4 0 obj The only way to fight suffering is to leave the circle of transmigration (sasra) for ever. Liberation is forestalled, on the Skhya account, because puruabecomes enamored with the beautiful woman, Prakti, and refuses to part ways with her. Not surprisingly, classical Skhya is remarkably independent of orthodox Brahmanic traditions, including the Vedas. The Samkhya Philosophy Sinha by Nandalal Sinha. C0%|3L'g8=wA- 1gsaY =s}2Fy4/>$7{4L,vgO$=TeK6-`4)/0$`6SiO#'P`d[|^xq O-t))wKx|N0S x1#HEz37JmFS6 Perhaps some of the verses were added by a student, but most of the work clearly tells of a single, philosophically and poetically ingenious hand. Besides the Krik there are two other important foundational texts of Skhya. And although it is a lonely, uninterested spectator, a witness unable to act, it does like or dislike what it sees: it can suffer (this is, after all, the existential starting point for Skhya). Mulaprakriti itself contains or is made up of three primary qualities, the three constituents or strands, called gunas. While the validity of scriptural authority is affirmed, its importance is downplayed: they are never used to derive or confirm philosophical theses. It is that simplicity that is in the whole concept of Prakriti manifesting outward, and the process of meditation retracing that process inward. Clipping is a handy way to collect important slides you want to go back to later. The central mechanism of evolution is the complicated interaction of the gua-s, which is sensitive to the environment, the substrate or locus of the current process. The others are egoism, mind, senses, biological abilities, the sensibilia like color and the elements (earth etc). It is in discriminating, objective, manifestation, activity, and These problems perhaps grew under the influence of the concept of the absolutely unchanging and quality-less spiritual essence elaborated in Vednta philosophy and were thus, arguably, not part of the original Skhya philosophy. The nature of the puruaPrakti connection is prima facie problematic. This is one of Skhyas main contributions to Indian thought. endobj This is how the cycles of evolution and dissolution follow each other.Sankhya theorizes that Prakriti is the source of the world of becoming. The presentation given below will thus follow this work very closely. Sankhya philosophy Drjugnukhatterbhatia 884 views 19 slides Indian school of philosophy Williamdharmaraja 2.3k views 64 slides Samkhya philosophy PS Deb 38.6k views 29 slides Vedanta Philosophy - Metaphysics, Epistemology & Axiology Sahin Sahari 1.8k views 12 slides Sankhya PriyankaMaske5 498 views 16 slides More Related Content LoGHcC%mCivJwJ#tLzM)lL?rdm;x2 U!OdE9'Nzgl &[;/@K:TF[_L?T'$ea&W3Ey'nq 61iVVtd|(|s7lr~"hg$~Xh&NEXs(M`]BD j|X[u`7!FxA=.&!s8[b,bE{Fk4!xC7E$>LJ-v|!sIzTRK^ipwZ}Y>\n~"#0&*G|\3>n/7KCAL9&K[17b. Step by step, starting from the lowest tattva-s, the material elements, and gradually reaching the intellect itself, the follower of Skhya must practice as follows: this constituent is not me; it is not mine; I am not this. When this has been fully interiorized with regard to all forms of Prakti, then arises the absolutely pure knowledge of the metaphysical solitude of purua: it is kevala, (alone), without anything external-material belonging to it. We've encountered a problem, please try again. Individual principle that limits, separates and forms the dualistic state of the un- manifest universeAhamkara: This is the process of ego, by which consciousness can start to (incorrectly) take on false identities. Sattva is additionally often used for entity, existence, essence and intelligence. Hence, there must be a separate purua for us all. (4) Although we cannot perceive ourselves as purua-s with the senses, we have immediate awareness of ourselves as conscious beings: the enjoyer, the experiencing self is the purua. 0 ratings 0% found this document useful (0 votes) And before that, in the Creation-hymn of the g-Veda (X. Activate your 30 day free trialto continue reading. (Various Schools & Sankhya) Dr Kanchan Saxena The Sankhya Philosophy The Samkhya system advocates the ontological dualism of Prakriti and . 2 0 obj The Skhya analysis of causation is called sat-krya-vda, or literally the existent effect theory, which opposes the view taken by the Nyya philosophy. This commentary discusses different positions within the school (and is therefore our most important historical source for old Skhya) and debates with other schools over many fundamental points of doctrine. The two types of entities of Skhya are Prakti and purua-s, namely Nature and persons. In time, it became difficult to follow most of the arguments given above: if purua is really inactive, it cannot supervise anything, and cannot be the source of our individual actions. The creation hoiwever is not simple but involves a series of 23 fuurthertattwas, the later ones being derived from or unfolding out of the earlier ones. The evolution of primal Nature is also considered to be purposeful - Prakrti evolves for the spirit in bondage. There are many practical ways to ward off the darker side of life: such as self-defense, pleasures, medicine, and