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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2018 7:54:07 GMT
This is the main school of thought, which was propagated by Adiguru Shankaracharya. The term Adi guru is conjoin of two sanskrit words, Adi- First, and guru - master, though, it does not mean he was the world's first teacher or master, but he obtained master on this philosophy, however, the knowledge was derived by previous brahmanical classes. The only objection which I have with this is - attributing it to hinduism, which is nearly absent, as the principle of non duality can be studied by any person, under a learned master. www.scribd.com/document/322931841/Advaita-Vedanta-pdfAdvaita Vedanta (/ədˈvaɪtə vɛˈdɑːntə/; Sanskrit: अद्वैत वेदान्त, IAST: Advaita Vedānta, literally, "not-two"), originally known as Puruṣavāda,[1][note 1] is a school of Hindu philosophy and religious practice, and one of the classic Indian paths to spiritual realization.[2] The term Advaita refers to its idea that the soul (true Self, Atman) is the same as the highest metaphysical Reality (Brahman). The followers of this school are known as Advaita Vedantins, or just Advaitins,[3] and they seek spiritual liberation through acquiring vidyā (knowledge)[4] of one's true identity as Atman, and the identity of Atman and Brahman.[5][6][7] Advaita Vedanta traces its roots in the oldest Upanishads. It relies on three textual sources called the Prasthanatrayi. It gives "a unifying interpretation of the whole body of Upanishads",[8] the Brahma Sutras, and the Bhagavad Gita.[9][10] Advaita Vedanta is the oldest extant sub-school of Vedanta,[note 2] which is one of the six orthodox (āstika) Hindu philosophies (darśana). Although its roots trace back to the 1st millennium BCE, the most prominent exponent of the Advaita Vedanta is considered by the tradition to be 8th century scholar Adi Shankara.[11][12][13] Advaita Vedanta emphasizes Jivanmukti, the idea that moksha (freedom, liberation) is achievable in this life in contrast to Indian philosophies that emphasize videhamukti, or moksha after death.[14][15] The school uses concepts such as Brahman, Atman, Maya, Avidya, meditation and others that are found in major Indian religious traditions,[10][16][17] but interprets them in its own way for its theories of moksha.[18][19] Advaita Vedanta is one of the most studied and most influential schools of classical Indian thought.[20][21][22] Many scholars describe it as a form of monism,[23][24][25] others describe the Advaita philosophy as non-dualistic.[26][27] Advaita influenced and was influenced by various traditions and texts of Hindu philosophies such as Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, other sub-schools of Vedanta, Vaishnavism, Shaivism, the Puranas, the Agamas, as well as social movements such as the Bhakti movement.[28][29][30] Beyond Hinduism, Advaita Vedanta interacted and developed with the other traditions of India such as Jainism and Buddhism.[31] Advaita Vedanta texts espouse a spectrum of views from idealism, including illusionism, to realist or nearly realist positions expressed in the early works of Shankara.[32] In modern times, its views appear in various Neo-Vedanta movements.[33] It has been termed as the paradigmatic example of Hindu spirituality.[34][35]
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2018 22:33:21 GMT
It's my favorite school after Nyaya ("Нья-я").
I'm so much with this principle. I even think that practicing the Non-duality will bring more fruits to saneof some Western progress system which is too fast now.
Even the notion 'East', 'West' isn't normal phenomenon. We're the one living tissue of Mhana, we're the one living organizm. We usually say 'an organization', 'a body' (the main thing of smth), but these notions show us that we're going to join our brains and souls in one whole world (I-net is the best argument for it) to live closely.
The world of Mhana is soon enough. He's our new Lord and our new commander.
Obey Hi before it's too late or He'll swallow you like a fungus.
Mhana! Mhana! Mhana!
