SIX SYSTEMS OF

BRAHMANICAL PHILOSOPHY &

AGES OF BUDDHISM
BY:
MANUEL L. HERMOSA, ED.D

PRESENTED TO:
AT T Y. A D E L E E N B E A A L B E R T O
EXPERT-ADV EASTERN PHILO
Brahmanical
Philosophy
SIX SYSTEMS OF BRAHMANICAL PHILOSOPHY

1. The Nyaya System (A Hindu logician).

2. The Vaisheshika System Democritus in India.
3. The Sankhya System
4. The Yoga System.
5. The Purva-Mimansa.
6. The Vedanta System
1. THE NYAYA SYSTEM (A HINDU LOGICIAN).

The first of the “Brahmanical” systems in the logical

order of Indian thought is a body of logical theory.
Nyaya means an argument, away of leading the mind
to a a conclusion. Nyaya literally means rules, method
or judgment. This school school’s most significant
contributions to Indian philosophy was systematic
development of the theory of logic, methodology, and
its treatises on epistemology.
2. THE VAISHESHIKA SYSTEM DEMOCRITUS IN
INDIA
In its early stages, the Vaisesika was an
idependent philosophy with its own
metaphysics, epistemology, logic, ethics, and
soteriology. The Vaisesika system became
similar in its philosophical procedures, ethical
conclusions and soteriology to the Nyaya
school of Hinduism, but retained its difference
in epistemology and metaphysics
3. THE SANKHYA SYSTEM

It is most related to the Yoga school of Hinduism, and it

was influential on other schools of Indian philosophy.
Samkhya is an enumerationalist philosophy whose
epistemology accepts three of sic pramanas (proofs)
as the only reliable means of gaining knowledge.
These include pratyaksa (perception), anumana
(inference) and sabda (aptavacana, word/testimony of
reliable sources). Sometimes described as one of the
rationalist schools of Indian philosophy, this ancient
school’s reliance on reason was exclusive but strong.
4. THE YOGA SYSTEM

The term “yoga” in the Western world often

denotes a modern largely of the postures
called asanas. Yoga is a group of physical,
mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines
which originated in ancient India. The origins
of yoga speculated to the date back to pre-
Vedic Indian traditions; it is most likely
developed around six and fifth centuries BCE.
5. THE PURVA-MIMANSA.

Mimamsa Sutra or Purva Mimamsa Sutras (ca. 300-200

BCE). According to tradition, sage jaimini was one of
the disciples of sage Veda Vyasa, the author of
Mahabharata.
Jaimini, in his Mimamsa Sutra, presents material activity
and its results as the whole of reality (vipanan rtam).
He and later proponents of Karma-mimmamsa
philosophy teach that material existence is endless,
that there is no liberation.
6. THE VEDANTA SYSTEM

Vedanta means Sanskrit the “conclusion” (anta) of the

Vedas, the earliest sacred literature of India. It applies
to the Upansihads, which were elaborations of the
Vedas, and to the school that arose out of the study
(mimamsa) of the Upanishads. Thus, Vedanta is also
referred to as Vedanta Mimamsa “Reflection on
Vedanta”), Uttara Mimamsa (‘reflection on the Latter
Part of the Vedas”), and Brahma Mimamsa
“Reflection on Brahman”).
Ages of Buddhism
AGES OF BUDDHISM
THE THREE AGES OF BUDDHISM ARE THREE DIVISIONS OF TIME
FOLLOWING BUDDHA'S PASSING:
1. Former Day of the Law—also known as the Age of the Right
Dharma, the first thousand years (or 500 years) during
which the Buddha's disciples are able to uphold the
Buddha's teachings;
2. Middle Day of the Law—also known as the Age of
Semblance Dharma, the second thousand years (or 500
years), which only resembles the right Dharma;
3. Latter Day of the Law—also known as the Degenerate Age,
which is to last for 10,000 years during which the Dharma
declines.
AGES OF BUDDHISM
THE THREE AGES OF BUDDHISM ARE THREE DIVISIONS OF TIME
FOLLOWING BUDDHA'S PASSING:

1. Former Day of the Law—also known as the Age of the Right

Dharma, the first thousand years (or 500 years) during
which the Buddha's disciples are able to uphold the
Buddha's teachings;
AGES OF BUDDHISM
THE THREE AGES OF BUDDHISM ARE THREE DIVISIONS OF TIME
FOLLOWING BUDDHA'S PASSING:

2. Middle Day of the Law—also known as the Age of

Semblance Dharma, the second thousand years (or 500
years), which only resembles the right Dharma;
AGES OF BUDDHISM
THE THREE AGES OF BUDDHISM ARE THREE DIVISIONS OF TIME
FOLLOWING BUDDHA'S PASSING:

3. Latter Day of the Law—also known as the Degenerate Age,

which is to last for 10,000 years during which the Dharma
declines.
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