meditation. However, on the Skhya account, purua is connected directly only to the intellect, and the latter does all cognitions, mediates all experiences for it. The gross elements are probably fixed compounds of the tanmtra-s: ether has only sound, air also touch, fire is also visible, water has in addition taste and earth has all the five qualities. ), a condensed account in seventy-two verses. The evolution ceases when the spirit realises that it is distinct from primal Nature and thus cannot evolve. The tanmtra-s seem to be uncompounded sensibilia; perhaps subtle elements or substances, each having only one sensible quality: sound, touch, visibility, taste and smell. While the systematic process below is accurate, the specific practices are the subject of the Yoga Sutras. As it is clear from the above arguments, purua is the determinative factor of our actions and that presupposes that it changes in time (otherwise we would always do the same thing). The sign body of a puruatransmigrates: after the death of the gross body, the sign body is reborn in another gross body according to past merit. Its classical formulation is found in varakas Skhya-Krik (ca. Nature is singular, but persons are numerous. The sign body of a purua transmigrates: after the death of the gross body, the sign-body is reborn into another gross body according to past merit, and the purua continues to be a witness through its various bodies. There is cognition of the object, but no discriminative recognition.For example, a babys initial experience is full of impression. The Sankhya Philosophy (contd..) "I" becomes the subject, and the rest of the world provides its objects. One way to understand this process of the senses being evolutes of mind is to notice what happens when you fall asleep, into dreamless sleep. It is pure consciousness: it enjoys and witnesses Praktis activities, but does not cause them. Summarizing the process of retracing: It is not possible to thoroughly describe the retracing process of the evolutes of Prakriti in this paper, as that would mean, at a minimum, recapping the entire Yoga Sutra here in this small section. It is stated in the last stanza that it is a condensation of the whole ai-Tantra, leaving out only stories and debates. They too evolve from the sattva aspect of AhamkaraPanchtanmatras or five subtle elements - evolves from the Tamas aspect of Ahamkara. Later authors understand it as a cosmogonical relation: the unmanifest was the initial state of Prakti, where the gua-s were in equilibrium. Such textual evidence confirms that by the beginning of our era, Indian common opinion considered Skhya as very ancient. Although purua and Prakti are physically as much in contact as beforeboth seem to be all-pervading in extensionthere is no purpose of a new start: purua has experienced all that it wanted. In other words, senses without mind operating through them simply do not work. They can lead to identification and also generate knowledge.Anumana - logicalinferenceSabda - verbal testimony, Nature of DualityAccording to Samkhya, the efficient cause of the world is Purusha and the material cause is Prakriti. Prakriti manifests as the three gunas and the other evolutes. 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The material elements are derived from the gross, tamas-ic aspect of the ego, which yields what Skhya calls tanmtra-s (only-that, that is, unmixed). Of course, the gods of Skhya are not classical Judeo-Christian-Muslim God; they are just extra-long-lived, perhaps very powerful beings within the empirical world, themselves compounds of matter and soul. The following five considerations are used in an argument for the sat-krya-vda: (a) the nonexistent cannot produce anything (given the assumed definition of existence as the ability to have some effect); (b) when producing a specific thing, we always need a specific substance as material cause (such as the clay for a pot, or milk for curds); (c) otherwise everything (or at least anything) would come into being from anything; (d) the creative agent (the efficient cause) produces only what it can, not anything (a potter cannot make jewelry); (e) the effect is essentially identical with its material cause, and so it has many of its qualities (a pot is still clay, and thus consists of the primary attributes of clay). Its classical formulation is found in varaka's Skhya-Krik (ca. sankhya: Indian school of philosophy. The complete passivity and disinterestedness of Purua and the acceptance of trigutmikPrakti, as the independent cause of all inner and outer manifestations of the world, are the important characteristics of the classical form. Nature, though unconscious, is purposeful and is said to function for the purpose of the individual purua-s. Aside from comprising the physical universe, it comprises the gross body and sign body (or subtle body) of a purua. Two schools of Indian Philosophy; Orthodox System (Summarized into six main systems) Heterodox System . Nature, though unconscious, is purposeful and is said to function for the purpose of the individual purua-s. Aside from comprising the physical universe, it comprises