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Re: six schools of philosophies
In article <4i2l47$mbu@babbage.ece.uc.edu> shrao@nyx.net (Shrisha Rao) writes:
> I have heard it said that _none_ of these schools is necessarily
> aastika (theistic) or naastika (atheistic).
I specifically wanted to discourage the equating
of ``Astika'' and ``theistic''. It does *not* mean
that in the Indian philosophical context. Rather,
the word has only implied an acceptance of the
Veda as a source of knowledge. Buddhists and Jains,
the two most prominent nAstika schools, do not
accept the Veda as an unassailable source of
knowledge.
The ``asti'' refers to the Veda, not to God.
Mani
