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	Vaisesika or the philosophy of Atomistic Pluralism by Dr. Subhash C. Sharma
		The Vaisesika insists that it is in the particulars of the world, pre-eminently in the particular imperceptible souls and atoms that true individuality is to be found.
		The Vaisesika theory of the soul is practically identical with that of the Nyaya, though a direct perception of the self where the self is both the perceiver and the perceived is not admitted.
		According to the Vaisesika, the soul in the state of liberation is absolutely free from all connection with qualities, and subsists like the sky free from all conditions and attributes, while according to the Nyaya, the state of freedom is one of bliss and wisdom.
	www.geocities.com /lamberdar/vaisesika.html (5816 words)

	Encyclopedia: Vaisesika (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Vaisesika espouses a form of atomism and postulates that all objects in the physical universe are reducible to a finite number of atoms.
		Being associated with the school of logic, early Vaisesika texts use a sneaky but clever logical argument to prove that the world is made of indivisible atoms: Assume that the world is not made of indivisible atoms, and that matter is continuous.
		Later Vaisesika philosophers tried to develop a theory to explain the properties of materials as the interaction of different types of atoms that make up the material.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vaisesika (465 words)

	The Nyaya and Vaisheshika or Vaisesika phiolosphy
		But the Vais'esika reply is that since there is nothing else but self to which the expression "I" may be applied, there is no need of falling back on the scriptures for the existence of the soul.
		Moksa with Vais'esika is the permanent cessation of connection with body; the apavarga with Nyâya is cessation of pain [Footnote ref l].
		In later times the main points of difference between the Vais'esika and Nyâya are said to lie with regard to theory of the notion of number, changes of colour in the molecules by heat, etc. Thus the former admitted a special procedure of the mind by which cognitions of number arose in the mind (e.g.
	www.hinduwebsite.com /sacredscripts/hinduism/philo/ch08.asp (14157 words)

	Indology » Philosophy » philosophy » Vaisesika or the philosophy of Atomistic Pluralism on Sulekha ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Vaisesika insists that it is in the particulars of the world, pre-eminently in the particular imperceptible souls and atoms that true individuality is to be found.
		The Vaisesika theory of the soul is practically identical with that of the Nyaya, though a direct perception of the self where the self is both the perceiver and the perceived is not admitted.
		According to the Vaisesika, the soul in the state of liberation is absolutely free from all connection with qualities, and subsists like the sky free from all conditions and attributes, while according to the Nyaya, the state of freedom is one of bliss and wisdom.
	www.sulekha.com /chpost.asp?forum=philosophy&cid=90491 (11588 words)

	Vaisesika or the philosophy of Atomistic Pluralism by Subhash Kak \| Rational Vedanta
		Vaisesika or the philosophy of Atomistic Pluralism by Subhash Kak
		Vaisesika or the philosophy of Atomistic Pluralism by Subhash Kak
		The first systematic exposition of the Vaisesika philosophy (known also as Aulukya Darsana) is found in the Vaisesika Sutra of Kanada.
	www.rationalvedanta.net /node/135 (5817 words)

	Indian Logic and Ontology. A survey of Contemporary Readings
		The sutras of the Vaisesika school were formulated by Kanâda, about one century prior to Gautama, and he was followed by thinkers like Prasastapada (about the sixth century AD), Sridhaka (about AD 990 and Sarirkara Misra (about the fifteenth century AD).
		As stated above, the Nyâya and Vaisesika schools had more or less the same sort of philosophical orientation and presuppositions; however, their interests were most pronounced in the fields of epistemology and metaphysics respectively.
		Vaisesika, which also embodied a system of natural philosophy, provided a list of categories that set the framework within which logicians of the Old Nyaya school developed their systematic analyses of perception and inference.
	www.formalontology.it /indian-philosophy.htm (2012 words)

	Vaisesika Definition / Vaisesika Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Vaisheshika, additionally Vaisesika, (Sanskrit: वैशॆषिक)is one of the six HinduHinduism (सनातन धर्म; commonly named Sanātana Dharma, roughly Perennial Faith by Hindus) is the oldest major world religion still practised today and first among Dharma faiths.
		As such, of particular concern in logic is the structure of arguments—the formal relations between the newly produced assertions and the previously established ones, where "formal" means that the r...
		Vaisesika is the system of atomic philosophy expounded by Kanada.
	www.elresearch.com /Vaisesika (264 words)

	Indology » Philosophy » philosophy » Re: Inter-relatedness of Brahmanical philosophies (Vaisesika & ...
		The philosophies of Vaisesika (or Atomism) and Nyaya (or Logicism) deal with the analysis of the world (matter): the former (Vaisesika) concentrating on the particulars (in minute sense) while the latter (Nyaya) looking at the reality in the broader (more general) sense and as relating to the processes.
		Although the passage of time and the evolution in science brought drastic changes in succeeding cultures to the basic Vaisesika concepts of atoms (building blocks) and the atomic theory, the initial contribution of this system in analyzing the world through its components and their intermediary relations cannot be overlooked.
		Moreover, the ideas and methods of the Vaisesika, developed long time ago, still are applicable for solving, through the pluralistic approach, a variety of present problems involving individuals and the societies.
	www.sulekha.com /groups/postdisplay.aspx?cid=108167&forumid=756949 (9548 words)

