tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post7031141345623849810..comments2024-01-26T21:38:25.924-08:00Comments on Duane's PoeTree: Arlene Corwin writesDuanesPoeTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-55418859589528366942018-09-22T07:22:50.247-07:002018-09-22T07:22:50.247-07:00Let not your hearts be troubled: ye believe in God...Let not your hearts be troubled: ye believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: i it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself: that where I am, there ye many be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know."<br />--Jesus, according to John 14: 1-4DuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-82122388179720834202018-09-21T16:03:09.899-07:002018-09-21T16:03:09.899-07:00Hinduism is a complex system of philosophic/theolo...Hinduism is a complex system of philosophic/theological thought. There are 6 main "astika" schools of thought (from the Sanskrit "asti" ["there is, there exists"]): Nyaya, Vaishsika, Samkhya, Yoga, Mimaṃsa, and Vedanta. In addition there are 4 major "nastika" (not astika) schools in Indian thought (including Buddhism and Jainism), based primarily on the non-acceptance of Vedic literature as authoritative, especially in regards to concepts of soul/self and the existence of a divine being separate from oneself. All of these traditions, and others, which are themselves divided into many sub-divisions, have borrowed themes and definitions from the others. However, Vedanta ("end of the Vedas," i.e., the 200-plus texts known as the "Upanishads") is the dominant astika, linked by a common reliance on the 13 Mukhya Upanishads (the oldest and most widely studied "Upanishads"), the Brahma sutras (the systematic summary of the "Upanishads" composed by Badaranya), and especially the "Bhagavad Gita" ("The Song of God," chapters 23-40 of the 6th book of the "Mahabharata," the epic poem composed by Vyasa). Although the sub-schools differ widely in their application, all Vedanta traditions concentrate on the relationships between Brahman (the ultimate metaphysical reality), the atman (the individual), and prakriti (matter). DuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.com