Hinduism ~ which philosophy can be called Core philosophy of our religion ?

Question

Advaita, Dwaita, Sankhya or Yoga ??? why??

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Answer 1

All the four and more! In fact there is no contradiction among the four listed,only mere academic thinkers make it as different.They are all reality seen at different level.

Sankya is knowledge which in itself futile unless it is put into practice,i.e.Yoga (jnanam vijnana sahitam,knowledge with realisation-Gita). So,they are one and the same in the sense,two sides of the same coin.

Similarly,dwaita,adwaita,vishishtadwaita.The great Hanuman puts it beautifully on the relationship between human and God which is all about dwataadwaitavishishtadwaita only of the later years:

deha bhavena dasosmi - from the body viewpoint,I am Your(God's) servant.It is Dwaita.
jiva bhavena twadamshakaha - from the level of mind/life I am a part of You - Vishishtadwaita.
Atma bhavena twamevaham - from the point of soul I am You - Adwaita.

Where is the difference? This is the core.There is a very high order of coherence,cosistency,logic and scintillating view of reality, Sir, no mumbo jumbo!!

Answer 2

If the four options were not given, i would have said, "Sanathana Dharma" is the essence, core of Hindu Philosophy! Of the four above, Sankhya should form the basic philosophy, based on which one could discuss Advaita and Dvaita in a debate, and go on to Yoga as a practice and need for finding the ultimate harmony, again a principle in Sankhya!

Answer 3

It is a mistake to pinpoint a particular school of thought as representing the core faith. All these sidhantas or schools of thoughts are the interpretations of the Adi Guru of that particular parampara. The core philosophy is the one being embedded in the four Vedas. All the different schools draw strength from the Vedas. A philosophy is not faulted as un-Hindu like, simply because it is unlike the other popular philosophy. It is said to the credit of Hindu religion that you have a freedom to interpret the Vedas in the manner as you find convincing. The basic requirement is that it should conform to the Vedas. You may even deny the existence of God, on the basis of Vedas , and yet you will be qualified to be called a Hindu. You may profess a religion and yet if you repudiate the Vedas, you are not a Hindu. That is how Buddhism and Jainism are different religions, for the reason of their repudiation of Vedas. The late Kanchi Paramacharia, an Advaitic Guru said that all the different philosophies are true from different perspective. As long as you remain dual and individualistic, your attitude to God will be dwaitic and once your consciousness gets merged with the higher consciousness, the duality goes and there shall not the difference between the Atman and paramatman. Advaita is the state of the relations between them. Vishishtadvaitam is the state in between both.

Answer 4

Philisophy can not be differentiated like this. These are simply opinions of selected devine seers and their followers. The original philosophy, restated by Bhagavan Yogeshwara is Shreemad Bhagavad Gita, as it is all inclusive. It has no discrimination for any particular religion or sect, time and space, colour and creed, culture and habitat. Advaita is for highly intellectuals who have crossed all boundaries of Bhakti and are able to see 'One' every where and in every thing. For common devotees, Dwait is the best. Unless we learn to keep some distance between ourselves and our Father, we can not love Him properly and without love we can not understand Him in right way. Sankhya is for Pandit/ Philosophers who keep themselves busy discussing shells in the hair and do not come to any conclusion. Yoga, with simple meaning and intention, for every one who wants to be joined with Him while doing every routine or special work / devotion. In deep and specialized meaning, it is very hard path and only Hathayogi, who have no sentimental and emotional hearts, choose this.

Answer 5

There is nothing called Aryans and Dravidians. The concept of Dravidians was introduced by Bishop Caldwell, as just an another attempt to divide India. The concept of Aryans has also been now proved to be wrong now. According to the DNA test conducted by University of Michigan and University of Mysore it has been proved that all the Indians have the same ancestors irrespective of whether they are Hindus, Muslims or any other religion or they are in south India or North India or they say in any other Parts of India. Dravid is a Sanskrit word which means meeting point of 3 oceans and it was first time introduced by Adi Shankaracharya whereas Arya means gentle men and our country's original name is Aryavrat( As mentioned in Vedas) and therefore whoever are denizens of Aryavrat are Arya (and not Aryan).....this concept was falsely interpreted by the Britishers just as an another attempt to divide India in which they have been pretty successful. They knowingly misinterpreted the word dravid and said that the people in south India were originally dravidians while the north Indians were Impure Aryans who migrated from Europe whereas the Pure Aryans stayed in Europe. For further information one can refer Vedas which has nothing so called Aryan- Dravidian concept but rather Arya alone who lived in the land of Aryavrat.

Answer 6

Yoga: Yoga took the Sankhya philosophy and added God to it.
Self-mastery can be achieved through the practice of the eight limbs of yoga and through other disciplines. By fasting one day each week (or month) and taking in only water, juice or herbal tea, we become detached from food. By sleep fasting once a month, we become detached from sleep. At first the body protests, but after a short while, the body accepts your discipline and discovers it can go for short periods without sleep or food and still survive! In time, we become detached from other physical sensations, such as heat and cold, and eventually even emotions and thoughts that arise. We can pay attention to them or let them go. It's up to us. But we are free from them. We have control of the thought-waves of our mind.
But it is severe discipline and will be difficult to follow in a materialistic world.
I am personally comfortable with Advaita, having lived it for years.

Answer 7

Here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism

Answer 8

Hinduism is not based on a SINGLE root. The contributions are from Vedas, Ithikasas, Puranas, Bagavad Gita, Vedanta Purvamimamsa& yoga

Answer 9

It's Advaita philosophy.

But all are equally important, which depends upon ones level. When one starts then Traityavad (Prakriti/Matter, Pursha/men and Pursha-Vishesh/God), then it becomes Dwaita (Prakriti and Pursha), and finally it become Advaita (Pursha/God).

Answer 10

Hinduism is such a generic religion, as you cannot claim any specific philosophy as a core.

May be "Essence of Gita" can be called as a Core Philosophy of Life.