VAISHEṢIKA PHILOSOPHY – A QUICK EXPLANATION
🌟 VAISHEṢIKA PHILOSOPHY – A QUICK EXPLANATION 🔵 1. Origin & Overview Vaiśeṣika is one of the six orthodox (āstika) schools of Indian philosophy ( Ṣaḍ–Darśanas ). It is an ancient realist and pluralistic system founded by Rishi Kaṇāda (also called Ulūka or Kaśyapa ). The core ideas are presented in the Vaiśeṣika Sūtra , which systematically explains the nature of reality through logical classification. Its primary text is the Vaiśeṣika Sūtra , one of the oldest works of Indian metaphysics. 1. Philosophical Orientation a. Realism Vaiśeṣika asserts that the world exists independently of human perception. Objects, qualities, and atoms are real and external. b. Pluralism Reality consists of many independent entities , not one unified absolute. Hence, it is pluralistic . c. Atomism The school is particularly known for its atomistic theory of matter , one of the earliest in the world. 🔴 2. Core Idea: Atomism (Paramāṇuvāda) Vaiśeṣika proposes that: All ph...