On Life And Death: The Indian Philosophical Concept
On Life and Death: The Indian Philosophical Concept
India being a vast country, it is not hard to imagine that it holds varied sets of belief and culture. Indian civilization had been known for its tolerance of different beliefs. Had it not been as tolerant as it is, then it might not have harbored Buddhism, Jainism and Charvaka, being that the majority of the Indian are Hindus. If it had not been tolerant of the belief of the minority, then these Nastika schools of thought might not have flourished. Nastika are those schools of thought that deny the authority of the Vedas, the major authority in the Hindu belief. Astika are the school of thought that prescribed to the authority of the Vedas.
Life and death had always been one of the major …show more content…
Life has steps to accomplish, an if one accomplishes these four stages in ones life, can one achieve moksha. Life is lived in anticipation and in preparation for this moksha. This is the Hindu way of life. In addition to doing one’s duty one must cease to desire the material realm. One must view this life as an illusion and being an illusion it is, one must now be fooled by it, one must not be kept by it in pursuing the ultimate reality. Karma plays a role in one’s life and to live a life in accordance to the teaching can one remove all karmic residues and finally be able to attain …show more content…
Though it doesn’t affirm the Vedas, it accepts the common notion of the Indian belief that this world is full of suffering, that we must transcend this world in order. But Jainism doesn’t belief in the doctrine of Maya, which states that this world is an illusory world. It holds true that this world is here to stay, that the manifold world is not an illusion. Jainism goal is for the release of the soul from its embodiment. So like Hinduism and Buddhism, karma plays a role in keeping the soul anchored on this earth. For Jains, the soul is embodied because of the karmic matter it still contains. These are the common grounds of the Indian belief, from which they share with one another in a certain respect. From this point on their beliefs are entirely different from one another.
India being a vast country, it is not hard to imagine that it holds varied sets of belief and culture. Indian civilization had been known for its tolerance of different beliefs. Had it not been as tolerant as it is, then it might not have harbored Buddhism, Jainism and Charvaka, being that the majority of the Indian are Hindus. If it had not been tolerant of the belief of the minority, then these Nastika schools of thought might not have flourished. Nastika are those schools of thought that deny the authority of the Vedas, the major authority in the Hindu belief. Astika are the school of thought that prescribed to the authority of the Vedas.
Life and death had always been one of the major …show more content…
Life has steps to accomplish, an if one accomplishes these four stages in ones life, can one achieve moksha. Life is lived in anticipation and in preparation for this moksha. This is the Hindu way of life. In addition to doing one’s duty one must cease to desire the material realm. One must view this life as an illusion and being an illusion it is, one must now be fooled by it, one must not be kept by it in pursuing the ultimate reality. Karma plays a role in one’s life and to live a life in accordance to the teaching can one remove all karmic residues and finally be able to attain …show more content…
Though it doesn’t affirm the Vedas, it accepts the common notion of the Indian belief that this world is full of suffering, that we must transcend this world in order. But Jainism doesn’t belief in the doctrine of Maya, which states that this world is an illusory world. It holds true that this world is here to stay, that the manifold world is not an illusion. Jainism goal is for the release of the soul from its embodiment. So like Hinduism and Buddhism, karma plays a role in keeping the soul anchored on this earth. For Jains, the soul is embodied because of the karmic matter it still contains. These are the common grounds of the Indian belief, from which they share with one another in a certain respect. From this point on their beliefs are entirely different from one another.