The Six Schools of Spiritual Discipline

In the Vedanta Sutra, we also have an extended description of the spiritual exercises that will lead an individual to comprehend his or her identity with Brahmaan. The Yoga School became theistic, God entering the picture as a self of this sort, one unaffected by suffering or actions. Providing further theoretical backbone to spiritual discipline and yet without any obvious initial acceptance of theism is Samkhya philosophy. Along with the Chadvaka naturalists, these six schools are going to be occupying our attention for the next 20 episodes or so. But since skeptical worries form such an important part of the context for this whole period, we're going to begin by exploring the emergence of nagging philosophical