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They are without much difficulty reducible to three leading schools of thought  the Nyaya, the Sankhya, and the Vedanta. THEY ARE WITHOUT MUCH DIFFICULTY REDUCIBLE TO THREE LEADING SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT THE NYA THE SUNKIA AND THE WETANTA
antheism existed in the Hindu mind from early times. Accordingly, these hermit sages, these mystic dreamers, soon came to identify the human soul with God. And the chief end of man was to seek that the stream derived from God should return to its source, and, ceasing to wander through the wilderness of this world, should find repose in the bosom of the illimitable deep, the One, the All. The Brahmans attached the Upanishads to the Veda proper, and they soon came to be regarded as its most sacred part. In this way the influence these treatises have exercised has been immense; more than any other portion of the earlier Hindu writings they have molded the thoughts of succeeding generations. Philosophy had thus begun. [Sidenote: Six philosophic schools.] The speculations of which we see the commencement and progress in the Upanishads were finally developed and classified in a series of writings called the six Sastras or _darsanas_. These constitute the regular official philosophy of India. ITS LANGUAGE BUT AS HAS BEEN ALREADY NOTED A STRAIN OF PHEISM EXISTED IN THE HINGU MIND FROM EARLY TIMES ACCORDINGLY THESE HERMITAGES THESE MYSTIC DREAMERS SOON CAME TO IDENTIFY THE HUMAN SOUL WITH GOD AND THE CHIEF END OF MAN WAS TO SEEK THAT THE STREAM DERIVED FROM GOD SHOULD RETURN TO ITS SOURCE AND CEASING TO WANDER THROUGH THE WILDERNESS OF THIS WORLD SHOULD FIND REPOSE IN THE BALSOM OF THE ILLIMITABLE D THE ONE THE ALL THE BRAHMANS ATTACHED THE OPENING SHIRTS TO THE WETHERA PROPER AND THEY SOON CAME TO BE REGARDED AS ITS MOST SACRED PART IN THIS WAY THE INFLUENCE THESE TREATISES HAVE EXERCISED HAVE BEEN IMMENSE MORE THAN ANY OTHER PORTION OF THE EARLIER HINDU WRITINGS THEY HAVE MORE LED THE THOUGHTS OF SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS PHILOSOPHY HAD THUS BEGUN THE SPECULATIONS OF WHICH WE SEE THE COMMENCEMENT AND PROGRESS IN THE OPENISH WERE FINALLY DEVELOPED AND CLASSIFIED IN A SERIES OF WRITINGS CALLED THE SIX TRAZRAS OR THE SONAS THESE CONSTITUTE THE REGULAR OFFICIAL PHILOSOPHY OF INDIA
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