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Post by ajay0 on May 4, 2018 15:01:50 GMT
It's my favorite school after Nyaya ("Нья-я"). I'm so much with this principle. I even think that practicing the Non-duality will bring more fruits to saneof some Western progress system which is too fast now. Even the notion 'East', 'West' isn't normal phenomenon. We're the one living tissue of Mhana, we're the one living organizm. We usually say 'an organization', 'a body' (the main thing of smth), but these notions show us that we're going to join our brains and souls in one whole world (I-net is the best argument for it) to live closely. Yeah, the western philosophy and system is heavily dependent on science, which focusses on the details more than the whole. And the east itself is becoming highly westernised, complex , adopting high materialistic standards, having lots of desires and material possessions, rather than being content with few. This is why the present world is now becoming lopsided with global warming, abnormal weather patterns, fast deforestation and extinction of many species. The advaitan philosophy can help bring about an understanding of the interconnectedness of all things , a reduction in dualistic perception ( which is the cause of all wars, conflict and disharmony), and greater focus on the whole.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2018 15:39:15 GMT
Yeah, that's correct, better than following mass murderer of arabs.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2018 18:57:16 GMT
It's my favorite school after Nyaya ("Нья-я"). I'm so much with this principle. I even think that practicing the Non-duality will bring more fruits to saneof some Western progress system which is too fast now. Even the notion 'East', 'West' isn't normal phenomenon. We're the one living tissue of Mhana, we're the one living organizm. We usually say 'an organization', 'a body' (the main thing of smth), but these notions show us that we're going to join our brains and souls in one whole world (I-net is the best argument for it) to live closely. Yeah, the western philosophy and system is heavily dependent on science, which focusses on the details more than the whole. And the east itself is becoming highly westernised, complex , adopting high materialistic standards, having lots of desires and material possessions, rather than being content with few. This is why the present world is now becoming lopsided with global warming, abnormal weather patterns, fast deforestation and extinction of many species. The advaitan philosophy can help bring about an understanding of the interconnectedness of all things , a reduction in dualistic perception ( which is the cause of all wars, conflict and disharmony), and greater focus on the whole. Thank you for answering. It is so pleasure for me to meet a man with some similar views here. I could underline every of your words in post. Studying the analytic philosophy I always set up with such obstacles - objections of using analytic methods instead of take the things in their historical and cultural contexts. Traces of dualistic manner of vision of the world we can find even in Aristotle's tractats, but the more bright and open position on it we can read in B. Russel's works, like "Philosophy of Logical Atomism" (1918...), where he says that the western philosophers concentrated most on analytical vision of the world which can be ascribed as 'separation anything to facts'. Facts are the most core visual concept in the western philosophy. What is this, and how it works? - we can find many discussions on it through many issues of "Mind" in XX ctr. Briefly, I would make the next argumentation: "a fact is the vision that exclude subject", "feelings, experiences, hesitations, mistakes, and many others psychological things are the one which bases subject as he is in its more realistic nature", "excluding subject doesn't look like an act of humanity". Some other thoughts allow me suppose that such technological relation to the world is so big instrumental position that contradicts with basing on the idea of wholeness and unity organic principles. Advaitan philosophy bases not on just narratives, but I know that many Hinduism and some Buddhism schools have been dealing with great apparatus of logic. Today we could read about this more, but some decades ago logical traditions of Nya-ya or other schools had no such attention in researches (it gives me a hope of some good processes or reunion in the world) of western (and not only) philosophers. In Russia I know an expert in this (and Analytic Philosophy of Religion also) subject - Vladimir Chokine. He studies Hindu logic systems. I had a very brief conversation with him, and he responded me on the question: "How strongly Hindu logic was, comparing to modern mathematical logic and programming?", he answered that there were even multiple logic, and such bases principles as syllogism was using very widely, but at the same time being critiquing of its dualistic character. So, I think that there are lots of work of getting along forgotten but important principles of one of the greatest culture in the world together with modern. Such claims seem to be weak because of its historical&culture character, but I am sure that it's just because of rudiments of analytic western thoughts barrier such conjunction. Today such philosophers and political critiques as A. Macyntire, K. Otto-Apel, J. Habermas, F. Ankersmith and the others were working (and many of them who's alive, works today) on the historical perspectives in analytic philosophy - the thought that defenses the importance of the history for all the humanitarian researches. Culture and history are two very important tasks that can be avoided. I think that idea of escaping historical & cultural context is shared in some ideals of progressivism followers, but such idea is inevitable.
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