Vedanta Philosophy
Chief Founder - Badarayana
Others Exponents - Sankara, Ballava, Nimbarka, Ramanuja etc.
Beginning Time - 1500 BCE
Focus - The essence of the Vedas
Type of School - Orthodox (Astika)
Source Book Badarayana’s- Vedanta Sutra
Sub schools of Vedanta- Advaita of Sankara, Visistadvaita of Ramanuja and Dvaita of Madhva and many more.
It is also known as Uttara Mimansa
Metaphysics of Vedanta
Vedata spoke of One Reality (ekam sat) which is spoken of in various ways by the sages.
It spoke of That One (tad ekam) that created the world. The Upanishads called it Brahman.
Brahman is the Reality of the reality. It is the cause of all created things
Brahman is the creator, preserver, and destroyer of the world.
All creatures spring out of Brahman. They live in Brahman and are reabsorbed in Brahman.
Brahman is the cosmic principle, atman is the psychic principle. It is the inner self in man
It implies that creation is self-expression and self communication of God to the creatures.
Creation is a moral act of willing and self-sacrifice of Brahman.
Epistemology of Vedanta
Vedanta Philosophy divided knowledge into two parts
-Apara (Temporal or practical): The knowledge of different phases of this material world and human life
-Para (spiritual): Ved, Brhmana, Aranayak And Metaphysics Of Geeta are Para knowledge.
To gain both of these knowledge Shankar has encouraged the method of
-Sharvana (Listening)
-Manan (Rumination)
-Nidhidyasana (Contemplation)
Axiology of Vedanta
Vedanta accepts the distinction made by the Kathopanishad between happiness (Preyas) and the highest good (Sreyas).
The highest Good is the realization of the eternal universal self in man. Vidya leads to self-realization.
Atman can be realized by one who does practice self-control, desirelessness, and concentration of mind.
Karma is not excluded from moral life.
Prescribed actions should be performed without any desire or motive.
Karma purifies the mind; however it is only a preliminary step to self-knowledge.
Partial notes on BBA 205 course for students of IP University (Delhi) and anyone who wants a beginner's level knowledge on business ethics.
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A brief Contrast of materialism and spiritualism and the everlasting conflict between the two views. It gives its insight in the views of Less known thinkers of past Like Charvaka and Shankaracharya.. etc..
Certain things or events, happens, that gets ingrained in the memory of not one person but of the whole race or population and then that information is passed on from one generation to the other thus becoming a legend. One such event was the great flood which got ingrained in the memory of humanity in a large scale as is evident from various legends not only from India but also from different parts of the world. The legend of the flood is one such memory of the humanity that is there in the legends of many tribes and civilizations, present and past, from Celtic in the north to India and also mentioned in the old testament. The mention of the great flood in also there in the Vedas
In ancient Greece, at the earliest stage, physics, mathematics, and astronomy were included as parts of “philosophy”, which means “the love of wisdom”.
Vedanta Philosophy
Chief Founder - Badarayana
Others Exponents - Sankara, Ballava, Nimbarka, Ramanuja etc.
Beginning Time - 1500 BCE
Focus - The essence of the Vedas
Type of School - Orthodox (Astika)
Source Book Badarayana’s- Vedanta Sutra
Sub schools of Vedanta- Advaita of Sankara, Visistadvaita of Ramanuja and Dvaita of Madhva and many more.
It is also known as Uttara Mimansa
Metaphysics of Vedanta
Vedata spoke of One Reality (ekam sat) which is spoken of in various ways by the sages.
It spoke of That One (tad ekam) that created the world. The Upanishads called it Brahman.
Brahman is the Reality of the reality. It is the cause of all created things
Brahman is the creator, preserver, and destroyer of the world.
All creatures spring out of Brahman. They live in Brahman and are reabsorbed in Brahman.
Brahman is the cosmic principle, atman is the psychic principle. It is the inner self in man
It implies that creation is self-expression and self communication of God to the creatures.
Creation is a moral act of willing and self-sacrifice of Brahman.
