tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post6203526147914142882..comments2023-08-27T12:35:12.308+02:00Comments on sanscrite cogitare, sanscrite loqui: What is karman?elisa freschihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17068583874519657894noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-48371648058187575902010-05-19T23:00:13.706+02:002010-05-19T23:00:13.706+02:00No, I was not depicting a historical process. Vaiś...No, I was not depicting a historical process. Vaiśeṣikas seem to start from altogether different presuppositions. Mīmāṃsakas think primarily at the sacrifice as model karman, whereas Vaiśeṣikas want to explain movements in the outer, physical, world.<br /><br />I am used to think at the Upaniṣadic karman as the Vedic sacrifice shifted within oneself.<br />By the way, it is no wonder that a systematic treatment of karman (meaning here "action") as effort is found within the school more closely related to the Vedic heritage, Mīmāṃsā.elisa freschihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068583874519657894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-55957502842027539822010-05-19T21:08:12.296+02:002010-05-19T21:08:12.296+02:00Do you mean this shift towards the subjective unde...Do you mean this shift towards the subjective understanding of karma happened in the first millenium AD? Certain trends can be found already in the Upanishads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com