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Highest good means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
The Highest Good is denoted by the Sanskrit term Śreyas, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] Putting on ochre garments, carrying a skull, plucking out clumps of hair, maintaining non-vedic religious observances, ashes, ascetic clothing and matted locks, behaving as if mad, [the ascetic practice of] nakedness, [studying] the Vedas, Tantras and so on and the meeting [of learned people] for [reciting] poetry in the assembly: All [this] is exertion for the sake of filling one's stomach and is not the cause of the highest good (śreyas). [na śreyasaḥ kāraṇam] [...]”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
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Partial matches (+0): Gud, The, The, Te.
Full-text (+129): Vasyaishti, Brahmapatti, Aggavadin, Shreyas, Brahmapatha, Zhi shan, Cause, Paramartha, Parmarth, Lu jia ye tuo, Sadattha, Lu jia ye di jia, Lu jia ye, Lu ke ye zhi ke, Parashreyas, Brahmayana, Ming de zhi shan, Nagna, Nagnatva, Nakedness.
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Kant’s Moral Theism and the Concept of the Highest Good < [Volume 13, Issue 9 (2022)]
A Kantian Response to the Problem of Evil: Living in the Moral World < [Volume 14, Issue 2 (2023)]
Deus sine nomine < [Volume 14, Issue 5 (2023)]
Liberation in early Advaita Vedanta (by Aleksandar Uskokov)
1. Introduction < [Chapter 3 - The Highest Good and Liberation in pre-Śaṅkara Mīmāṃsā]
1. Liberation and the Highest Good < [Introduction]
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Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3486 < [Chapter 26 - Examination of the ‘Person of Super-normal Vision’]
Verse 3322 < [Chapter 26 - Examination of the ‘Person of Super-normal Vision’]
Verse 3532-3533 < [Chapter 26 - Examination of the ‘Person of Super-normal Vision’]
Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)
Verse 2.247 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Verse 1.36 < [Book 1 - Śīkṣāvallī]
Verse 2.42 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Kant’s Philosophy of Religion and the Challenges of Moral Commitment < [Issue 5 (2014)]
A Study of the Views of Farabi and Ibn Sina on the Definition of Happiness... < [Issue 7 (2015)]
Revised Compensation Theodicy: A Reply to Bruce R. Reichenbach < [Issue 1 (2025)]
Acaranga-sutra (by Hermann Jacobi)