Six systems of Brahmanical Philosophy & ages of Buddhism

1. SIX SYSTEMS OF
BRAHMANICAL PHILOSOPHY &
AGES OF BUDDHISM
BY:
MANUEL L. HERMOSA, ED.D
P R E S E N T E D T O :
A T T Y . A D E L E E N B E A A L B E R T O
E X P E R T - A D V E A S T E R N P H I L O

2. Brahmanical Philosophy

3. SIX SYSTEMS OF BRAHMANICAL PHILOSOPHY
1.The Nyaya System (A Hindu logician).
2.The Vaisheshika System Democritus in
India.
3.The Sankhya System
4.The Yoga System.
5.The Purva-Mimansa.
6.The Vedanta System

4. 1. THE NYAYA SYSTEM (A HINDU LOGICIAN).
The first of the “Brahmanical” systems in the
logical order of Indian thought is a body of
logical theory. Nyaya means an argument, away
of leading the mind to a a conclusion. Nyaya
literally means rules, method or judgment. This
school school’s most significant contributions
to Indian philosophy was systematic
development of the theory of logic,
methodology, and its treatises on epistemology.

5. 2. THE VAISHESHIKA SYSTEM DEMOCRITUS IN
INDIA
In its early stages, the Vaisesika was an
idependent philosophy with its own
metaphysics, epistemology, logic, ethics,
and soteriology. The Vaisesika system
became similar in its philosophical
procedures, ethical conclusions and
soteriology to the Nyaya school of
Hinduism, but retained its difference in
epistemology and metaphysics

6. 3. THE SANKHYA SYSTEM
It is most related to the Yoga school of Hinduism,
and it was influential on other schools of Indian
philosophy. Samkhya is an enumerationalist
philosophy whose epistemology accepts three
of sic pramanas (proofs) as the only reliable
means of gaining knowledge. These include
pratyaksa (perception), anumana (inference)
and sabda (aptavacana, word/testimony of
reliable sources). Sometimes described as one
of the rationalist schools of Indian philosophy,
this ancient school’s reliance on reason was
exclusive but strong.

7. 4. THE YOGA SYSTEM
The term “yoga” in the Western world
often denotes a modern largely of the
postures called asanas. Yoga is a group
of physical, mental, and spiritual
practices or disciplines which originated
in ancient India. The origins of yoga
speculated to the date back to pre-Vedic
Indian traditions; it is most likely
developed around six and fifth centuries
BCE.

8. 5. THE PURVA-MIMANSA.
Mimamsa Sutra or Purva Mimamsa Sutras (ca.
300-200 BCE). According to tradition, sage
jaimini was one of the disciples of sage Veda
Vyasa, the author of Mahabharata.
Jaimini, in his Mimamsa Sutra, presents material
activity and its results as the whole of reality
(vipanan rtam). He and later proponents of
Karma-mimmamsa philosophy teach that
material existence is endless, that there is no
liberation.

9. 6. THE VEDANTA SYSTEM
Vedanta means Sanskrit the “conclusion” (anta) of
the Vedas, the earliest sacred literature of India.
It applies to the Upansihads, which were
elaborations of the Vedas, and to the school
that arose out of the study (mimamsa) of the
Upanishads. Thus, Vedanta is also referred to
as Vedanta Mimamsa “Reflection on Vedanta”),
Uttara Mimamsa (‘reflection on the Latter Part of
the Vedas”), and Brahma Mimamsa “Reflection
on Brahman”).

10. Ages of Buddhism

11. AGES OF BUDDHISM
THE THREE AGES OF BUDDHISM ARE THREE DIVISIONS OF TIME
FOLLOWING BUDDHA'S PASSING:
1. Former Day of the Law—also known as the Age of
the Right Dharma, the first thousand years (or 500
years) during which the Buddha's disciples are able
to uphold the Buddha's teachings;
2. Middle Day of the Law—also known as the Age of
Semblance Dharma, the second thousand years (or
500 years), which only resembles the right Dharma;
3. Latter Day of the Law—also known as the
Degenerate Age, which is to last for 10,000 years
during which the Dharma declines.

12. AGES OF BUDDHISM
THE THREE AGES OF BUDDHISM ARE THREE DIVISIONS OF TIME
FOLLOWING BUDDHA'S PASSING:
1. Former Day of the Law—also known as the Age of
the Right Dharma, the first thousand years (or 500
years) during which the Buddha's disciples are able
to uphold the Buddha's teachings;

13. AGES OF BUDDHISM
THE THREE AGES OF BUDDHISM ARE THREE DIVISIONS OF TIME
FOLLOWING BUDDHA'S PASSING:
2. Middle Day of the Law—also known as the Age of
Semblance Dharma, the second thousand years (or
500 years), which only resembles the right Dharma;

14. AGES OF BUDDHISM
THE THREE AGES OF BUDDHISM ARE THREE DIVISIONS OF TIME
FOLLOWING BUDDHA'S PASSING:
3. Latter Day of the Law—also known as the
Degenerate Age, which is to last for 10,000 years
during which the Dharma declines.

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