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Hinduism: What Really Happened in India – M. M. Ninan 217 Before we go further, it is important to know what we mean by reality. Reality is that which exists in space and time. Thus Nirguna Brahman is not a reality. It is only an unknowable assumption. What we can know starts with Iswara. So are Jiva and Jada. And who is Iswara? He is Brahman who exists and therefore real and can be known by Jiva. Iswara and Jiva can act on Jada in creative process. This is also the stand of the Western Churches of Christians. Hari is supreme Iswara. "harih paratarah": There is none superior to Hari. Madhava do not consider the option of a Nirguna Brahma because it does not really define anything. The word Hari simply means to overcome. Iswara the Supreme Lord is the overcomer. Overcomer of what? - Overcomer of sin, decay and death. He is the only one that can save. Thus, the word Hari could simply mean Savior. World is real, the Jiva (Living Beings) are many. Thus, we have three eternal entities. Iswara (God), Jiva (Beings) and Jagat or Jada (Cosmos or matter). There is substantial difference between all these three. It is this substantial difference ("Tattvatah bhedah") that causes sensation and perception. If there is homogenity and identity, one cannot differentiate one from the other. Jeevas and Jada are controlled by Iswara. "JIvagaNA hareranucarAh": Apart from the Tatva Bheda between Iswara an Jeeva and Jada so also there is a difference in essence between Jeeva. There is gradation among the jivas. Some are superior; some are inferior. (nIcoccabhAvam gatAh) In this system, Moksha is being in the likeness of Iswara. Since Iswara is independent of the Jiva is responsible for its own actions and do not affect the condition of Iswara except through the mercy and love of Iswara. This philosophy of dualism is basically the same as the concept of God in the Western churches.
Hinduism: What Really Happened in India – M. M. Ninan 218 IV CARVAKA - HINDU MARXISTS Among the Hindu thought is also the Materialistic Philosophy, which most people tend to discard as non-existent. However in as much as there was Sanatana Dharma, there existed within it and side by side of it, the Carvaka, and their doctrine that this world is all that exists. This doctrine is called Lokayata. It is thought that Carvarka comes from the root caru (beautiful) vak (talk) or Sweet Talk. Majority of common populance were not really concerned with the mukthi - which was a long shot after many a births anyway - but were concerned about the here and now. Pragmaticaly the name Lokayata (the way of the world) came to mean the existential realism. Carvaka school of Materialists flourished from the 6th century BC until medieval times in India. Like the modern day Rationalists, the Hindu rationalists were simply empiricists and refused to believe anything beyond the sense perception. They were the scientists of the era and were the most persecuted at all times. They were social reformers and human right activists of their period. Although this school is widely acknowledged to have been influential in the development of Indian thought over a considerable period, Lokayata is now extinct. The original texts of this school are also lost to us, and the knowledge that we possess of this philosophy is derived from the writings of its Buddhist, Jain and Brahmanical opponents. These materialists refused to accept anything beyond the sense perception since they are the only source of human knowledge. Human kind can generalize and produce all sorts of mental constructs to explain
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