i don't think the answer to why Charuvakas died has been found yet. Their existence is only known because Shankaracharya took great pains to demolish their arguments.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Deepa Mohan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Apparently the catholic church has a form that you fill out, at least >> in Switzerland. Seeing how Hinduism has all the bases covered - >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism_in_Hinduism how does one get rid >> of it? >> > > > Would be interesting to know how and why the Charvaka and the Aajeevika > religions/philosophies died out. What causes some philosophies to take root > and thrive, and others to wither away? Is it something about what humans > experience (well, call it the collective memory)? Or is it just that these > philosophies were not right for the time they were propounded in? > > Is there room for the agnostic in Hinduism? Well..there is...because I am > one...but I couldn't find any references on the Net. > > Deepa. >
