A dualist philosophical system distinguishing pure consciousness from the material world it observes, offering a genuinely different metaphysics from Vedantic non-dualism.
Samkhya is a philosophical system built on a strict dualism: reality, on this account, ultimately consists of two fundamentally different kinds of thing, consciousness and matter, and confusing them is the root of ordinary suffering. It offers this archive its clearest counterpoint to the non-dual metaphysics developed in Vedanta.
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A 700-verse philosophical dialogue set within the Mahabharata, addressing duty, action, and the nature of the self.
A term for the innermost self explored in the Upanishads — its nature, and its relation to ultimate reality, are debated across traditions.
The classical scheme of four legitimate aims of human life — duty, prosperity, pleasure, and liberation — held in tension.
The principle linking action to consequence, understood differently across Indian traditions.
The philosophical school systematizing yoga as a disciplined path paired with Samkhya metaphysics, distinct from the broader family of practices covered under the general concept of yoga.
A family of interpretive schools centered on the Upanishads, the Brahma Sutras, and the Bhagavad Gita.
A comparative note on the deepest fault line in Indian philosophy — traditions that affirm an innermost self against the Buddhist analysis that questions it.