Epistemology of Vedanta
Vedanta Philosophy divided knowledge into two parts
-Apara (Temporal or practical): The knowledge of different phases of this material world and human life
-Para (spiritual): Ved, Brhmana, Aranayak And Metaphysics Of Geeta are Para knowledge.
To gain both of these knowledge Shankar has encouraged the method of
-Sharvana (Listening)
-Manan (Rumination)
-Nidhidyasana (Contemplation)
Axiology of Vedanta
Vedanta accepts the distinction made by the Kathopanishad between happiness (Preyas) and the highest good (Sreyas).
The highest Good is the realization of the eternal universal self in man. Vidya leads to self-realization.
Atman can be realized by one who does practice self-control, desirelessness, and concentration of mind.
Karma is not excluded from moral life.
Prescribed actions should be performed without any desire or motive.
Karma purifies the mind; however it is only a preliminary step to self-knowledge.
Partial notes on BBA 205 course for students of IP University (Delhi) and anyone who wants a beginner's level knowledge on business ethics.
Citations are reflected in the slides.
Philippine Copyright 2014
All Rights Reserved. Portions of this manuscript may be reproduced with proper referencing and due acknowledgement of the authors.
ask permission before copying the contents :)
A brief Contrast of materialism and spiritualism and the everlasting conflict between the two views. It gives its insight in the views of Less known thinkers of past Like Charvaka and Shankaracharya.. etc..
Certain things or events, happens, that gets ingrained in the memory of not one person but of the whole race or population and then that information is passed on from one generation to the other thus becoming a legend. One such event was the great flood which got ingrained in the memory of humanity in a large scale as is evident from various legends not only from India but also from different parts of the world. The legend of the flood is one such memory of the humanity that is there in the legends of many tribes and civilizations, present and past, from Celtic in the north to India and also mentioned in the old testament. The mention of the great flood in also there in the Vedas
In ancient Greece, at the earliest stage, physics, mathematics, and astronomy were included as parts of “philosophy”, which means “the love of wisdom”.
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3. A word Philosophy came from a Ancient Greek
word “Philosophia” which laterly means “LOVE OF
WISHDOM”. It is the study of general and
fundamental problems , such as those connected
with Reality , Existance , Knowledge , Value , Mind
and Language. Philosophy has been described to
the Greek thinker Pythagoras.
4. दृश्यतेह्यनेनेतत दर्शनम ् (दृष्यते हि अनेन इतत दर्शनम्)
Darshan / Hindu darshan is Real /Actual
/Precise. Darshan needs conciousness ,
feelings and consideration .
5. Areas of Philosophy-
1- Epistemology
2- Logic
3- Metaphysics
4- Ethics/Moral
5- Aesthetic
6- Mysticism
6. ॐ पूर्शमदः पूर्शममदं पूर्णशत्पुर्शमुदच्यते
पूर्शश्य पूर्शमणदणय पूर्शमेवणवमर्ष्यते ॥
ॐ र्णन्तः र्णन्तः र्णन्तः ॥
Om Puurnnam-Adah Puurnnam-Idam Puurnnaat-Purnnam-
Udacyate
Puurnnashya Puurnnam-Aadaaya Puurnnam-Eva-Avashissyate ||
Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih ||
Om, That is Full, This also is Full, From
Fullness comes that Fullness,
Taking Fullness from Fullness, Fullness Indeed
Remains. Om Peace, Peace, Peace.
7. It is concerned with nature
and scope of knowledge.
Such as relationship
between truth , belief ,
perception and theories of
justification , Plato was the
main philosopher of
Epistemology.
8. Logic is the study of
principles of correct
reasoning. Arguments
use either deductive
reasoning or inductive
reasoning . Almost
every philosopher uses
logic.
9. It is the study of the most
general feature of
reality, such as existence
, time. The relationship
between mind and body,
object and there
properties, wholes and
there part. Aristotle was
the main philosopher of
Metaphysics.
