Re: Nyaya Darshana's Refutation of the Buddhist Thesis of Momentariness
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
Originally Posted by
wundermonk
It is an Astika school in that it accepts the existence of the ontological entities of the Vedas - Brahman, Jiva and Prakriti.
I am happy to read your offers on this matter... If I may, let me contribute one part that may perhaps help the new reader to this subject matter. The key word you offer above is 'Astika' (āstika) - let's take a look.
setting the stage
Orthodox and Unorthodox - A view of Reality.
- āstika means there is or exists
- nāstika or na+ astika = it is not so. This word nāstika 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 are infallible, the final word, without doubt. Hence this is called Orthodox i.e. the Veda-s as the foundation of infallible truth. Compare 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 (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 core 6, when taken as whole give a 360º view of Reality. Hence the notion about the concept of God is relevent to these schools and resides in these schools.
Are there more schools ? Yes, I have counted no less then 16 yet the 6 above are the cornerstone - but will leave that for another string and conversation.
praṇām
Last edited by yajvan; 23 September 2011 at 02:22 PM.
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