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Rta (ঋত)

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Rta is the cosmic order of this universe. 

Karmavāda

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Karmavāda is such a common topic, that every person is familiar with. Even a layman also talks about karma.      In Indian Philosophy we get a vast but logical discussion on this topic. Only the Lokāyata Cārvāka doesn't accept this. Other than them every philosophical school accepts this concept. This is a beautiful concept and it can give the answers to many questions of us. We often get upset with our thoughts, decisions or something that happened to us in past or present. We usually ask "Why me?", "Why am I facing so many problems in life?", "Why does a bad person get so much good from life and not me?" All the answers lie in the concept of Karma , which is known as Karmavāda in Indian Philosophy.       Here we also get another concept that is the concept of rebirth, punarjanmavāda . It is said that someone is bad but gets good results because that person has some good Karma in his/her previous birth. So he/she is getting that result and in futu...

Schools of Indian Philosophy

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  Vedic and Non-Vedic School

Introduction to Indian Philosophy

- By  Spandita Mukherjee Indian philosophy is a rich and ancient tradition that continues around the world. Indian philosophy has a wide range of philosophical traditions that originated in India. There are six theistic, orthodox, Vedic schools ( āstika ) and three atheistic, heterodox, non-Vedic schools ( nāstika ) of Philosophy. Indian philosophy covers a broad range of topics, including metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, logic, and spirituality. But these are not discussed separately. All discussions are there in every school, with its unique philosophical perspectives and insights. The six Vedic schools are Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika, Sāṃkhya-Yoga, Pūrva Mīmāṃsā-Uttar-Mīmāṃsā or Vedānta. And the non-Vedic schools are Cārvāka, Buddhism and Jainism.  Now let us discuss, a brief introduction to Indian Philosophy. There are four Puruṣārthas accepted in Indian Philosophy. These are – Dharma, Artha, Kāma, and Mokṣa . Cārvāka are called materialists. They have only accepted Artha and Kā...