10. It is concerned primarily
with the question of the
best way to live and
secondarily , concerning
the question of whether
this question be
answered. Bernand
Williams was the main
philosopher of Ethics.
11. it deals with beauty , art ,
enjoyment , emotional
value , perception and
matter of taste and
sentiment. Barnett
Newman was the main
philosopher of Aesthetic.
12. it is a constellation of
distinctive practices ,
discourses , texts ,
traditions and
experiences aimed at
human transformation ,
variously defined in
different traditions .OSHO
was the main
philosopher of Mysticism.
13. It can simply be described as the
study of all the general and
fundamental problems in life. It uses
an approach that is systematic and
critical and one that relies on
relational arguments to achieve this.
14. It is an emerging discipline that
considers what engineer do and how
there work impact on society . As such,
the philosophy on engineering includes
aspect of Ethics and Aesthetics etc.
That might be studied in. For example -
Philosophy of science
15. It is the process of personal transformation , either
accordance with traditional , religious ideas , oriented
an subjective experience and psychological growth
independently of specific religious context. In the
other sense , It may refer to almost any kind of
meaningful activities or blessful experience. There is a
main part of Hindu spirituality which is TANTRA.
16. Tantra is derived from two sanskrit word Tanoti meaning to Expand
and Trayate meaning to Librate . It is the science of expanding
and liberating soul . It encompasses almost all the spiritual
practices of the hindu like – Pooja , Strotra , mantra,Yoga
Mediation etc. Tantra aims at exhancing each and every aspect
of human life . Tantra controls your hunger , anger , thirst , ego
etc. Some people said that Tantra is the method of having sex but
it is wrong. Tantra is the method of controlling the KAMA means
DESIRE (food , water , money , sex etc.)
Tantra is the name given by recent
scholars to a style of mediation and
ritual which arose in India no later
than the 5th century A.D.
17. Sex is the most significant force on you
it is your live force. From this energy
that you come that keeps you running
alive . Call it ,Call live force because
the word sex has become so
condemn by the priest that even to
use it you feel as you are doing
something guilty . Use live force and
you can see the difference with the
word live force you can not see
anything wrong . Priest create a small
mechanism on you , when you use it ,
It starts pinching you that something is
wrong .
18. Chakra are the energy points of
SUBTLE Body .Chakra are the part
of subtle body not the physical
body and as such meeting point
of the sublet(non-physical) energy
channel called Nadies in Sanskrit
language (Vortex or whirlpool). In
Hindu Darshan concept of chakra
called Tantra and in Buddhism it is
called YOG.
20. Thousand lotus petals or
Crown Chakra is
generally considered to
be the state of Pure
Consciousness , within
there is nighter subject
nor object . Kundalini
energy rises to a point
like lord Shiva in the state
of Samadhi.
21. Command or Third eye
chakra is symbolised by
a Lotus with two petals
color violet or blue . It is
the point where two
point IDA and PINGAL
meets .There is the
condition being
dual(male or female ,
shiva or shakti).This
chakra known as OM.
22. Threat chakra is
depicted as a silver
crescent within the
white cycle with the
16 lights .It is related
to Communication .
This chakra is parallel
to the Thyroid or
Thyroid Glands.
23. Heart chakra is
symbolised by the
circular flower with the 12
green petals called the
Heartmind .It is a Yantra
of two intersecting
triangles the hexagram
symbolised the union of
male and female like
Rudra=Shiv or Shakti
=Kakini
24. Naval chakra symbolised
by downward pointing
triangle with 10 petals with
yellow color .This play
valuable role in Digestion
and conversion food mater
into energy for the body. It
governs personal power.
25. Secral chakra is
symbolised by white
lotus within its crescent
moon with 6 petals.
The Chakra is located
in the sacrum and it
produce various sex
hormones involve in
the reproductive
cycle.
26. Root Chakra is symbolised
by a lotus of 4 petals and
color is Red .This center is
localized at the base of
Spine .It is responsible for
fight and fight response
when survival is under
threat. It governs Sexuality ,
Sensuality , Stability etc.