I know all that, I've researched the subject. The theravada denies dualism, if you need it in jargon. The 3 kinds of belief are not "younger", unless you are in the rare position of having precise dates. You're telling me what you are taught. There's umpteen interpretations of tripitaka, it varies by countries and cultures.
adrian Sinhalaya wrote: > Theravada is not unified (not in the sense of Grand unified theory or > TOE though) as there were schools of Theravadins. My earlier comment > may not be correct for all of those. their are recent developments as > well. > > njana, yoga and bhakti are younger than 6 philosophies (i am referring > Shat Sastrus "six teachers" here) Yoga and bhakti are parts of Hindu > religion. by the way "yoga" has the meaning of "unification". > Unification with Brahma (the creator) i suppose. > > Thripitaka has three parts(baskets) > vinaya pitaka - discipline for monks > sutra pitaka - collection of the teachings of lord Buddha (again 5 > subsections) > > abidhamma pitaka- this is more important in philosophical aspect. Some > ppl say it is not a teaching of buddha but some do not agree. It is > more abstract than the other two parts and has taken more theoretical > approach later. > > > On Nov 17, 8:35 pm, adrian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Yep, India has, formally stated, six philosophies, although one can count >> more. Sankhya or Samkhya >> is like therevada also unified, as is currently in the west quantum physics. >> India, with polytheism, >> does not have theology either. Anybody can pick whichever godling they like. >> If one goes back to >> earlier versions of a more earth global kind there's no such thing as >> epistemology or ontology >> either. What about tripitaka or the three baskets of knowledge? What about >> njana, yoga and and >> bhakti and all that? >> >> adrian >> >> Sam Carana wrote: >>> Thanks for that, Sinhalaya, this issue is worth more thought. >>> Cheers! >>> Sam Carana >>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:42 PM, Sinhalaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> In Theravada philosophical tradition (based on Buddhism) there is no >>>> two subjects as epistemology and ontology. It takes both as single >>>> corpus of knowledge. It does not accept that the knowledge is >>>> objective and there is a reality beyond the mind and senses. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
