Unless you have 'precise' dates talking about " younger" for probably more recent is meaningless. Tripitaka even occurs in China, in the tale of "monkey". as Tripitaka, a monk, on a quest for the works of the buddha, with monkey, pigsy and Horse, three symbols of our psychological make up. When horse - our habit system - gets annoyed enough with events it changes into dragon who re-arranges things to suit himself and leaves his companions to cope as best, or worse, they can. It is further found in Maori myths. All that implies 3 baskets of learning is prehistorical.
Sinhalaya wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