	Making a Black Pot Red: The Vaisesika Theory of the Pilupaka
		Although the two schools of Vaisesika and Nyaya are generally viewed as having merged to form a single system, there are said to be three points of difference between the two that survive to this day.
		The Vaisesika school specializes in meticulous explanations of physical events, and on each of the points in question an unreconstructed Vaisesika philosopher will hold to a complex and peculiar theory, rejected by the followers of the Nyaya school in favor of a more commonsense approach, and ridiculed by all other schools of Indian philosophy.
		For both the Nyaya school and the Vaisesika school, the term "disjunction" (vibhaga) refers to the state of being spatially separated, which is analyzed as a quality, rather than to the act of becoming separated, which is analyzed as a motion.
	www.columbia.edu /itc/religion/nonduality/classnotes/sep24/pilupaka.html (1839 words)

	Vaisesika
		Vaisesika is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		Vaisesika - a later division of the nyaya school of philosophy, also known as vaisesika-darsana.
		This school is considered by many as a branch of the Nyaya, and was founded by the sage Kanada, who lived about the same time as Gautama or Gotama, the founder of the Nyaya school.
	www.experiencefestival.com /vaisesika (705 words)

	Astika Schools Orthodox Schools,
		The Vaisesika sutras believe in the perception of negation; abhava through the perception of the focal point to which such negation refers.
		The Nyaya Vaisesika school held that things were permanent until conditions change and the substance is changed so far as to be destroyed.
		The Nyaya Vaisesika school is a pluralistic system which neither tries to reduce the diversity of experience to any universal principle nor dismiss patent facts of experience on the basis of the need for logical coherence of abstract thought.
	www.indiaprofile.com /religion-culture/astikaschools.htm (1730 words)

	SikhSpectrum.com Monthly. Sikhism And Contemporary Problems of Religious Philosophy
		The Nyaya Vaisesika perception of the whole as mere collection or summation of parts is a philosophical failure.
		Thirdly, both Advaita and vaisesika are reluctant to discuss moral and religious problems, To quote P. Srinivasachari, a scholar of Bhedabheda philosophy, "Absolute identity as well, as absolute difference is a mere abstraction devoid of meaning and both are subversive of moral and religious needs."
		Vaisesika openly advocates Asatkaryavada whereas Sankara's Advaita distorts Satkaryavada with its conception of Vivarta.
	www.sikhspectrum.com /092002/muthumohan.htm (2495 words)

	Vaisesika
		These schools very early merged (around 600 A. D.), and, indeed, there is evidence that they were originally two branches of the ancient Pasupata Saivism (a religious sect which worshipped Saiva as the Supreme Being, i.e.
		The Nyaya Sutras, the foundational text of the Nyaya School, deal manly with knowledge and Logic, while the Vaisesika Sutras deal with metaphysics and physics.
		Both schools believed in the existence of a sort of creator God (though he does not create from nothing, but rather rearranges pre-existing souls and material particles in an eternal and uncreated space), of atoms, of a plurality of finite and eternal souls, and of universals.
	personal.stthomas.edu /jdkronen/Vaisesika.html (2193 words)

	Vaisesika (Vedic Atomic Theory) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Vaisesika is allied to the Nyaya system of philosophy.
		Vaisesika and should not be confused with the concept of buddhi that
		Vaisesika concepts of God, of the liberation of the soul, and of the
	www.groupsrv.com /science/about7633.html (3386 words)

	On Being and What There Is: Classical Vaisesika and the History of Indian Ontology
		Halbfass devotes several chapters to the explication of the subtle and ingenious categorial scheme of the Vaisesika.
		In the course of his discussion he makes the intellectual penetration and sophistication of the great Vaisesika and Nyaya philosophers crystal clear to the attentive reader.
		I cannot recomment this book highly enough to anyone interested in Indian philosophy or the philosophical debate which has raged, in both the east and the west, between the realists and the idealists.
	www.wordboost.com /a/On_Being_and_What_There_Is_Classical_Vaisesika_and_the_History_of_Indian_Ontology_0791411788.html (353 words)

	Journal of Academic Indology - Physical Concepts in Samkhya and Vaisesika
		On the other hand, Vaisesika deals with the goal attributed to Kanada, the mythical founder of the system, yad iha bhavarupam, tat sarvam.
		Samkhya addresses evolution at the cosmic and the psychological levels; Vaisesika delves deeper into the nature of substances and its scope includes both physics as well as metaphysics.
		The emphasis in Indian philosophy on knowing the outside through an analysis of cognitive categories was far in advance of the concepts used by historians of science until the rise of modern physics.
	www.indology.net /printout44.html (438 words)

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