No Adrian, the question is about njana, Yoga and bhakti but not about Thripitaka. Are you talking about Thripitaka or the former three ?
What do you refer by "The 3 kinds of belief" ? I'm trying to learn from your load of knowledge. >The 3 kinds of belief are not "younger", unless you are in the rare position >of having > precise dates. On Nov 18, 6:21 pm, adrian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
