Indian Non-Buddhist Tenets

The various Buddhist tenet systems and the non-Buddhist Advaita Vedanta system have different interpretations of non-duality stemming from their understanding of the nature of reality.

The ancient Indian teachings on the mind, emotions, cognition, and logic can be of great benefit to the modern world.

Statistics clearly indicate the enormous cost to the environment and the global economy of meat production and consumption. Medical science, religion, philosophy, and common sense tell us to stop eating meat or at least to cut down on the quantity and frequency of our...

All major religions try to answer the questions around what the self is and where it comes from. The Dalai Lama advises us to develop respect for each of the different traditions in order to know the essence of these religions and thus appreciate their value.

An overview of the different numbers of valid ways of knowing in Indian tenet systems.

All the Indian traditions, including Buddhism, deal with the nature of the self. Examining the non-Buddhist positions on the topic, such as those of Samkhya and Nyaya, and contrasting them with the Buddhist assertions, is the method used for gaining accuracy and decisiveness...

The non-Buddhist Nyaya logician Shankarasvamin composed this text as a summary introduction to Dignaga’s system of Buddhist logic.

The root text, "Nyāyapraveśa", was composed in Sanskrit by the seventh-century logician Śaṅkarasvāmin. Here, Dr. Berzin unravels the terse lines of the text concerning the components of a correct logical proof and the many varieties of incorrect semblances of such a proof.

Chakrasamvara (Heruka) is a mother tantra practice of anuttarayoga tantra. It provides the most detail about the methods for generating the four levels of blissful awareness of voidness within the central energy-channel, enabling access to the subtlest level of mind, clear...

The health of a society arises dependently on each of its members developing a healthy mind and sense of ethics. See how the various world religions would tackle a disaster in accord with their own system of ethics.