, like the mind, made of subtle matter.
6. The eleven organs inhere in a lingadeha, or subtle body, which is relatively permanent.
7. The lingadeha is periodically connected with a body of flesh and blood, which provides man with sense organsand action organs of gross matter.
8. Matter (Prakrithi) is mutable, but increates and obeys fixed laws.
9.The world history is made up of alternating periods of activity (kalpa) and rest (pralaya).
10. The subtle elements that make up all objects, are five, corresponding to the five senses.
11. All energy in the universe is personal, i.e. bound up with consciousness of varying degrees of intensity.
12. This energy is Praana, which is intermediate between spirit and matter.
13. The law of causation --karma--is supreme in the physical and mental worlds.
14. Samsaara, the course of Karma, is anadi, had no beginning.
15. Moksha is the goal of human life and results from the training of the mind, and hence reaching the state of Moksha is a definite mental event.
So, can we make an effort for "Synthesis" and see what we arrive at? Is it worth the effort?
The original six are Poorva and Uttara Mimaamsa, wholly based on the Vedic texts, (Karma and Brahma Mimamsas, The investigation of Dharma and Brahma.) The other four are Sankhya, Yoga, Nyaya, and Vaiseshika. Maadhava in his sarva-darshana sangraha, however classifies the schools of his time as sixteen; Chaarvaaka, Bauddha, Arhatha, Ramanuja, Purnaprajna, Nakulisa-Paashupatha, Saiva, Pratyabhijna Rasesvara, Vaisheshika, Akshapaada, Jaiminiya, Paniniya Saankhya, Paatanjala and Sankara.
All , except the school of crude philosophical nihilism , expounded under Chaarvaka, and attributed to Brihaspathi, are agreed about the truth of the following propositions regarding the constituition of the Cosmos, the nature of man, and the goal of human evolution.
1. Man is a complex of consciousness, mind and body.
2. The Athma, is of the nature of consciousness and is immutable.
3. Mind (Anthah-karana ), though an inner organ, is material and is other than the Aathma.
4. Psychic life obeys fixed laws and hence all mental events are determinable.
5. The five sense-organs ( Jnanendriyas) and the five action organs, (Karmendriyas)are, like the mind, made of subtle matter.
6. The eleven organs inhere in a lingadeha, or subtle body, which is relatively permanent.
7. The lingadeha is periodically connected with a body of flesh and blood, which provides man with sense organsand action organs of gross matter.
8. Matter (Prakrithi) is mutable, but increates and obeys fixed laws.
9.The world history is made up of alternating periods of activity (kalpa) and rest (pralaya).
10. The subtle elements that make up all objects, are five, corresponding to the five senses.
11. All energy in the universe is personal, i.e. bound up with consciousness of varying degrees of intensity.
12. This energy is Praana, which is intermediate between spirit and matter.
13. The law of causation --karma--is supreme in the physical and mental worlds.
14. Samsaara, the course of Karma, is anadi, had no beginning.
15. Moksha is the goal of human life and results from the training of the mind, and hence reaching the state of Moksha is a definite mental event.
So, can we make an effort for "Synthesis" and see what we arrive at? Is it worth the effort?