[Y-Indology] Upanisad later than the age of Buddha?

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

 

> In it (III.2.13), the law of karma is presented as something new

and

> esoteric, whereas the Buddhist texts have it in a fully developed

> form.

 

I understand that there are two traditions, sramanas and brahmanas.

(I am talking about pre-Upanishad Vedic period)

 

The law of kamma, transmigration etc. was never present in the Vedic.

Could it be possible that Upanishad was the starting period of those

brahmanas importing the ideas of kamma etc. from the sramanas

tradition?

[Guest guest]

The upanishads are dated widely, so which one(s) might

be contemporanious with the Buddha, and which followed

him, is a game that will never have a finish.

Even as great a book as mahArAmAyaNayaugavAsiShtha

is called "crypto-buddhist"; but are not the Buddhist

sUtras merely crypto-vaidAntI? maNDukya-upaNiShad,

the shortest of the lot, must have at least the age of

Shankara, which has been a question of interest on

this site. It is a great explanation of praNava,

which becomes in other explanations confused to

worship. etc.

 

____________________

Post your free ad now! http://personals..ca