Open AccessUnity in Diversity: Coinfluence of Basic Mythological and Philosophical Systems of India
Author(s) -
Олег Георгиевич Ульциферов
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
vestnik mgimo-universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-9099
pISSN - 2071-8160
DOI - 10.24833/2071-8160-2012-5-26-117-124
Subject(s) - buddhism , hinduism , ontology , islam , mythology , epistemology , sociology , christianity , diversity (politics) , philosophy , social science , anthropology , religious studies , theology
The article examines one of the main questions of intercommunications between main religious and cultural systems in India: Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity. The article, using detailed factual material, focuses the similarities and differences between those systems, results in the basic data regarding ontology, cosmology, ethics and sociology of those systems. The article shows the interaction and mutual enrichment of so different systems.