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The Hindu Philosphy

1910

The birth of the Hindu Philosophy is in the holy Vedas.' Nay the origin and consummation of all Philosophies are in the holy and sacred Vedas.2 As the germ of a big banian tree lies within the infinitsimal narrow space of its seed no bigger than an ordinary mustard so the germ of all the Philosophies of both the East and the West lies in the wouderful Vedas. [...] It will be found that the germ of the nature and history of the soul the origin of virtue and the chief end of man which have engaged the attention of the wisest both of the East and the West from the dawn of civilization to the present day also lies dormant in the holy and sacred Vedas. [...] In one Hymn a great Rishi says :-1 The soul which has gone after to Yama Vivaswat we bring back hither (in this world) to dwell and to live." In the verses that follow the soul is brought back from a great many other places such as the heaven the earth the four quarters of the sky the ocean the waters the planets the sun the down the past the future &c. [...] He who sacrifices with a burnt offering arrives by Agni as the door to Brahma : and having so arrived he attains to the union with Brahma." 2"18 THE HINDU PHILOSOPHY What then do we find in the great Vedas ? We find in them the grand speculations on the origin of the Universe the nature of the Soul the wonderings of transmigration the rewards and punishments for virtues the chief aim of man [...] Therefore the Brahmanas and the Upanishads should not be considered as any thing apart from the Vedas ; they are a part and parcel to them.20 THE HINDU PHILOSOPHY The religious ideas and thoughts of the Hindus flowed from the Rig Veda in two distinct streams —one proceeded to the diretion of the Religious philosophy and the other to that of the Religious Science.
philosophy religion
Pages
195
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.143043
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-iii Dhirendra Paul view
Chapter I. The Birth of the Hindu Philosophy
1-18 Dhirendra Paul view
Chapter II. The Philosophy of the Upanishads
19-37 Dhirendra Paul view
Chapter III. The Different Schools of Philosophy
38-50 Dhirendra Paul view
Chapter IV. The Sankhya Philosophy
50-78 Dhirendra Paul view
Chapter V. The Yoga Philosophy
79-109 Dhirendra Paul view
Chapter VII. The Vaisasika Philosophy
110-123 Dhirendra Paul view
Chapter VIII. The Nyaya Philosophy
124-143 Dhirendra Paul view
Chapter IX. The Mimansa Philosophy
144-148 Dhirendra Paul view
Chapter X. The Vedanta Philosophy
149-171 Dhirendra Paul view
Chapter XI. The Vedanta Philosophy
172-176 Dhirendra Paul view
Chapter XII. The Jaina Philosophy
176-183 Dhirendra Paul view
Chapter XIII. The Bouddha Philosophy
184-189 Dhirendra Paul view

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