Hinduism: What Really Happenned in India (PDF) - Oration

Hinduism: What Really Happened in India – M. M. Ninan
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themselves Kings over them. As the Kings and Priests wielded their
power, Jesus came down strongly against them and presented to them a
God of love. They crucified him. The followers of Jesus even
experimented with a sort of communal living where "each according to
their ability and to each according to their need" was the principle. It
failed miserably because men and women were still Aninias and
Saphiras. Hence the need for a redemption.
Perception and Inference in Carvaka Philosophy
The essence of epistemological approach is summarized by Purandara a
follower of Carvaka (7th Century) thus.
“The usefulness of inference in determining the nature of all worldly
things where perceptual experience is available is not questionable.
However, such inference cannot be employed for establishing any dogma
regarding the transcendental world, or life after death or the laws of
Karma for which ordinarily there is no perceptual experience. The main
reason for upholding such a distinction between the validity of inference
in our practical life of ordinary experience, and in ascertaining
transcending truths beyond experience is this: Any conclusion based on
Inductive generalization by observing a large number of cases of
agreement together with total absence of disagreement is true.
But in the case of transcendent sphere, such agreement cannot exist
because; they cannot be perceived by the senses“ (Purandara in
Kamalasila's Panjika)
In the Christian reasoning too, the above argument is sound. We cannot
make arbitrary assumptions based on possible inferences. This is
especially true on matters that are of eternal consequence. How can we
know the reality of God and his purposes. Can these be perceived by our
senses? The historical verification of matters of faith had been very
important to Judeo-Christian tradition. Prophets and seers were respected
and accepted not because of their logic, of their declaration power, or
because of signs and wonders they performed. They were accepted based
on whether their declaration tallied with verifiable historical facts. There