Re: Is There a Place in Hinduism for Me?
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté Bhakti
Let me ask you, what do you believe being a hindu suggests? What are your insights and ideas that attract you to sanātana dharma ?
When we ~practice~ many choose a school or orientation or approach. Perhaps this may help:
Lets set the stage
Orthodox and Unorthodox - A view of Reality.
āstika or आस्तिक means there is or exists;
nāstika or na+ astika नास्तिकor it is not so and this word nāstika नास्तिक is not believing, or atheistical
(this does not suggest not believing in God, yet it needs to be defined, to set the stage).
So what does this mean? āstika there exists , or a regard that the Veda-s as infallible, the final word, without doubt.
Hence this is called Orthodox i.e. the Veda-s as the foundation of infallible truth; compate this to nāstika which
does not regard the Veda-s as infallible or the final authority; Hence this view is considered Unorthodox.
So, what is considered orthodox ? Which schools are they? It is the 6 systems of Indian philosophy - this is called
saḍ darśana or the 6 schools of vision, seeing, sight. We know them as :
- śāṁkhya
- yoga
- vedānta
- mīmāṃsā
- nyāya
- vaiśeṣika
The 6 darśana-s दर्शन (seeing, looking, knowledge, traditional doctrine or precept , collection of such doctrines)
are so complete in themselves, that many people took the 6 to be different views. This is not the case, it is the 6,
when taken as whole give a 360º view of Reality. Hence your question is relevent to these schools and resides in these schools.
praṇām
Last edited by yajvan; 29 March 2011 at 06:39 PM.
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