Richard, I've just been reading a book of Mother Meera. She says: It is the law
that the human has to change in order to unite with the Divine. Maybe she
doesn't use an orthodox system but I think she's pretty enlightened! She also
writes a lot about Paramatman. I wonder how that's different from Brahman.
On Thursday, February 13, 2014 11:28 AM, Richard J. Williams
<pundits...@gmail.com> wrote:
On 2/9/2014 9:45 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote:
On 2/8/2014 9:21 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>Neither Eastern Orthodox nor Western Christianity permit the view that humans
>can become ontologically one with God. That remains the "seperative divide"
>between Eastern and Western religions.
>
>What "Eastern Orthodox" philosophy supports the notion that humans
can ontologically be "one with God"?
>
>1. Vedanta
>2. Yoga
>3. Mimamsa
>4. Samkhya
>5. Nyaya
>6. Vaisheshika
>
>From what I've read, there are no orthodox systems in India that
support the notion of "union with God." There are numerous gods in
Indian mythology such as Krishna and Vishnu; but there is no
dualist system that I know of that advocates a "union" with god or
the gods. In Vedanta we have the Brahman, not to be confused with
God Brahma, but Brahman is not the Creator God - you can't merge an
unreal existence with the real, the this with That, since you are
already That.
Maybe it's time to review the Six Orthodox Systems of Indian
Philosophy:
1. Vedanta
Sri-Vaishnavism - Vishisht Advaita Vedanta
Tengalai (Southern; Tamil)
Bengalai (Northern; Sanskrit)
Madhva Vaishnavism - Dvaita Vedanta
Bengali Vaishnavism Bheda-bheda Vedanta
West Indian or Gujarati Vaishnavism - Shuddh Advaita
Smartism - Advaita Vedanta
2. Yoga (Sankhya Dualism)
3. Mimamsa (Vedist Ritualism)
4. Samkhya (Brahmanic Analytical Atheism)
5. Nyaya (Logical Theism)
6. Vaisheshika (Atomic Naturalism)
Works cited:
"Foundations of Hindu Philosophy"
By Theos Bernard, Ph.D.
Philosophical Publishing House 1947
pp. 129-130
