Open AccessSamkhya Philosophy, Deep Ecology and Sustainable Development
Author(s) -
Nanda Gopal Biswas,
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Gyan Prakash,
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Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
problemy ekorozwoju
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.245
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2080-1971
pISSN - 1895-6912
DOI - 10.35784/pe.2022.1.26
Subject(s) - epistemology , embeddedness , perspective (graphical) , consciousness , deep ecology , ecology , western philosophy , sociology , environmental philosophy , philosophy , environmental ethics , social science , computer science , artificial intelligence , biology
Samkhya philosophy is one of the oldest philosophies in the Indian philosophical system. This philosophy is independent in origin and mainly known for its evolution theory. Samkhya philosophy has accepted the two ultimate and independent realities, Nature and pure Consciousness. This paper is an attempt to comprehend the notion of deep ecology from the Samkhya’s evolution theory perspective. In this paper, firstly, we have elucidated the Samkhya philosophy of suffering and the solution to the problem. In the second part of the article, we have argued that how Samkhya’s philosophical notion of Nature demonstrates our embeddedness in Nature. Therefore, the idea of deep ecology is always there in one or another form in Samkhya philosophy. It has also connections to the idea of sustainable development.