the gross body and sign-body of a purua. The SlideShare family just got bigger. The evolution of forms at the basis of Samkhya is quite unique. ), where reference is made to the following ascending sequence:senses (indriyas) sense objects (elements) mind (manas) intellect (buddhi) great self (mahan atman) the unmanifest (avyakta) the Person (Purusha) Although the school of Samkhya as such was systematized by the legendary Kapila, and the Samkhya-sutra traditionally attributed to him, in its present form it is not his original work, but dates from the 15th century.Evolution of the Samkhya SchoolOne of the Six Schools of traditional Hindu philosophy, Samkhya philosophy is also considered to be the oldest. It is a strong Indian example of metaphysical dualism, but unlike many Western counterparts it is atheistic. Samkhya is one of the six perspectives or philosophies that in8uenced yurveda. There are no purely Samkhya schools existing today in Hinduism, but its influence is felt in Yoga and Vedanta schools of philosophy. The two types of entities that exist, on Skhyas account, are Prakti or Nature and purua-s or persons. As all cognition is performed by the intellect for the soul, it is also the intellect that can recognize the very subtle distinction between Prakti and purua. They are: sattva (goodness) pure, elevating, enlightening rajas (passion) motivates us to create, acquire and enjoy tamas (ignorance) dirty, degrading, deluding, and destructive. Metaphysically, Samkhya maintains a radical duality between spirit/consciousness (Purusha) and matter (Prakrti).PurushaPurusha is the Transcendental Self or Pure Conciousness. Besides its own author, varaka, the Skhya-Krik itself names several ancient adherents of the school plus a standard work, the ai-Tantra (the book of sixty [topics]). They symbolize the fundamental biological abilities to communicate, to take in or consume, to move, to excrete and to generate. Unfortunately this text received very little response in classical times; in fact it was hardly known outside Kashmir. Another problem was its atheistic nature: there is no creator god in this cosmology. Topics English, Shastras Collection opensource Language English. This, however, is one area where Samkhya was found wanting. If Prakti is equated with Matter, purua may be equated with the soul. Samkhya is a dualistic philosophy, meaning that there is a clear distinction between matter and consciousnesschanging and unchanging. Hence, there must be a plurality of distinct purua-s. (2) If there were only one purua, everyone would act simultaneously alike, for the purua is the supervisor of the body. Purusha is spirit/consciousness and prakrti is matter. Sankhya or Samkhya philosophy is one of them. Its essence is despair, its purpose is holding back, and its activity is preservation. The elements we have seen before: space, air, fire, water, and earth. Two millennia ago it was the representative Hindu philosophy. According to a simile, thepurua is the lord of the house, the tripartite psyche is the door-keeper and the senses are the doors. Tap here to review the details. As the immaterial soul, purua is not known through direct perception. Nature is singular, and persons are numerous. The ascetic and meditative yoga practice, in contrast, aimed at overcoming the limitations of the natural body and achieving perfect stillness of the mind. The word Skhya is derived from the Sanskrit noun sankhy (number) based on the verbal root khy (make known, name) with the preverb sam(together). Only purusha is conscious. The last valid source of information, pta-vacana, literally means reliable speech, but in the context of Skhya it is understood as referring to scriptures (the Vedas) only. The view of Skhya appears to be that whensattva (quality of goodness, or illumination) predominates in buddhi (the intellect), it can act acceptably for purua, when there is a predominance of tamas, it will be weak and insufficient. Mahat is also considered to be the principle responsible for the rise of buddhi or intelligence in living beings. You can read the details below. From buddhi evolves ahamkar, which contains the first real ideas of individual identity. Enjoy access to millions of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and more from Scribd. Prakti, or Nature, is comprised of three gua-s or qualities. Despite its long history, Skhya is essentially a one-book school: the earliest extant complete text, the Skhya-Krik, is the unquestioned classic of the tradition. Skhya is silent about the Vedas, about their guardians (the Brahmins) and for that matter about the whole caste system, and about the Vedic gods; and it is slightly inimical towards the animal sacrifices that characterized the ancient Vedic religion. The philosophy of Samkhya is the Universe is consisting of two realities; purusha and prakrti. Of course the analogies utilized are themselves analogies of the causal relation; so it would be a little more appropriate to say that they are analogical reasonings from the effect to the cause, but traditionally the three classes of inference are considered mutually exclusive. In Advaita Vednta, there