Indian Non-Buddhist Tenets

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.

Practicing modern styles of hatha yoga that emphasize asana practice can be beneficial as a supplement to Buddhist practice, as long as one remains mindful of the philosophical differences and does not mix them.

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

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.

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.