Eastern_Philosophy

Eastern Philosophy EASTERN PHILOSOPHY Does anybody have any answers to the question of what is our purpose' Is there life after death' What do we need to accomplish while we are alive' What is real or moral' Is there a God' These are main philosophical questions that the human race has been trying to answer. Religion is an explained philosophy and be it divine or a practice, it is a way of life. It is not surprising to see that religion of the Eastern World had a few people stand out as important intellectuals. Sankara, Ramanuja, and Madhva were great intellectuals that interpreted the Upanishads, the philosophy of Hinduism, and taught their own interpretations. Buddhism started with Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, and later, Nagarjuna, a follower of Buddhism, offered his philosophy. (Oxtoby) Together, their teachings have been trying to answer the main philosophical questions as a basis for human faith. In Hinduism, Sankara taught a form of thought called the Vedanta philosophy. Sankara’s main position is that the soul of humans, atman, and the Ultimate Reality, Supreme Being, or God, Brahman, is non-dualistic. Each is a separate reality but tied together. “The deepest part of our being, is one with the essence truth, god, brahman, reality, atman, rahula, life, karma, way, suffering, buddhism, world, ramanuja, one, maya, main, ignorance, free, desire, buddha, radhakrishnan, people, good, teaches, sankara, noble, individual, form, being, achieve, ultimate, taught, spiritual, soul, samsara