I guess the following is something you learnt by research rather than been taught by someone else :) But I would like to know why it is required precise dates to come in to such position?
> The 3 kinds of belief are not "younger", unless you are in the rare position > of having > precise dates. On Nov 18, 7:01 am, adrian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
