Hinduism is, most probably, the oldest religion in the world. Religion is often associated with blind faith and superstition. While it might be true for some other religions, it is quite the opposite ...

A basic teaching of classical Sāṃkhya is that repeated embodiment is the result of an individual's ignorance of the distinction between prakṛti and puruṣa. The only exception to this is the ṛṣi Kapila ...

A darshana is an outlook, a philosophy, literally, a “vision.” The term darshana is especially associated with the six orthodox schools of Indian philosophy, the so-called shaddarshana, or “six ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Journal Desciption: T'oung Pao hardly needs an introduction; over 100 years of publication have made it into the leading journal on ...