THE INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND ETHICS IN SAIVA SIDDHANTA
Keywords:
Individual Freedom, Ethics, Advaitic Union, Action, Knowledge, Sense.Abstract
Value is a concept that describes the beliefs of an individual or culture. A set of values may be placed into the notion of a value system. Values are considered subjective and vary across people and cultures. Types of values include ethical or moral values, doctrinal, ideological (political, religious) values, social values, and aesthetic values. It is debated whether some values are innate. The values include raising voice against social oppression, religious discrimination, economical exploitation, marginalization of people in the society. According to V. Paranjoti “The Siddhanta system which has much to offer in the values it upholds and in the interest it arouses, has unfortunately had but scant attention given it by Indian and Western scholars. The Siddhanta system which has much to offer in the values those were able to orient their intelligence towards individual and social progress.” One of the reasons for the less importance to Saiva Siddhanta is the language difficulty. Slater says that “All the Dravidian languages are extremely difficult.” However, it is important to know and critically analyze the individual freedom and ethics in the tradition of Saiva Siddhanta. The concept of human freedom is an explication of ethics in Saiva Siddhanta. Saiva Siddhanta gives importance to human freedom highly and reasonably. The human freedom is closely connected to human ethics in Saiva Siddhanta. Saiva Siddhanta strongly holds that human freedom is a positive channel for the ethical attitudes of any individuals.
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