THE CONTRIBUTION OF SIX CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHERS IN BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i6.2024.3131Keywords:
Buddhist Philosophy, Karma, Nibbana, Samsara, Buddhism EtcAbstract [English]
There were two different religious and cultural traditions in ancient India. The Munis and Sramanas have a pre-Aryan past that includes wandering ascetics, yogis, and an association with water sacredness. They had the doctrine of samsara, which holds that there is essentially something unsatisfactory with the world and that the only way to find true happiness is to renounce it. Their doctrines also included Karma (action), an eternal soul, and Mukti (release). In addition to the Brahmanic philosophy, there were up to sixty-two other schools of philosophy in ancient India, all of which were antagonistic to it. The six non-Buddhist thinkers who were revered by kings, nobles, and the wise are mentioned frequently in Buddhist and secular origins. As the founders of schools of thought, they were widely recognized across the nation. A few of them were senior Buddha contemporaries, and the masses of disciples also followed them. The names of these six philosophers and their philosophies are listed below.
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