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The Sāṃkhya System: Accounting for the Real

The Sāṃkhya System: Accounting for the Real

Chapple, Christopher Key

Paperback

Series: Suny Hindu Studies

General Eastern ReligionsHinduism

ISBN10: 1438498373
ISBN13: 9781438498379
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Feb 2 2025
Pages: 298
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Explores the Sāṃkhya system and the delicate relationship it articulates between witness consciousness (Puruṣa) and manifest realities (Prakṛti), providing a path to freedom through knowledge.

The Sāṃkhya System brings new life to an ancient Hindu system of thought. Sāṃkhya spans the fields of philosophy, physics, metaphysics, psychology, and ethics. Although notably not theological, its key premises can be found in virtually all religious traditions that originate from India. Sāṃkhya espouses a reciprocity between Prakṛti, the realm of activity, and Puruṣa, the silent witness. It also delineates the phenomenal experiences that arise from Prakṛti, including the operations of the human body, the five great elements, and the eight mental states. Sāṃkhya proclaims that knowledge of world and self can lead to freedom.

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