Indian Non-Buddhist Tenets

Summary of the approaches of theistic and nontheistic religions toward teaching their followers ethics as the foundation for taking social responsibility for the common good and environmental protection.

The Yoga school of Indian philosophy shares the basic assertions of the Samkhya system, such as concerning primal matter, the self and liberation, but adds to the system the supreme god Ishvara, equivalent to Shiva.

The Vaisheshika and Nyaya schools share many features in common. Vaisheshika emphasizes the types of entities that exist, while Nyaya emphasizes the types of entities involved in cognizing and proving the existence of those entities.

Vajrabhairava (Yamantaka), the forceful form of Manjushri, is a father anuttarayoga tantra practice emphasizing methods for overcoming obstacles. In the Gelug tradition, it is the container within which all protector deity practices, as well as the combined practice of...

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.