Historical Perspective of Indian Thoughts

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Greetings Advaitins:

 

This Historical Perspectives of Indian Thoughts are presented in four

continuation articles. This is by no means complete and extensive

addtional readings are necessary to understand the full implicaitons.

Please refer to the references listed in this introductory Section.

 

Ram Chandran

 

 

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Introduction (Historical Perspective of Indian Religious Thoughts)

 

Indian religious thought has expressed itself in a number of

philosophies. From the point of view of Hindu theology, a study of the

philosophies can be traced back to 800 B.C. or even earlier. The main

systems of philosophy are: Nyaya, Vaiseshika, Samkhya, Yoga, Purva

MimAmsa and Vedanta. A brief introduction to these six systems are

presented in three parts:

 

Part I: Nyaya and Vaiseshika

Part II: Samkhya and Yoga

Part III: Purva MimAmsa and Vedanta

 

Elaborate discussions are beyond the scope of this article and

interested readers should refer to reference texts.

 

Nyaya Vaisesika and Modern Science

by Aruna Goel Price: $25.00 (Amazon.com)

 

Prakrti : The Principle Matter in the Samkhya and Yoga Systems of

Religious Thought (Asian Thought and Culture, 30) by Knut A. Jacobsen

 

Mind-Body Dualism : A Philosohpical Investigation (Contemporary

Researches in Hindu Philosophy & Religion, No 6) by Alpana Chakraborty /

Hardcover / Published 1996

 

Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies : Samkhya : A Dualist Tradition in

Indian Philosophy Vol 4 Bhattacharya, et al / Published 1987

 

Religion and Culture, by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, Orient Paperbacks, New

Delhi, India.

 

Some Issues in Nyaya, Mimamsa and Dharmasastra byUjjwala PAnse.

Publisher. Indian Book Center, New Delhi

 

Sources of Indian Tradition Volume I Discussions Let us try to study the

common features within these three groups to understand their distinct

features.

 

Hinduism, by K. M. Sen, Penguin Pocketbooks, Baltimore, Maryland.

 

Vedantic Missions such as Chinmaya Mission, Ramakrishna Mission, Arsha

Vidya Gurukulam, Sivananda Yoga Centers, Vedanta Press, and others carry

books on Vedanta, Upanishads, Gita and relatedd titles. Using the

Internet Search Engines such as Alta Vista, it is possible to trace down

specific books.

 

Mimamsa and Other Schools of Vedanta are also discussed in the Advaita

Vedânta Home Page maintained by Vidyasankar Sundaresan. URL:

http://www.erols.com/ramakris/advaita/mimved.html