Atheism is a Truly Divine Science
In "The Song Divine', Krishna classifies nature as aerial nature and super- nature. He says that super- nature is incomprehensible to people who are not in tune with the subtlety of infinity. We think we choose to live, but the fact is we have no independent will to be born. We only know how to defend or save this corporeal frame. But how many of us know that every second, a hundred million impulses assault.our nervous system and that if we didn't reject them, we would collapse? We think we're special, but biology places humans alongside all other species. Beyond food, sex and territory, animals are not aware of any other reality; they also do not have any aspirations towards immortality. Since there is no fear or idea of death in their lives, they have no concept of God or codified system of philosophy. They live by instinct and die without seeking to prolong their lives. Humans, however, have woven a compli cated web of ideas in order to understand the implications of our ordinary and extraordinary states of consciousness. The lives of animals are governed by an unquestioning acceptance of the inevitable. If we go through all the systems of Indian philosophy, we find a grand purposeful design and an invincible quest or effort to define the phenomena of germination and termination of life. The range of phenomenology is so vast that it embraces every aspect of being and nothingness. India's unique corpus of metaphysical doctrines has echoes of both theism and atheism. It is simultaneously centrifugal and centripetal and includes the purely spiritual. the purely material as well as the material-spiritual. These schools of Indian philosophy are divided into two groups-the heterodox and the orthodox. The heterodox schools like Charvaka, Jainism and Buddhism do not believe in the existence of God. Their well-structured logic is atheistic. The orthodox schools - sankhya, nyaya, yoga, vaisheshik and vedant accept the authority of the vedas and believe in God. There is another school of Jaimini, known mimansa, which makes no mention of God. Traditionally, atheism is a system of views rejecting faith in the spirits, gods, life beyond death, etc. Atheism criticises religious dogmas from the standpoint of scientific study of the universe It expresses the social role of religion and shows how religion has created misery from time immemorial. The philosophic basis of atheism is materialism and to certain extent material spir ituality. In Greek philosophy Heraclitus, Demectrius, Epi curus and Thales are consi dered to be staunch atheisti thinkers. Brihaspati is seen as the pro pounder of athe ism in Indiar philosophy and this school is known as Char vaka or Lokayata School. We alsd have annihila tionists and natu ralists, who did not believe in th existence of God. Jainism is another schoo of thought that practices atheism and follows th teachings of Mahavira. Th Jains consider the argu ments about the existence o God as being fallacious. Th universe has no beginning so the question of a creato has no logical basis. Ever one of us is a reservoir o positive energy. Divinity not somewhere out there So each one of us should strive for perfection an purity of consciousness. Buddha's argument is tha if God is all-pervading, wh is there so much evil a around? Like Charvaka, th Buddha also rejected th concept of soul but he di argue in favour of a cont nuity through life an successive lives. Atheisr strengthens the divine i man and generates an inex plicable joy. Whoever denie God asserts his own divinit
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Atheism is a Truly Divine Science
In "The Song Divine', Krishna classifies nature as aerial nature and super- nature. He says that super- nature is incomprehensible to people who are not in tune with the subtlety of infinity. We think we choose to live, but the fact is we have no independent will to be born. We only know how to defend or save this corporeal frame. But how many of us know that every second, a hundred million impulses assault.our nervous system and that if we didn't reject them, we would collapse? We think we're special, but biology places humans alongside all other species. Beyond food, sex and territory, animals are not aware of any other reality; they also do not have any aspirations towards immortality. Since there is no fear or idea of death in their lives, they have no concept of God or codified system of philosophy. They live by instinct and die without seeking to prolong their lives. Humans, however, have woven a compli cated web of ideas in order to understand the implications of our ordinary and extraordinary states of consciousness. The lives of animals are governed by an unquestioning acceptance of the inevitable. If we go through all the systems of Indian philosophy, we find a grand purposeful design and an invincible quest or effort to define the phenomena of germination and termination of life. The range of phenomenology is so vast that it embraces every aspect of being and nothingness. India's unique corpus of metaphysical doctrines has echoes of both theism and atheism. It is simultaneously centrifugal and centripetal and includes the purely spiritual. the purely material as well as the material-spiritual. These schools of Indian philosophy are divided into two groups-the heterodox and the orthodox. The heterodox schools like Charvaka, Jainism and Buddhism do not believe in the existence of God. Their well-structured logic is atheistic. The orthodox schools - sankhya, nyaya, yoga, vaisheshik and vedant accept the authority of the vedas and believe in God. There is another school of Jaimini, known mimansa, which makes no mention of God. Traditionally, atheism is a system of views rejecting faith in the spirits, gods, life beyond death, etc. Atheism criticises religious dogmas from the standpoint of scientific study of the universe It expresses the social role of religion and shows how religion has created misery from time immemorial. The philosophic basis of atheism is materialism and to certain extent material spir ituality. In Greek philosophy Heraclitus, Demectrius, Epi curus and Thales are consi dered to be staunch atheisti thinkers. Brihaspati is seen as the pro pounder of athe ism in Indiar philosophy and this school is known as Char vaka or Lokayata School. We alsd have annihila tionists and natu ralists, who did not believe in th existence of God. Jainism is another schoo of thought that practices atheism and follows th teachings of Mahavira. Th Jains consider the argu ments about the existence o God as being fallacious. Th universe has no beginning so the question of a creato has no logical basis. Ever one of us is a reservoir o positive energy. Divinity not somewhere out there So each one of us should strive for perfection an purity of consciousness. Buddha's argument is tha if God is all-pervading, wh is there so much evil a around? Like Charvaka, th Buddha also rejected th concept of soul but he di argue in favour of a cont nuity through life an successive lives. Atheisr strengthens the divine i man and generates an inex plicable joy. Whoever denie God asserts his own divinit
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Kailash Vajpeyi views and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Kailash Vajpeyi and Speaking Tree,Times of India