Darśana

Darshan or Darshana (Sanskrit, n, दर्शन, Darsana, for contemplation, observation, meetings, philosophy of Drish see) is a term from Hinduism for the view and vision of the Holy and Divine ( more blessed sight of God or saints). Under Darshana is understood, for example, the official meeting of students and masters, in which the student has been loaded from the Master. It can also mean the sinking When looking at a god's image. The latter meaning is the one that is the most common in current usage of Hindi. In the context of Mata Amritanandamayi 's darshan is the embrace by the Guru.

Devout Hindus go to the temple in order to gain the perspective of a God with a symbol or a statue, in the spiritual presence of the deity is believed, in this sense, a blessing by the deity. However, Darshan can also be received by a vision of the deity in prayer or meditation. Also, a living person who is regarded as the incarnation of the deity, such eg an avatar, Darshan can give.

The term is understood in the sense of " view" or " way of looking ", and thus, each Darshana an attempt to show how the world can be seen from a certain point of view. The systems of classical Indian philosophy are therefore termed " Darshanas ".

The individual Darshanas have developed only in the course of time. So the first four Darshanas initially formed a unit whose parts developed by divergent thoughts on standalone systems. The views of the last two systems, Nyaya and Vaisheshika belong to a later stage of development; however, were linked to the original considerations in many ways.

To distinguish in this context, the six orthodox systems of the heterodox Buddhism, and Jainism Charvaka or their philosophical branches, the former as opposed to not recognize the authority of the Veda, the sacred Indian texts that are Orthodox side, often the adjectival suffixes " astika " ( orthodox) and" nastika " ( heterodox ) used. In addition, in Hindu parlance, the collective term " Shad Darshanas " has for the profession to end up on the philosophical traditions established Veda ( Sanskrit: " shad " = six).

The six orthodox Darshanas - according to historical development - are:

• Mimansa
• Vedanta
• Samkhya
• Yoga
• Nyaya
• Vaisheshika

The metaphysics of the last two systems is virtually the same and this meant that they were temporarily merged to form a system that is called Nyaya Vaisheshika.

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