is one common world-soul, and individuality is a function of the material world only. Sage Kapila is traditionally considered to be the founder of the Sankhya school, although no historical verification is possible. The term prakti (meaning nature and productive substance) is actually used in three related but different senses. Activate your 30 day free trialto unlock unlimited reading. (Peter Pan) Purusha avataras Yamaraja (Prison Warden) 8. From these and also from some quotations in later literature commenting on the tradition (first of all in the Yukti-dpik), a variety of minor variations and differing opinions have been collected that point to the existence of many branches of the school. Looks like youve clipped this slide to already. The Indian Philosophy (Various Schools & Sankhya) Dr Kanchan Saxena The Sankhya Philosophy The Samkhya system advocates the ontological dualism of Prakriti and . The origin of the name 'sarikhya' is shrouded in mystery. Presentation Transcript. SlideServe has a very huge collection of Sankhya PowerPoint presentations. Both the agrarian theology of iva-akti/Sky-Earth and the tradition of yoga (meditation) do not appear to be rooted in the Vedas. When the gunas are disturbed however through the presence of the purusha the equilibrium is destroyed, and creation, both gross and subtle, comes about. Sankhya serves as the main opponent of Vedanta Philosophy which elucidates the monistic theory of creation. Its essence is aversion, its purpose is bringing into motion and its activity is seizing. - A free PowerPoint PPT presentation (displayed as a Flash slide show) on PowerShow.com - id: 3f9f51-Njc4Z Skhya (often spelled Skhya) is one of the major orthodox (or Hindu) Indian philosophies. It is sometimes defined as 'that which observes' and the mind is the instrument through which this observation occurs. By comparison, think of how you have learned to use the browser software with which you look at this web page. The concept of Ishvara was incorporated into the Sankhya viewpoint only after it became associated with the theistic Yoga system of philosophy. This last argument is utilized to determine the basic attributes of the imperceptible metaphysical causes of the empirical world: the substrate must have the same fundamental attributes and abilities as the manifest world. What happens to your senses, your ability to perceive through those senses? The Sankhya word in Sanskrit means 'number'. Due to the effect of the purua-s this changed and evolved the manifold universe that we see, the manifest. However, understanding the simplicity sure is a nice place to start! This same process of arising and receding happens not only with the senses, but all of the evolutes of Prakriti. Samkhya emerged before the 2nd century b.c.e., and Samkhya-type ideas have been around since at least the 6th century b.c.e, since Guatama Buddha was familiar with Samkhyan-type ideas. It comes about through loosening the bond between purua and Prakti. 1 / 30 . The evolution itself is possible because Prakriti is always in a state of tension among its constituent strands -Sattva - a template of balance or equilibrium; Rajas - a template of expansion or activity; Tamas - a template of inertia or resistance to action. They reveal no knowledge of the form or the name of the object. After understand Sankhya philosophy we will discuss and try to solve all the mysteries of universe from the principles of Sankhya philosophy. Vedanta: Roots of Indian Philosophy Jan. 06, 2014 17 likes 8,770 views Report . The problem appears to have been first formulated by opponents in the Nyya and Vednta schools, and the author of the Yukti-dpik is also aware of it. Nyaya philososphy Vijayalakshmi Murugesan 1 of 9 Ad. The great Indian epic, the Mahbhrata, represents the Skhya system as already quite old at the time of the great war of the Bharata clan , which occurred during the first half of the first millennium BCE. Sankhya denies that vehemently as material world that is insentient cannot originate from a sentient element. The first premise of Skhya is the universal fact of suffering. So it has a purely cognitive and a material function as welllike so many principles of Skhya. Every purusha is equal and equivalent to every other purusha. Characteristic of Skhya is a metaphorical but consistent presentation of the purua as a conscious, unchangeable, male principle that is inactive, while Nature is the unconscious, forever changing, female principle that is active, yet subservient to the ends of the purua. All Time. There has no philosophical place for a creationst God in this system. Skhya recognizes only three valid sources of information: perception, inference and reliable tradition. Ferenc Ruzsa Now customize the name of a clipboard to store your clips. According to others, however, the . (2) The three gua-s give an exhaustive explanation of material phenomena, but in sentient beings we find features that are the direct opposites of the gua-s (such as consciousness or being strictly private), and thus they need a non-material cause, which is the Purua. 