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| − | + | [[Samkhya]] (Skt. ''[[sāṃkhya]]''; Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གྲངས་ཅན་པ་]]}}, ''[[drangchenpa]]''; [[Wyl.]] ''[[grangs can pa]]'') - The [[Samkhya]], or 'Enumerators', are non-Buddhist eternalists. They are followers of the [[Wikipedia:Sage (sophos|sage]] [[Kapila]] ([[Wyl.]] ''[[ser skya]]''). They assert that all [[objects]] of [[knowledge]] can be classified into [[twenty-five principles]]. A non-Buddhist school, the oldest of the [[Brahmanic]] schools | |
| − | The [[Samkhyas]] believe that [[beings]] circle in [[samsara]] due to mistakenly believing the fundamental [[nature]] or ''[[prakriti]]'' (Skt.) and the [[person]] or ''[[purusha]]'' (Skt.) to be one, and not [[understanding]] that modulations or transformations (Wyl. ''[[rnam ‘gyur]]'') are [[manifested]] by the prakriti. By receiving instructions from a [[guru]], a [[practitioner]] can understand that the transformations are only [[manifestations]] of the prakriti and gradually let go of [[attachment]] to [[phenomena]]. Through [[meditation]] the [[practitioner]] develops the [[divine eye]] and then, when [[seeing]] prakriti with this [[divine eye]], the prakriti ‘blushes’, like a mistress seen by the wife, and disappears with the transformations, leaving the [[self]] all alone. This means that all [[Wikipedia:Convention (norm)|conventional]] [[phenomena]] disappear from the [[mind]] of the [[yogi]]. That is [[liberation]]. | + | The [[Samkhyas]] believe that [[beings]] circle in [[samsara]] due to mistakenly believing the fundamental [[nature]] or ''[[prakriti]]'' (Skt.) and the [[person]] or ''[[purusha]]'' (Skt.) to be one, and not [[understanding]] that modulations or transformations ([[Wyl.]] ''[[rnam ‘gyur]]'') are [[manifested]] by the [[prakriti]]. By receiving instructions from a [[guru]], a [[practitioner]] can understand that the transformations are only [[manifestations]] of the [[prakriti]] and gradually let go of [[attachment]] to [[phenomena]]. Through [[meditation]] the [[practitioner]] develops the [[divine eye]] and then, when [[seeing]] [[prakriti]] with this [[divine eye]], the [[prakriti]] ‘blushes’, like a mistress seen by the wife, and disappears with the transformations, leaving the [[self]] all alone. This means that all [[Wikipedia:Convention (norm)|conventional]] [[phenomena]] disappear from the [[mind]] of the [[yogi]]. That is [[liberation]]. |
==Subdivisions== | ==Subdivisions== | ||
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Samkhya (Skt. sāṃkhya; Tib. གྲངས་ཅན་པ་, drangchenpa; Wyl. grangs can pa) - The Samkhya, or 'Enumerators', are non-Buddhist eternalists. They are followers of the sage Kapila (Wyl. ser skya). They assert that all objects of knowledge can be classified into twenty-five principles. A non-Buddhist school, the oldest of the Brahmanic schools
The Samkhyas believe that beings circle in samsara due to mistakenly believing the fundamental nature or prakriti (Skt.) and the person or purusha (Skt.) to be one, and not understanding that modulations or transformations (Wyl. rnam ‘gyur) are manifested by the prakriti. By receiving instructions from a guru, a practitioner can understand that the transformations are only manifestations of the prakriti and gradually let go of attachment to phenomena. Through meditation the practitioner develops the divine eye and then, when seeing prakriti with this divine eye, the prakriti ‘blushes’, like a mistress seen by the wife, and disappears with the transformations, leaving the self all alone. This means that all conventional phenomena disappear from the mind of the yogi. That is liberation.
Subdivisions
There are two kinds of Samkhyas: non-theists and theists who believe in Ishvara.