350 C.E. The descriptions below are intended to give you a feel for this inner process, not to be literal, step by step instructions. Hindu philosophy called Sankhya philosophy. It has attracted a commentary by Vijna Bhiku, the eminent Vedntist of the 16th century, entitledSkhya-Pravacana-Bhya or Commentary expounding Skhya. He also authored a small systematic treatise, the Skhya-Sra (The Essence of Skhya). Documents; Philosophy; Sankhya Purusa. This original condition is known as prakriti-pradhana or mula-prakriti, which is the natural foundation. It is pure potentiality that evolves itself successively into twenty four tattvas or principles. The basic series is as follows: From prakrti emerges mahat ("the great one"), also called buddhi. All macrocosmic and microcosmic creation uses these templates. % N,YI*_TP6$xsGaQX^EQ@M&rqrgWNe|1f}`h4l>'wCi>W;_;LEa6=73Ex8Bs)#x9,Rc W ~4|7#f !@nU (PzhRa)IjBr{Zf>{b0*W.]!5H _k^ m*~1ZU@^U$0JYga,g+PH}oRBWR`lwe4|`k7HA'%tS^tHf^-[Cv2:ucOptK>,#9aE_N?n$x&]:P;D\s\pn Elements: A further outpouring of Prakriti is when it bursts forth as the equivalent of space, as experienced in the subtle (non-physical) realm. The subtle elements are the root energies of sound, touch, sight, taste and smell. In the commentaries it is normally explained as the view that the effect already exists in its cause prior to its production. The older (6th cent. (1) All complex structures serve an external purpose, for instance, a bed is for somebody to lie on; so the whole of nature, or more specifically the body a very complex system must also serve something different from it, which is thepurua. An escape from this endless circle is possible only through the realization of the fundamental difference between Nature and persons, whereby an individual purua loses interest in Nature and is thereby liberated forever from all bodies, subtle and gross. (The purua has no gua-s.) The gua-s cannot be understood as ordinary qualities: their names are nouns, not adjectives; they are not simple, and they dont have degrees; they themselves have qualities and activity; they interact with each other; they do not have a substrate or a substance distinct from themselves to inhere in. Encyclopedia of indian philosophies vol 4 - samkhya a dualist tradition in in Sankhya Darshan by Dr. Vijay Kumar, Teacher Educator, The What of Vedanta - The Philosophy of Narayana Guru. They are generally characterized as the real actors, even in mental phenomena such as cognition; they are the substrata for each other and they are interrelated in various ways. Samsaara or bondage arises when the Purusha does not have the discriminate knowledge and so is misled as to its own identity, confusing itself with the physical body - which is actually an evolute of Prakriti. The gods are of eight kinds; animals are of five kinds and humans, significantly, belongs to one group only (suggesting an egalitarianism with respect to humans). This happens only at death, for the gross body (like a potters wheel still turning although no longer impelled) due to causally determined karmic tendencies (saskra-s) goes on to operate for a little while. In a pantheistic account the two accounts could be harmonized, but pantheism is alien from classical Skhya. Tamas that restrain, obstruct the other two to evolve. They are sometimes referred together as Samkhya - yoga school. The internal organ as an inseparable unit is the principle of life (pra). In other words, they compete but also combine with each other, and they can even produce each other. The word sankhya also means perfect knowledge. Email: ferenc.ruzsa@elte.hu It is devoid of the gua-s, and therefore inactive and sterile (unable to produce). Senses/Instruments: The five senses and five instruments of expression are like ten doors of a building. According to Satkaryavada, the effect pre-exists in the cause. the thing of which the liga is the sign (the inferred or conclusion). By whitelisting SlideShare on your ad-blocker, you are supporting our community of content creators. This is also known as buddhi or the awakened intelligence. Samkhya, also Sankhya, (Sanskrit: , IAST: Skhya - Enumeration) is one of the six schools of classical Indian philosophy. Topics traditionally emphasized by Kapila, Isvarakrishna, and later writers are the theory of causation, the metaphysical duality of conscious souls (purushas) and non-conscious nature (prakriti), the evolution of the world ou of prakriti, the concept of liberation (kaivalya), and the theory of knowledge.While many people believe that it was always an atheistic school of thought, in fact Samkhya passed through both theistic and atheistic stages of development as Gupta explains: "In the classical Skhya both dualism and atheism are visible in clear and vivid forms. It is sighted in many major texts from the East Indian culture. Unlike the (older) stras (aphorisms) of other systems, which are often cryptic and ambiguous, the Skhya-Krik is a clear composition that is well ordered and argued. BCE?) 7983) translates purua as contentless consciousness; it is not only unchanging but also timeless and outside the realm of causality (a somewhat Kantian concept). 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